Living within Humanity’s Life-Support System

This paper addresses the state-of-knowledge of complex adaptive systems — including their operation via cycles of innovation and co-adaptation — to sustain continuous, whole-system complexity and full-functionality. Also explores the integrative management of energy, water and food systems –WEF Security Nexus — as catalyst for living within complex systems; and how integrative management builds self-reliance and local eco-entrepreneurs essential to achieving the global goal of sustainability.