Tutorials on Systems Thinking
Sustainability Research
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The sustainable well-being of communities is inextricably linked to both the health of the earth's ecosystems and the health of humans living in the community. However, both ecosystem health and human health can be overlooked by individuals, businesses, or regulatory agencies when making economic and social decisions, often due to an inability to foresee the full range of intended and unintended consequences. Yet the full range and long-term impacts of decisions must be understood---environmental health and human health determine the available quantity and quality of natural, human, and social capital necessary for sustainable communities.