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Based on the previous explanation of the concept of green campus building, the author summarizes t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f g r e e n campus building into 3 keywords:

p a r t i c i p a t i o n , c o n t i n u i t y a n d intangibility.

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scope of the design outcome was not only the tangible objects. Excessive resources, energy consumption and a large number of environmental e m i s sio n s a r e a l mo s t d i r e c t ly caused by uncontrolled production and consumption activities (H. T.

Wang, 2011). To solve the overshoot situation, it is necessary to change the existing unsustainable production and consumption patterns.

To solve the overshoot situation, it is necessary to change the existing u n s u s t a i n a ble p r o d u c t io n a n d consumption patterns. A widely overlooked fact is that production and consumption activities are determined by human consciousness, actions, and decision-making. Therefore, analyzing the reasons behind behaviors that affect the environment can help provide direction for practice.

104 Systemic design methods can solve the problem of ‘visibility’ of complex systems (Lou, 2018, p.347), that is, help us understand the complex environment we are in. And it could broaden and deepen the boundaries of our understanding so that we can feel and recognize the wide range of time and space background. By describing people, processes, materials, or equipment in system activities, the systemic design weaves a dense network of relationships and provides a structural reference that enables us to understand the world dimensions, describes and see ourselves location (Lou, 2018, p.343) .

In the daily activities of the campus, people consume resources on the earth indirectly or directly by consuming or using various substances or artificial objects, which affects the operation of

the campus and even the urban system. However, since cities contain natural, social and other subsystems, d i f fe re nt hu m a n a ct iv it ie s a re arranged in specific social units.

Humans are far away from the natural environment, which makes it difficult for us to perceive the environmental consequences of long- d ist a nce ecological crises and individual behaviors. Systemic design uses visual language to describe the complex interaction patterns and processes in human systems and to associate them with ecosystems. Through the system map and simple and easy-to-read visual images, the ecological impact of the daily activities and routine behaviors of the participants in the system on the environment can be traced, which helps the participants of the system and the constituents to see the potential environmental issues.

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Compared with data reports in the hands of ecologists and environmental engineering practitioners, the systemic design depicts unsustainable issues on campus in readable and readable language. At the same time, this approach can use the narrative nature of images to convey meaning and consensus (Zhuang & Ke, 2018). Also, this approach could help campus users to change their established thinking and acquire ecological knowledge, and construct a context of action and dialogue to inspire designers, experts and all stakeholders to pay attention to potential environmental issues on campus and stimulate them to participate.

Systems thinking included in the systemic design provides a global perspective to analyze the system. It emphasizes the potential relevance of energy resources, users, equipment, scenes, and other related elements involved in the activity, and it made us aware of the systemic consequences of our actions. Breaking established thinking and behavior patterns are not easy. An Individual's behaviors are related to an individual's judgment on the state of things, so it is hard to lead persons' life in a different way from the mainstream way of doing things, and also hard to make him willing to take active cooperative actions.

Systems thinking could help people in understanding the complexity of moments in the system, and help people in perceiving the variables that affect the moments (E. Manzini, 2015, p.145). The systemic design reveals the correlation between actions and results, which can clarify the factors that affect the sustainable development of the campus, help to find the crux of the sustainable problems facing the development of the green campus, and fi nd out where is the breakthrough in the construction of the green campus by revealing the internal connections in the campus point. Recognizing the

connection between personal behavior and the ecological environment helps to cultivate ecological qualities and prepares for positive action.

In addition, the systemic design method is a solution to ecological problems. It can provide concrete and actionable action plans for changing the unsustainable status quo on campus. Specifically, the systemic design’s focus on resources, energy use, waste emissions, and carbon emissions is consistent with the goals of saving resources, protecting the environment, and reducing pollution

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mentioned in the green campus concept. Through the analysis of the metabolism of substances at the input, process, and output of the system, the systemic design can modify the equipment, services, and interaction that cause environmental impact to ensure the reduction of the source in the campus system and the harmlessness of the process end. Compared with other ecological design methods, the systemic design is the design method of the research process. It can grasp the dynamic and periodic system rules, rather than staying at one node. Therefore, it can provide design solutions for the ecological environment in the construction of green campuses at the system level, which helps to solve another key problem - the the driving force. (Y. Lou, 2018）

As the sustainable development educator Stephen Sterling(S. Sterling, 2003)puts it, the concept has shifted from beliefs shelved in the mind to concepts that provide information and influence perceptions, behaviors, and attitudes. Once the concepts are thoroughly understood, learners will develop new ways of putting ideas into practice in daily life. As shown in Figure 34, the systemic design method is involved in the construction of g re e n ca mpu se s, by cle a rly describing the complex patterns and processes of human interactions with nature, explaining the relevance, and proposing corresponding actions. This

design process makes environmental i s s u e s i n t h e s y s t e m v i s i b l e , understandable, and feasible to stakeholders.

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Although the systemic design method is good at solving the problems of the ecological environment at the system level, there are still some operational problems i n t he applicat ion of campus scenes. It faces the following problems:

1. Difficult to collect data during the