by Daniel Zimmer | Dec 21, 2016 | Behaviour, Climate change, Collaborative Action, Transitions
The stability of our planet is at stake Our economic and demographic growth and development are taking humanity on planet Earth on a dangerous path. Since the middle of the 20th century, our environmental footprint has become so important that the entire Earth system...
by Salomon Billeter | Aug 30, 2016 | Behaviour, Climate change, Collaborative Action, Transitions
A first building block of a solid theoretical basis for action To solve or mitigate global problems such as climate change, good, sustainable individual behavior needs to be adopted by enough people to have an impact on society at large and the world. But isn’t...
by Daniel Zimmer | Aug 16, 2016 | Assessment, Climate change, Impact Measurement
Scaling innovations or new solutions goes much beyond the classical deployment of new technologies using market forces. It is also the deployment at scale of new practices or solutions that are local in a bottom up approach combining a diverse set of approaches. The...
by Anaïs Sägesser | Apr 25, 2016 | Climate change, Collaborative Action, Impact Measurement
As highlighted in my last post on collaborative scaling, agreeing a common agenda for success and setting clear targets are some of the key success factors for getting to impact. In my role as coach or mentor of many startups I have observed that too many impact...
by Daniel Zimmer | Apr 18, 2016 | Behaviour, Climate change
Lessons from the Greendex survey As it looks, we have never been as conscious of the need to change our behaviour for the sake of humanity and the planet. According to the National Geographic Survey Greendex 2014 a growing number of consumers feel concerned by their...
by Anaïs Sägesser | Apr 11, 2016 | Climate change, Collaborative Action, Private Sector, Public Sector
“Connecting the dots” is one of the possible routes to accelerated transitions. But what mechanisms, what methods have been tested to speed up the connections?Every transition occurs in a system and any systemic change ambition must involve stakeholders. Thus...
