Resources and References

SiD is available across multiple formats and platforms. This page collects the key resources for learning, reference, and practice.

Learning

The SiD Learning Platform offers structured courses with video lectures, exercises, community responses, and AI tutoring. Three guided paths are available:

• The Essentials (10 units, approximately 5 hours): for leaders and decision-makers who need a working understanding of SiD.
• The Practitioner (20 units, approximately 10 hours): for professionals applying SiD in their work.
• The Complete Program (61 units, approximately 40 hours): the full framework from theory through tools, with certification.

All content is free. Paid support tiers add AI feedback from the SiD Tutor and official certificates.

Documentation

The online documentation provides the full SiD framework as a browsable reference, organized into four parts:

• Part 1: Theory covers the sustainability definition, ELSI framework, system anatomy, dynamics, and improvement.
• Part 2: Method describes the five-step process: goals, mapping, understanding, solutioning, evaluation.
• Part 3: Process covers project management: initiation, intelligence, solution, and execution phases.
• Part 4: Tools includes the Process Room, Spectrum Check, backcasting, biomimicry, circular economy, and more.

Books and Guides

• SiD Omnibus Book (PDF): the complete 460-page reference by Tom Bosschaert, published August 2019.
• SiD Quick Guide: a concise 50-page summary, available in English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese.
• SiD Workshop Pack: materials for running SiD workshops and training sessions.

Key Concepts

• Sustainability Definition: SiD's precise, systems-based definition.
• ELSI Framework: the eight domains across Environment, Liveability, Social, and Institutional dimensions.
• RAH Indicators: Resilience, Autonomy, and Harmony as system-level measures.
• Glossary: key SiD terms and concepts defined and cross-referenced.

Case Studies

The case studies section documents real-world applications of SiD across industries, cities, and organizations.

License

SiD is open source. The book and framework materials are published under a Creative Commons license. You are free to share and adapt the materials with attribution. If you create or improve tools, you are invited to share them back with the community.

Contact and Community

• Contact: reach the SiD team.
• Support SiD: the platform is donor-funded. Contributions keep all content free and open.
• Supporters: organizations and individuals backing the SiD mission.