From Multidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity and from Local to Global Foci: Integrative Approaches to Systemic Resilience Based upon the Value of Life in the Context of Environmental and Gender Vulnerabilities with a Special Focus upon the Brazilian Amazon Biome

Abstract

Economic and environmental interventions in the Anthropocene have created disruptions that are threatening the capacity of socio-ecological systems to recover from adversities and to be able to maintain key functions for preserving resilience. The authors of this paper underscore the benefits of a workshop-based methodology for developing a vision and an approach to the inner processes of creation that can be used to increase resilience, to cope with societal vulnerabilities and to develop the tools for future planning at local, regional and global scales. Diverse areas of discourse ranging from climate science and sustainability, to psychoanalysis, linguistics and eco-philosophy, contributed meaningfully to the transdisciplinary approach for enhancing resilience. A framework is proposed that can be used throughout society, that integrates the importance of human subjectivity and the variability of human contexts, especially gender, in shaping human experiences and responses to climate change impacts and challenges such as the covid-19 pandemic. Within the domain of socio-economic research, the authors challenge researchers and policy makers to expand future perspectives of resilience through the proposed systemic resilience vision. Movement towards transformative thinking and actions requires inner exploration and visualization of desirable futures for integrating ecological, social, cultural, ethical, and economic dimensions as agencies for catalyzing the transition to livable, sustainable, equitable, ethical, and resilient societies.

Observational Evidence of the Need for Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Wildfires Locally and Globally: Case Study of 2018 Wildfire in Mati, Greece

“…Adaptive capacity is defined as the system's robustness to change [31]. It is the ability to deal with adversity (coping) and includes strategies used by individuals to adapt to Wildfires associated with loss of human life and property are becoming increasingly common in the Mediterranean and globally, highlighting that the current management approaches are not sufficient and that new social-ecological inclusive approaches are needed towards increasing resilience of human and ecological systems [4].…”

“…Facing those hazards and limiting the global warming to 1.5 • C requires rapid, far-reaching, and inclusive changes in the socio-ecological systems and communities, towards increasing resilience at all levels [2]. To achieve reductions in risks from climatechange-related disasters would require societies to become more proactive, flexible, and resilient in integrated, multi-dimensional, and inclusive ways [4].…”

Digital Technology and Social Innovation Promoting a Green Citizenship: Development of the “Go Sustainable Living” Digital Application

“…At the same time, socio-ecological challenges are difficult to be resolved due to existing conflicts of interest of various stakeholders and inherent systemic complexity. Transdisciplinary, participatory, and co-creative approaches must integrate social, ecological, technological, and economic dimensions [53][54][55][56]. Participatory approaches and multidisciplinary frameworks need to be created, requiring the combined participation of many stakeholders, networks, and active citizens.…”

From Theory to Praxis: ‘Go Sustainable Living’ Survey for Exploring Individuals Consciousness Level of Decision-Making and Action-Taking in Daily Life Towards a Green Citizenship

“…Global environmental and socio-ecological challenges are complex systems that are difficult to resolve due to existing conflicts of interest and inherent complexity. Their solution demands sustainability awareness, consciousness of actions and decision-making, transdisciplinary, participatory, and co-creation approaches that include social, ecological, technological, and economic dimensions [ 4 – 7 ]. Sustainability is a work in progress, a unique political process for citizens to become active members and gain a green citizenship (GC) identity.…”

“…That is why transformative sustainability learning deserves a more prominent role in education, amidst technological achievements, inventions, and innovations [ 4 ]. People need to cultivate a sustainability consciousness, which will integrate the perception of ‘Unity’ and ‘Oneness’ [ 4 , 7 , 13 ]. In the present study, the term consciousness is used to describe sustainability phenomena’s experience or awareness.…”