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The Diagnostic Project

Taking Up Where Limits to Growth Left Off

Project Overview

In 1972 the Limits to Growth (LTG) project and book took the first step and identified the global environmental sustainability problem. This project will take the next step by taking up where LTG left off. Currently we are focused on doing this by executing step 2.1 of the System Improvement Process. Project status is we are just getting started.

The first forum thread on the Diagnostic Project is here. The second one is here.

Related news is here in the 2007-9-20 entry.

Documents

The Diagnostic Project Proposal PDF - This runs 10 pages. The full title is Taking Up Where Limits to Growth Left Off: A Diagnostic Project Proposal. This is a concept paper, whose publication and discussion in a conference call in December 2006 led to the birth of this project. This proposal has become a chapter in the Dueling Loops book.

Thoughts on Success PDF - 14 pages. This builds on the above paper and deals with how we can make the project a success. The current version is February 11, 2007.

 

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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