Our Philosophy

We invite you on a journey:

To activate the mindshift towards a sustainable future.


The next decade will determine the future of generations to come.

We need to change our economic and social paradigms from quantitative growth and exploitation to sufficiency and stewardship for our local and global systems.

  • We believe that no single organization will be able to facilitate the changes needed. We believe that no external framework alone will suffice. It needs the responsible actions of millions of individuals all around the world, joined by a collaborative, global, empathic mindset.
  • We believe the best way to serve this task is to empower young people to find the sustainable entrepreneurs within themselves in order to become agents of change in their environment and the world.

Since simple solutions are not suitable for the complex problems of our times, we seek to inspire leadership in all individuals to first take responsibility for themselves and consequently for their communities, their society and their environment.

It’s all about co-creation and not reinventing the wheel

In this community we cultivate constructive and entrepreneurial behaviour and thinking and strive to help our members find within others the ingredients they need to fulfill their own mission.

  • We believe in collaboration, in connecting and sharing and encourage all our members to do so.
  • We believe in the beauty of the world and the vast amount of opportunities that are to be discovered together.
  • We believe in being critical and analyze what is and has been not to make a judgment but to find ways to be creative and constructive!
  • We believe that you will learn a lot through this platform when you take your learning into your own hands.
  • We work from the bottom up: starting from the needs of young people and striving to help them respond to these needs through our community and our partners.

And together we can address the world’s most pressing issues.

This is your opportunity to share and benefit from the extensive knowledge and experience of our members and our partners.

This is the space to co-develop a joint vision on what a sustainable future will look like and a roadmap on how to get there.

We count on the community members to help us make this platform a place where you can find the people, partners and resources you need. Where you can share big ideas with those who can help you to transform them into practice.

All this right here on our online platform

  • We are hosting meritocratic and participatory processes: our community currencies, the Ants and Owls, determine which contributions are most valuable to our community. This was our basis for selecting the representatives to attend our Co-Creation Workshop that took place in Brussels, December 2010.
  • We are moderating the online Co-Creation Community as a safe-space and a sounding board, where contributions and responses are expressed in a supportive and constructive manner. Please see our community rules.
  • The content of our online Co-Creation Community is created under a Creative Commons license and freely accessible for everybody.