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Research Methods Ecosustainability Anti-bullying and OAP in Henderson South from a to a or Getting Nowhere finding the freeway to myself, i put my foot down to my own motive floorboards asking the rear -view what to do next it said brother the faster you eat me up the more you leave behind – you’ll see more of me slower so why not pull over ’cause this road is going backwards and your incessant tyres are speeding up the world © Mario Petrucci 2008 Published in: Envoi magazine (#147) A class of two streams • Research methods only – 93 • Research methods plus Research Practicum – 3 students • 11.00 to 12.30 - practical tasks in class around methods and RM assignments - breakout • 1.00 – 2.30 an interactive lecture relevant to both groups • 2.30 – 4.00 – breakout - tutorial time for RM • RP Small group tutorials by arrangement Some tricky and not-so-tricky issues No attendance requirement after the 1st 3 weeks. Need to be respectful of others in the class and the teacher, being intentional about your attendance. Look at your timetable Where will we do the breakouts? We have two classrooms 510-3011 (65) and 510-2035 (25) 1.00 – 2.30pm (sessions may go into tutorial time, from time to time) Tutorials: Mostly 2.30- 4.00pm. Practicum – by arrangement Issues in Resource Depletion? • • • • • • • • • • Population growth projections Per capita use of resources Peak Oil Carbon or Ecological Footprint Effects of Climate Change Environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity What we can do to change The evolutionary psychology of change The politics of change – cultural evolution The pragmatics of individual change - morality Key questions • How important is it for SWers and CDers to understand the impacts of resource depletion and climate change? • How important is it for SWers and CDers to understand how research is done and how to interpret it? The problem of doubling • Put a small piece of paper (one quarter of a 0.05mm A4 page) on the desk, double it for the second, double for the third and so on. How high would the stack of pages be on the 96th student’s desk? • If we have 7% growth how long is before we double our use of resources? How long before we have 1000 fold increase in the use of our resources Tau Ceti - only 12 light years from Earth. A Sun sized star with known planets some of which are possible the same size as Earth No one lives here yet World GDP Growth Rates 2009 Exponential curves World Population Growth, 1750–2150 2035 - 8 billion 1985 - 4 billion 1955 - 2 billion 1920 - 1 billion Annual growth rate = 3.5% Actual and Estimated production of oil and gas – Peak Oil Ecological footprint per person G:\Carbon Footprint Advert.wmv 1961 - 2001 Land needed for uranium Land and ocean needed for carbon sequestration Land needed for housing Land needed for agriculture (animal food) Ocean needed for fishing Land needed for timber Land needed for plant foods, biofuels Ecological Footprint • The biocapacity of the Earth =11.2 billion hectares on a sustainable basis • =1.8 global hectares per person – nothing for non-humans • In 2001 we used 13.7 billion global hectares, or 2.2 global hectares per person. • Our Footprint exceeds our biocapacity by 0.4 global hectares per person. • The planet’s living stocks are being depleted faster than nature can regenerate them Climate change - melting of the Artic ice caps. 24% lost over 30 years Sea level rising Maldives 1000 year drought - Australia followed by 1000 year floods Air pollution in Beijing Plastic Oceans Plastic oceans video Environmental degradation deforestataion Ocean acidification Risks to biodiversity Dramatic irreversible change Many aspects of climate change and associated impacts will continue for centuries, even if anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are stopped. The risks of abrupt or irreversible changes increase as the magnitude of the warming increases. high confidence that ocean acidification will increase for centuries virtually certain that global mean sea-level rise will continue for many centuries A reduction in permafrost extent is virtually certain (releasing millions of tons of methane – 20 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2) Why can’t we change? Rapanui Rapanui What’s the NZ government doing? We are committed to have our emissions at 5% below the 1990 level by 2020 and 50% by 2050. We are 27% above 1990 and set to reach 50% higher by 2025 Our emissions are 22nd highest in the world on a per capita basis and we’re headed for a 3-5oC rise by 2100 Who said this? 2014 IPCC predictions Climate change will amplify existing risks and create new risks for natural and human systems. Risks are unevenly distributed and are generally greater for disadvantaged people and communities in countries at all levels of development. Evolution of change • Human behaviour is adapted well to responding to short and medium term threats, but not to long term threats. • We know about the mechanisms of biological evolution, but very little about cultural evolution • We need to understand the psychology (the effects of incentives) and sociology (e.g. social norming) of behaviour change G:\Ehrlich_ We Must Change Behavior to Save Global Culture.wmv Possible mechanisms of change? the ways in which different types of consumer feedback and information affect sustainability behaviour the effect of non-economic incentives and disincentives; the impact of social marketing campaigns; the importance of social networks and social movements in shaping sustainability behaviour uptake the effect of group contingencies and behavioural modelling on individual behaviour; the significance of commitment to behavioural change; the importance of the social and political context in shaping individual attitudes and behaviour; the relationship between social status, values and sustainability behaviour and socio-cultural patterns of sustainability behaviour. G:\How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.wmv Resilient local communities and eco-sustainability • • • • • • Grow more local food, create compost, humus Share and employ more local resources – food co-ops Repair and re-use rather than replace Play more sport, have more social life locally Travel less, bike more, more fun, more work locally Support each other (including elderly and people with disability) – less reliant on welfare services • Recycle water, waste less water, energy , use solar power • Better local infra-structure - less need for motorways • Feeling empowered to make change Ecosustainability in Poor Communities • What happens when there is shortage of the things “we need”. • Close up segment Our project this year, in McLaren Park/ Henderson South, is trying address one of fundamental reasons as to why a community might struggle to deal with ecosustainability issues. Turning MPHS into an Amazing Place • Building community resilience • Managing bullying and preventing the transition into other crimes OUR AMAZING PLACE Treasure Hunts are a vibrant platform for community development Highlights… • Unsworth Heights – 58 teams, 250 people • Helensville – 130 teams, 400 people • Glenfield - 30 teams 150 people • Lyttelton - 120 teams - 450 people Glen Eden 23rd March 2013 Massey 23rd March 2013 Unsworth Heights 23rd March 2013 Avondale 6th of April 2013 Kelston 13th April 2013 Initial steps underway in Glendene, Ranui, Titirangi, Te Atatu, MPHS, Tamaki, Riverside, Bayswater. Also enquiries for Mt Roskill and Central suburbs How was it? • 85% rated the event 8, 9 or 10 out of 10, 41% were 10/10 • Great day for my family, it was fun to have time with my son & work together, loved spending the day with my family and community, we all had lots of fun, • What a great fun idea, Awesome job, we salute you for your great concern for our community. On behalf of Lata, I would like to thank you for organising this event to open up our minds about the community • Cool, love this!, fun, exciting, awesome day, awesome day, we had an awesome time, what an awesome day, Perfect event