4. Sustaining Healthy Communities in the Midst of Compound Complexity

Introduction

Sustaining healthy communities in the midst of compound complexity: Given the ‘compound complexity’ of climate change and interrelated ‘wicked problems,’ what forms of learning and innovation promote healthy human communities in sustainable ecosystems?  Following Bateson’s insight that preservation provokes change, join us to discuss the limits to growth model, a Polynesian atoll,  Louisiana farmers markets, and examples from participants.