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SUST 210: Pursuing Sustainability: Managing Complex Social Environmental Systems (ESS 230)

This course considers and utilizes systems frameworks and models for thinking about and pursuing sustainability (defined by the goal of inclusive intra- and intergenerational well-being) in complex, adaptive, intertwined social-environmental systems. It argues that meeting the goal of sustainability requires drawing on assets (or resources) from five major groups ? human, social, manufactured, natural and knowledge capital assets ? while at the same time building and sustaining them over time. The course illustrates, using lectures, readings, and case study analyses, why analyzing and managing those assets within complex and dynamic integrated systems is challenging, and discusses the characteristics of complex systems that make achieving sustainability goals so challenging. It provides an overview of how to intervene in complex systems to pursue sustainability, including visioning, collaboration, and change theories; governing for sustainability; and strategies, tools, and metrics tha more »
This course considers and utilizes systems frameworks and models for thinking about and pursuing sustainability (defined by the goal of inclusive intra- and intergenerational well-being) in complex, adaptive, intertwined social-environmental systems. It argues that meeting the goal of sustainability requires drawing on assets (or resources) from five major groups ? human, social, manufactured, natural and knowledge capital assets ? while at the same time building and sustaining them over time. The course illustrates, using lectures, readings, and case study analyses, why analyzing and managing those assets within complex and dynamic integrated systems is challenging, and discusses the characteristics of complex systems that make achieving sustainability goals so challenging. It provides an overview of how to intervene in complex systems to pursue sustainability, including visioning, collaboration, and change theories; governing for sustainability; and strategies, tools, and metrics that assist with the pursuit of sustainability goals. The course draws on readings from one core text (Matson et al. 2016) as well as from a variety of other published literature and case studies. Priority given to SUST students. Enrollment open to seniors and graduate students only. Please contact Bhe Balde (ebalde@stanford.edu) for permission code.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3

SUST 225: Decision Making for Sustainability

Pursuing sustainability entails making individual and collective decisions in complex and adaptive environments under varying degrees of uncertainty. This course prepares students for making such decisions by combining complex adaptive systems theory with modern decision science and best practices in applied decision-making, strategy development, and planning. The course delves into the complex and adaptive nature of critical decision environments, transformative social change, the roles of information and uncertainty, cognitive biases and heuristics, and intra- and inter-group dynamics. Each student will select a sustainability challenge to focus on throughout the course and develop an adaptive plan for addressing the challenge while learning about multi-actor engagement, problem definition, scenario analysis, and strategy and pathway development. The course takes an experiential approach to learning. Classes consist of lectures and pair- and group-based activities. Please apply to be considered: https://rb.gy/6r66e
Terms: Aut | Units: 3

SUST 234: Integrative Design and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

This course aims to empower students with knowledge, orientations, and skills to evaluate pressing sustainability challenges and design entrepreneurial solutions that advance sustainability and deliver lasting positive change. Through case studies, frameworks, and hands-on projects, students learn about start-ups and venture capital, nonprofits and philanthropy, and other organizational models that can achieve co-benefits and sustainable outcomes. Students delve into the entrepreneurial founding and fundraising of organizations that foster the scaling process and utilize a holistic integrative design approach to examine systems, engage stakeholders, and ultimately develop organizational models with the goal of delivering scalable and sustainable positive impact. The course combines lectures, videos, readings, guest speakers, discussion sessions, and group project-based learning. Students work in small teams to examine and engage in designing, prototyping, testing, and iterating on specific solutions, interventions, and organizational model innovations. The course culminates in a group project and final presentation prepared collaboratively by each team. Please see the "Notes" section below for how to apply.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3

SUST 240: Sustainability Leadership Practicum

At the intersection of sustainability science and practice, the course provides master's students in the Sustainability Science and Practice (SUST) Program with an opportunity to apply and internalize the knowledge, mindsets, and skills learned in the program while leading change and advancing sustainability. Students identify and plan their own 80-hour practicum opportunities with sustainability-focused organizations, during which they collaborate on projects while applying foundational SUST learnings. Additionally, each student analyzes the sustainability challenge their organization is dedicated to addressing, examines their organization's ability to address the challenge, recommends how the organization can improve its ability to address the challenge in a transformative way, and reflects on their own experience and growth as a sustainability leader. Each student completes the course with a paper and presentation that share the student's analysis, recommendations, and self-reflections with the SUST community. Ultimately, the practicum is designed to develop each student's identity and capacity as a transformative leader through practice.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-4 | Repeatable 4 times (up to 4 units total)

SUST 290: Curricular Practical Training

CPT course required for international students completing degree.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 3 units total)

SUST 291: SUST INDIVIDUAL STUDY

Individual work in the field of Sustainability Science and Practice under supervision of a SUST faculty member on a subject of mutual interest.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1-4
Instructors: Sotnik, G. (PI)

SUST 297: Introduction to Systems Transformation

This immersive course exposes students in the Sustainability Science and Practice coterminal master's program to systems thinking and innovation approaches that are needed in order to bring about large-scale system transformation. Scaled and complex challenges embodied in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals are multi-stakeholder, multifactorial, inter-related, and systemic, and can only be addressed through innovations at the systems level. This hands-on session provides an introduction to innovation approaches and the mindsets that are needed to transform system behavior at scale in the real world. Students will identify skills that they will need to acquire in order to lead change toward a resilient and sustainable future. Enrollment limited to Sustainability Science and Practice master's students. Contact Bhe Balde (ebalde@stanford.edu) for permission code. Instructors: Banny Banerjee and Annette Zou.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 1

SUST 801: TGR PROJECT

Program consent required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Sotnik, G. (PI)
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