Multi-dimensional situational awareness: Political Systems, Ecosystems, and Institutional Systems.
This diagram offers a way to see 1) relationships among institutions, 2) ecologies affected by institutions, and 3) institutional access to political authorities and influences.
On can use the diagram to map any institution's network to access its ecological impact and its access to power and influence across scales.
Using Graphviz
digraph G { rankdir=BT fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" node [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] edge [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] subgraph cluster_0 { label = "EcoBioPhysical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#aaf098"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; x ->Homestead [style=invis] Homestead -> Landscape -> Ecosystem -> Watershed -> Bioregion -> "Earth\nGaia"; } y [style=invis] x [style=invis] subgraph cluster_1 { label = "GeoPolitical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#5ccfec"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; y -> Individual [style=invis] Individual->Household->Neighborhood->Municipality->County->State-> Nation -> "Multinational\nAlliance" -> "United\nNations"; } subgraph cluster_2 { label = "Institutions"; node [style=filled]; fontsize=30; y ->Individual [style=invis]; iMarc->iReLocalize->iLeos->{Neighborhood Homestead} iLeos-> iRegenSonora [color=red] iReLocalize->iUnitedWay iLeos->iSuperior->{Municipality Landscape} iReLocalize->iRegenSonora [color=red] iRegenSonora->{Ecosystem County iUnitedWay}[color=red] iUnitedWay->{County Nation} iLeos->iUnitedWay iRegenSonora [color=red] iChris->{Individual Household Neighborhood iLeos} iKerry->{iReLocalize iSeeTheSystems} iSeeTheSystems->iReLocalize [color=black penwith=7] } }
VARIABLIZED & IMPROVED?
Here we transform the above diagram into a causal loop diagram. From Christopher Alexander, we have chosen "Aliveness" as the variable for the ecological and political worlds. It may well be that "aliveness" is the best variable for all the institutions as well.
Of course it is up to the person diagraming to varabilize the institutions by asking, what is it about each institution that affects the connected institutions.
digraph G { rankdir=BT fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" node [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] edge [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] subgraph cluster_0 { label = "EcoBioPhysical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#aaf098"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; x ->AlivenessOfHomestead [style=invis] AlivenessOfHomestead -> AlivenessOfLandscape -> AlivenessOfEcosystem -> AlivenessOfWatershed -> AlivenessOfBioregion -> "AlivenessOfEarth\nGaia"; } y [style=invis] x [style=invis] subgraph cluster_1 { label = "GeoPolitical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#5ccfec"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; y -> AlivenessOfIndividual [style=invis] AlivenessOfIndividual->AlivenessOfHousehold->AlivenessOfNeighborhood->AlivenessOfMunicipality->AlivenessOfCounty->AlivenessOfState-> AlivenessOfNation -> "AlivenessOfMultinational\nAlliance" -> "AlivenessOfUnited\nNations"; } subgraph cluster_2 { label = "Institutions"; node [style=filled]; fontsize=30; y ->AlivenessOfIndividual [style=invis]; iMarc->iReLocalize->iLeos->{AlivenessOfNeighborhood AlivenessOfHomestead} iLeos-> iRegenSonora[color=red] iReLocalize->iUnitedWay iLeos->iSuperior->{AlivenessOfMunicipality AlivenessOfLandscape} iReLocalize->iRegenSonora->{AlivenessOfEcosystem AlivenessOfCounty iUnitedWay} [color=red] iUnitedWay->{AlivenessOfCounty AlivenessOfNation} iLeos->iUnitedWay iRegenSonora [color=red] iChris->{AlivenessOfIndividual AlivenessOfHousehold AlivenessOfNeighborhood iLeos} iKerry->{iReLocalize iSeeTheSystems} iSeeTheSystems->iReLocalize [color=black penwith=7] } }
digraph G { rankdir=BT fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" node [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] edge [fontname="Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"] subgraph cluster_0 { label = "EcoBioPhysical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#aaf098"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; x ->AlivenessOfHomestead [style=invis] AlivenessOfHomestead -> AlivenessOfLandscape -> AlivenessOfEcosystem -> AlivenessOfWatershed -> AlivenessOfBioregion -> "AlivenessOfEarth\nGaia"; } y [style=invis] x [style=invis] subgraph cluster_1 { label = "GeoPolitical\nWorld"; style=filled; color="#5ccfec"; node [style=filled,color=white]; fontsize=18; y -> AlivenessOfIndividual [style=invis] AlivenessOfIndividual->AlivenessOfHousehold->AlivenessOfNeighborhood->AlivenessOfMunicipality->AlivenessOfCounty->AlivenessOfState-> AlivenessOfNation -> AlivenessOfMultinationalAlliance -> "AlivenessOfUnited\nNations"; } subgraph cluster_2 { label = "Institutions"; node [style=filled]; fontsize=30; y ->AlivenessOfIndividual [style=invis]; iMarc->iReLocalize->iLeos->{AlivenessOfNeighborhood AlivenessOfHomestead} iLeos-> iRegenSonora[color=red] iReLocalize->iUnitedWay iLeos->iSuperior->{AlivenessOfMunicipality AlivenessOfLandscape} iReLocalize->iRegenSonora->{AlivenessOfEcosystem AlivenessOfCounty iUnitedWay} [color=red] iReLocalize->AssetBasedCommunityDev->{AlivenessOfMunicipality AlivenessOfNation AlivenessOfMultinationalAlliance } [color=blue] iUnitedWay->{AlivenessOfCounty AlivenessOfNation} iLeos->iUnitedWay iRegenSonora [color=red] iChris->{AlivenessOfIndividual AlivenessOfHousehold AlivenessOfNeighborhood iLeos} iKerry->{iReLocalize iSeeTheSystems} iSeeTheSystems->iReLocalize [color=black penwith=7] } }
> When this has settled down then: Create a template EcoPol Institutions Template Create a Institution Template