Design and Implementation of Individual Sustainability Systems

Abstract

Sustainability is a topic that has matured and has evolved from organizational sustainability to societal sustainability and more recently to individual sustainability. As an individual is the core, basic component of society, and plays a critical role in societal transformation, there is growing interest and discussions on individual sustainability and wellbeing. Information systems can play a critical role in supporting sustainable transformation. However not many current systems have models to support an individual's sustainable transformation, based on a holistic understanding of the dynamics among multiple life dimensions. To address this lacuna we propose concepts, models and conceptual framework that are fundamental for the design of Individual Sustainability Systems (ISS). We then suggest a system framework for ISS. Finally we illustrate system views of prototypical systems that we are implementing in the real world context of an online supermarket and habit formation mobile apps.