Highlights• The current study offers a people-focused systems approach to promoting environmental sustainability in organizations.• We describe a case study of a sustainable social system and its 11-year trajectory at a bicultural high school.• The current study uses complex systems thinking and methodology to map the sustainable social system.• Findings suggest a democratic process for change designed to empower and connect sustainability advocates.
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