4 Sep 2024 | Foundations of complex systems, Our stories
4 September 2024 This is the fourth of a series of posts on complexity. We’ll be exploring some of the ways that studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world, how this is relevant to all our lives, and the unique contributions we can...
19 Aug 2024 | Our stories
19 August 2024 The sun is setting at Te Mata Hāpuku. The eelers of Ngāi Tahu have been hard at work digging kōawa, drains that stretch across the cobble flats between Te Roto o Wairewa and the ocean. Beside these drains sit pārua, pits dug into the earth waiting to be...
16 Aug 2024 | Our stories, Storytelling
16 August 2024 A collaboration between systems thinker Justin Connolly and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. When I was young, I wanted to be a detective. I could often be found ‘investigating’ things around the house through my father’s...
15 Aug 2024 | Foundations of complex systems, Our stories
15 August 2024 This is the third of a series of posts on complexity. We’ll be exploring some of the ways that studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world, how this is relevant to all our lives, and the unique contributions we can...
29 Jul 2024 | Our stories
29 July 2024 In certain areas of Australia, millions of sterile male fruit flies rain from the skies every two weeks. These Queensland fruit flies are reared to the peak of health in a special facility, then sterilised through irradiation, before being loaded into an...
