Major Project: 2 Parts / 6 Steps
Part 1: Systems analysis
Step 1 – Choose your sustainability problem and specific local area and boundary of area it affects
Step 2 – Brainstorm all the factors that are impacts and possible causes of the sustainability problem
Step 3 – Apply the iceberg model. Begin with a sketch of an iceberg shape, and show what factors from step 2 can be
observed on the surface and what is or may be below in terms of the patterns and trends underlying the problem, and the
structures and mental models at the root of the problem
Step 4 – Justify in 1000 words what is above and what is below your iceberg with evidence. Evidence can include
personal or community observation or knowledge as well
Part 2:
Step 5 – identify some possible leverage points on the basis of your prior analysis and evidence AND prioritise one.
Step 6 – Explain how this leverage point could be implemented to maximise the potential for positive change.
6 Project Steps-check in updated unit outline
1. Step 1 – Choose your sustainability problem and specific local area and boundary
of area it affects – write 200 words on why this issue is a priority concern in your area
2. Step 2- Brainstorm all the factors that are impacts and possible causes of the
sustainability problem
3. Step 3 – Draw a diagram of an iceberg (applying the iceberg model). Show what can
be observed on the surface and what is or may be below in terms of the patterns and
trends underlying the problem, and the structures and mental models at the root of the
problem
4. Step 4 Justify in 1000 words what is above and what is below your iceberg with
evidence. Evidence can include personal or community observation or knowledge as well
as credible reports and peer reviewed journals. These may give ideas of causal factors
(below the surface) for the same problem even in a different geographic place. Highlight
the relationship between the causal factors beneath the iceberg and how they interact to
produce the problem that is evident on the top of iceberg.
5. Step 5 – identify some possible leverage points on the basis of your prior analysis
and evidence AND prioritise one.
6. Step 6 – Explain how this leverage point could be implemented to maximise the
potential for positive change. As part of this it will help you to Identify who would be
involved (key stakeholders) and how you could measure the outcomes against the
Sustainable Development Goals
