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# Thinking in Systems ## A Primer Donella H. Meadows Edited by Diana Wright. Sustainability Institute A classical sustainability primer brings you to a tangible world and shows you how to develop systems thinking skills. The book "Thinking in Systems" provides us with a set of tools for understan...

# Thinking in Systems ## A Primer Donella H. Meadows Edited by Diana Wright. Sustainability Institute A classical sustainability primer brings you to a tangible world and shows you how to develop systems thinking skills. The book "Thinking in Systems" provides us with a set of tools for understanding what it takes to become a genuinely sustainable society. It explains what systems are, how these systems work, and how can one sustain them, in order to achieve success in life. - A system consists of elements (like team members), interconnections (the relationships and rules governing relationships, including policies and procedures), and a function or purpose. - Only the behavior of the system can truly tell you what its purpose is. - Resilience is a very important factor that helps determine if the system functions well or not. - Resilience is the elasticity of a system, or its ability to recover from transition. - The world is full of systems. These systems are interconnected and interdependent. - In order to make some semblance of these systems that govern the world, it is essential to learn to recognise and study the patterns and behaviours they exhibit.