http://www.sustainer.org Founded by Dana Meadows Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:59:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1995" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cohort 4 Fellows and Staff"][/caption] The 20 Fellows in Cohort 4 hailed from Thailand, India, Pakistan, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, and the USA, representing the civil society, media, government, philanthropy, and business sectors. By design, 75% of the group is women. To read more about the Fellows, ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1994 DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (April 2010) The second World Resources Forum, to be held in Davos, Switzerland, September 18-21, 2011, will be organized by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), in cooperation with Dana Meadows' Sustainability Institute. Other partners in this prestigious global gathering include the Swiss ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1949 As part of the Foresight India symposium taking place March 25-26 in New Delhi, Sustainability Institute's executive director Bas de Leeuw will be presenting his text on applying a systems approach to resource scarcity. In this text, De Leeuw begins by pointing out that through the years an increasing amount of ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1897 [caption id="attachment_1845" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cobb Hill Cohousing, Hartland, Vermont"][/caption] The fourth Cohort of Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows completed their final weeklong workshop together in February, embarking into the world with enhanced leadership skills and a dynamic, supportive network. The 20 Fellows hailed from Thailand, India, Pakistan, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, and ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1832 BERLIN, GERMANY (March 2010) How to understand complex systems and how these have an impact on our life, how to recognize when we reach the limits of our intellectual thinking, how to go beyond these limits and use that for contributing to a more sustainable world - these are the messages of ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1819 (February 4, 2010) With January 31st as the 'soft' deadline for countries to submit to the UNFCCC their proposals for greenhouse gas emissions reductions under the Copenhagen Accord we've been hearing the question from colleagues and the press: do these submissions bring the world any closer to the goal of ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1637 WORCHESTER, MA, USA (February 4, 2010) An interactive exhibit that illustrates how climate change is impacting the earth opened at the Ecotarium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Based on the latest science, this traveling display uses a climate simulator developed by the Sustainability Institute in collaboration with MIT and Ventana Systems. Called ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1627 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (January 20, 2010) A shift away from economic growth towards a development model based upon quality of life is one of the elements of an emerging sustainability strategy of the Indonesian province of Papua. SI's Phil Rice conducted a training workshop for officials of the Papua Planning Department ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1604 (January 19, 2010) The Climate Interactive team, led by Sustainability Institute, delivered big results in Copenhagen at the UNFCCC's COP15 climate conference. Bill McKibben wrote in the UK Guardian, from Copenhagen: “the only people who really understand what’s going on may be a small crew … called Climate Interactive. Their ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1569 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (January 5, 2010) “We are prepared to give all we have as long as there is the possibility of saving our planet. We expect the same courage from you.” - closing words of the “Our World, Our Future - Children’s Climate Forum Declaration 2009.” The Children’s Declaration ... http://www.sustainer.org/?p=1613