Brad Steiner

Addressing sustainability through dialogue对话中实现可持续发展Green Drinks Shanghai8 September 2011

The Perspectivity Foundation

Sustainability 可持续发展

Sustainable development is: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

the Brundtland Report (1987)

可持续发展是指：不以牺牲后代需求的资源来满足当下的需求

Conditions for sustainable development

The Natural Step four ‘system conditions’ for a sustainable society:

The Earth is not subject to:

1.increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth's crust2.increasing concentrations of substances produced by society3.increasing degradation by physical means4.conditions that undermine people’s capacity to meet their needs

“The Natural Step”倡导的可持续发展社会的四个条件

1.地球的地表资源不得被无限度的采掘2.地球不得用于无限度得容纳社会产生的非自然物质3.地球的自然生态系统不得被人为破坏4. 地球不得被用于破坏人类生存的基本权利

Complex social problems1 社会问题的复杂性

• Dynamic Complexity 动态复杂性• the cause of a conflict and its effect are far apart in time• 冲突的原因及其影响的显现总有时间差

• Generative Complexity 行进过程中的复杂性• conflict develops in unpredictable ways• 冲突的发展往往难以预料

• Social Complexity 社会复杂性• different groups view the problem from a different perspective• 不同相关群体会从不同角度来看待问题

“Are the dominant methods of human interaction fit for creating a sustainable future?”

人类最主要的互动方式是否适于实现可持续发展？

(1) Adam Kahane, Solving Tough Problems (2004)

Dealing with diversity

Based on “Creative Interchange”, Henry Nelson Wieman (1884-1975)

多样性

对立互动

欣赏并理解  自我实现

整合 妥协 离散

融合

执行

Creating dialogue

Three steps to creating an environment for dialogue1

创造对话条件的三个步骤

• Suspend judgment of others’ perspectives• 暂缓对对方观点的价值判断

• Abandon the need for specific outcomes• 放弃对个别目标的诉求

• Question our own underlying assumptions• 诘问我们意识中的预先假设

(1) David Bohm, “On Dialogue” (2006)

The Perspectivity Game

Introductions – 15 minsInstructions – 15 minsGame Session – 1 hour

Dialogue-based debrief 1h – 1h 30 mins

Learning from Experience:

Participants will have a personal experience of the challenges of solving complex problems.

The Perspectivity FoundationA non-profit network that aims to provide dialogue- enhancing processes for the sustainable solution of complex social problems. The Perspectivity是一家非盈利性网络，旨在提高复杂的社会问题之可持续解决方案。

What we do: 我们的使命

• giving insight into the dynamics of complex social problems by facilitating sessions of “The Perspectivity Game” 通过举办“The Perspectivity Game” 培训，提供对动态复杂社会问题的见解

• making our knowledge available for communities that are faced with social problems 为存在社会问题的区域提供我们的知识

• creating and expanding the network of people and organizations who are committed to similar goals 为承担共同使命的人们和机构创建并扩大这个网络

• constantly improving our knowledge and skills 努力不懈地提高我们的知识和技能

References

www.perspectivity.org

www.naturalstep.org

Books:

Adam Kahane, Solving Tough Problems

David Bohm, On Dialogue

Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity

Otto Scharmer, Theory-U: Leading from the Future

Weisbord and Janoff, Future Search: An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground