by Majka Baur | Oct 12, 2017 | Behaviour, Changemakers, Collaborative Action, Designing for Behaviour Change, Impact Measurement, Transitions
I met Marilyn and Alexander Mehlmann in Berlin where they came to speak at the SustEcon Conference. In her blog, Marilyn calls herself Globetrotting Grandma. I love how she introduced herself: it shows her open mindset and her great sense of humor. Personally, I think...
by Anaïs Sägesser | May 4, 2017 | Collaborative Action, Impact Measurement, Philanthropy
In the discourse related to the current grand societal challenges we continuously hear the call for innovation. This is for instance true in all major international conferences addressing climate change or the Sustainable Development Goals where agreement is easily...
by Daniel Zimmer | Apr 18, 2017 | Collaborative Action, Public-private synergies
Information technologies bring a lot to scaling processes. They facilitate large-scale dissemination of ideas, provide new marketplaces and contribute to reducing the marginal costs of services and products as clearly explained by Jeremy Rifkin. Using online...
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 Anaïs Sägesser | May 9, 2016 | Behaviour, Collaborative Action
Climate change is a symptom of current predominant personal and societal values, belief systems and aspirations which continue to lead our actions into an unsustainable direction. There is currently a large gap between “doing well” and “doing good”. Strengthening the...
