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Fig. 3 Conceptual scheme of the EDS integrated approach
For this reason, we have found the relevance of using a simplified representation
to communicate the complexity of this new common challenge. In order to facilitate
the diffusion and appropriation of this three approaches, we conceived a conceptual
diagram to present them in an integrated way: the conceptual scheme of EDS-IA
(Fig. 3). At the center of the scheme, the “ideation engine” contains the notion of
scale, essential in the operationalization of sustainable development. Around, a donut
circumscribed internally by the “social floor” and externally by the “environmental ceiling”, represents the 17 SDGs. This graphic is used in training and research
activities to analyze existing initiatives and imagine new ones by mobilizing all the
information contained in each portion of the wheel in an integrated way.
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Fig. 3 Conceptual scheme of the EDS integrated approach
For this reason, we have found the relevance of using a simplified representation
to communicate the complexity of this new common challenge. In order to facilitate
the diffusion and appropriation of this three approaches, we conceived a conceptual
diagram to present them in an integrated way: the conceptual scheme of EDS-IA
(Fig. 3). At the center of the scheme, the “ideation engine” contains the notion of
scale, essential in the operationalization of sustainable development. Around, a donut
circumscribed internally by the “social floor” and externally by the “environmental ceiling”, represents the 17 SDGs. This graphic is used in training and research
activities to analyze existing initiatives and imagine new ones by mobilizing all the
information contained in each portion of the wheel in an integrated way.