UNIT 1 -

CONTEXT

LIFE CYCLE THINKING

The Extinction Rebellion - Jonathan Pie
Published On April 2019
3:57 Minutes
 Holocene Anthropocene
End of Ice Age - Recent Past Recent Past - Projected Future
 Holocene Great Acceleration Anthropocene
End of Ice Age - Recent Past Since World War II Recent Past - Projected Future
Planetary Boundaries

2009 2015
HUMAN LED
SYSTEMS AND PRESSURES

The ever-expanding economy (growth models)

Population growth and increased prosperity

Rapid urbanisation and Migration

Consumerism
Growing demand for Energy
Growing demand for Water
Growing demand for Food
Economic disparity
HUMAN LED
SYSTEMS AND PRESSURES

The ever-expanding economy (growth models)

IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
Population growth and increased prosperity

Rapid urbanisation and Migration Climate Change

Consumerism Novel entities

Stratospheric ozone depletion
Growing demand for Energy
Atmospheric aerosol loading
Growing demand for Water
Ocean acidification
Growing demand for Food
Biogeochemical flows
Economic disparity
Land-system change
Biosphere integrity
200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - Hans Rosling
Published On November 2010
4:48 Minutes
The Earth is Full - Paul Gilding
Published On February 2012
16:46 Minutes
CONVERGING CHALLENGES OF A DECADE

In 2009, Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, gave a warning speech at the
SDUK Conference highlighting the imminent risks to society from what he referred to as a “PERFECT
STORM”.

He described a trio of dangerous pressures from the growing demand for food, water, and energy that will be
placed on these finite resources, catalysed by a number of key factors such as climate change, rapid
urbanisation, increased wealth, and an increased reliance on biofuels.
He explained that by 2030:
◦ Global population will increase by 33 percent (from 6 billion to 8 billion);
◦ Demand for food will increase by 50 percent;
◦ Demand for energy will increase by 30 percent; and
◦ Demand for water will increase by 30 percent.
A Perfect Storm - Sir John Beddington
Published On January 2011
1:58 Minutes
HUMAN LED
SYSTEMS AND PRESSURES

The ever-expanding economy (growth models)

Population growth and increased prosperity CHALLENGES TO
SOCIETY, BUSINESS &
Rapid urbanisation and Migration
GOVERNMENT
Consumerism
Growing demand for Energy Material Scarcity & Price Volatility
Growing demand for Water Resist further Environmental Degradation

Growing demand for Food UN-DO the Environmental Degradation

Economic disparity
 A GROWING REALISATION THAT OUR SYSTEMS IS BROKEN
AND
WORLD-WIDE CHANGE IN ‘HOW WE DO THINGS’
EMERGING AS SINGLE BIGGEST CHANLLEGE OF THE TODAY