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Breaking the Thirty Year Deadlock: The Three Essays

Critique of the Harvard Project

By Jack Harich - February 11, 2006

The Critique PDF - This is a 12 page critique of the Sierra Club's "National Purpose, Local Action" project, also known as the "Harvard Project."

The paper refers to a page on the "clubhouse" portion of the Club's website. This page and many more are available only to Club members, by use of a username and password. If you have not read this page and the "final report," you may find yourself unable to follow portions of the critique.

The paper is an example of how the concepts on Thwink.org can be applied to environmental organizations who are sincerely interested in finding better ways to accomplish their objectives. It is part of the ongoing work I'm doing, in an attempt to work elbow to elbow with others to help solve the global environmental sustainability problem.

(This is one of the many articles at Thwink.org.)

Dueling Loops Paper

The most popular page on the site by a factor of 3. This paper presents a simple model showing why activists have been unable to solve the sustainability problem, and an alternative solution strategy based on high leverage points.

Change Resistance Paper

This explains why the crux of the sustainability problem is change resistance, rather than what conventional wisdom thinks it is. That's why the problem has remained unsolved for over 30 years. The paper describes a high leverage point that's never been pushed on before that can solve the change resistance problem.

The Powell Memo

The most eye popping short read (7 pages) on the site, if you have never heard about it. The memo was written in 1971.

Dueling Loops Videos

These average 8 minutes. They give a quick introduction to the Dueling Loops model and how it explains the tremendous change resistance to solving the sustainability problem.
 

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