The Proper Coupling Package

The Message

Learning from the Past

The Manuscript

Intro to New Paradigm

Part One

Asmt Problem Difficulty

Asmt Process Maturity

Related Work

Process Is Everything

The First Experiment

Solution Evolution

The Proper Coupling Package

The Proper Coupling Package ^PDF- This 16 page chapter from Analytical Activsm presents an example of how the technical side of the sustainability problem could be solved. This is done in a manner that appears to be not only the most technically efficiently way possible, but also the most economically appealing way possibe. Here's the chapter summary:

Currently the human system is improperly coupled to the larger system it lies within: the environment. The result is the runaway environmental overshoot we see today. It appears possible to engineer a business model that is so ethically and financially attractive that its rapid adoption by the global business community would solve the sustainability problem as quickly as is realistically possible.

This chapter presents a theoretical foundation for how this can be done, using an analysis of why the two systems are presently improperly coupled, and a proposal based on that analysis that would result in a highly efficient, self-managing proper coupling of the two systems.

The Dueling Loops

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.

The Phenomenon of Change Resistance

This is the key concept that starts people thwinking, and causes them to explore the rest of the site. The concept is subtle, but has the potential to change the sustainability problem from insolvable to solvable.

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.

The 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.