Creating sustainable futures/CSF102/Baseline/E-activity1

Learning challenge summary

Summary:	Identifying trends and drivers of change.
	2 hours
	Required assignment for those seeking formal credit. Other students may complete this learning challenge but it will not be marked.

As we learnt in Session 3 of Micro Course 1 the four system conditions, or sustainability principles, defined by the Natural Step in its Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development provide a robust definition of sustainability. These principles can be used as a tool to audit a business, community or even a project to identify all the ways in which it currently contributes aspects of unsustainable practices.

This learning challenge will lead you through a process to carry out a sustainability impacts assessment using the four sustainability principles. The results of the assessment can then be used to create strategic goals to drive future decision-making.

Purpose

The purpose of this learning challenge is to:

1. Use the Natural Step’s system conditions for a sustainability impact assessment

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Stimulus resources

• Learning pathway resources
• Sustainability Principles Diagram (print out)
• Business Principles Diagram (print out)