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Tribute to Ray Anderson

Aug 18 2011 in Books and Articles by GEF

By Paul Hawken at GreenBiz.com Seventeen years ago he had a realization. At that time, Ray came home. He rediscovered a sacred earth with all its complexity, beauty and mystery, free from the constraints of this or that ideology, free from narrow-minded thinking, and he was freed to reimagine the relationship between humanity and nature [...]

The Shift Network’s VISION 2012

Jan 4 2011 in Case Studies by Elise, GEF Team

“Vision 2012 is an ambitious plan and only touches at a high level upon the millions of changes needed. But it is vital that we see that it IS possible to create a global shift if enough of us work together across sectors, nations, and religions. The great challenge of our time is to create [...]

The paradox of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Jan 3 2011 in Books and Articles by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team

I wanted to share with you the thoughts of  Oscar Motomura, who is the founder and president of Amana-Key Development & Education, a Brazilian organization specializing in management education for leaders of private, governmental, and non-governmental organizations. Talking about entrepreneurship in each possible direction and perception and sustainability as a question of ethic and understanding [...]

IBM initiatives to engage on sustainability

Dec 30 2010 in Competitions by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team

Are you a start up? With your own company which is in action for less than 3 years? And you’re actively engaged in developing a software-based product or service? If the answer is yes to all of the questions above, then first sign up in the IBM PartnerWorld network. Then you can gain access to [...]

Mindshift or illusion?

Dec 24 2010 in Idea Incubator by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team

After hearing the inspirational speech of Lynne Twist about the “Soul of money” and the perception of abundance vs. sufficiency I ended up thinking about all of the different comments underneath this post by Elise. We live in a time in which the crisis might actually be the best thing that has happened to us. [...]

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Interview with Nina Nisar and Stien Michiels, Facilitators of the Co-Creation Workshop

Dec 16 2010 in Books and Articles by GEF

VIDEO INTERVIEW with Nina Nisar and Stien Michiels, Facilitators of the GEF Co-Creation Workshop during the Networking event.

Reports from the Open Space of the Co-Creation Workshop on GreEn

Dec 9 2010 in Business Skills, Case Studies, Personal Skills, Reports by Lucy, GEF GreEn Team

Open publication – Free publishing – More reports

It’s a Green School!

Nov 25 2010 in Books and Articles, Personal Skills by Bieke, GEF Team

Great school!! Take 5 minutes to get inspired http://www.greenschool.org/2010/07/07/making-a-difference/

DESIGNING a world that works for all by the Design Science

Nov 23 2010 in Books and Articles by Elise, GEF Team

Global Solutions Lab and supported by the UN IS IT UTOPIA? DESIGNING a world that works for all How the Youth of the World are Creating Real-World Solutions for the UN Millenium Development Goals and Beyond “This book documents the explorations of many young people as they sought to understand our world and to figure [...]

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Socially constructed consuming friendly world is good?

Nov 13 2010 in Books and Articles by Anu

Consumption is socially constructed through marketing. Through the consuming people can construct, maintain and communicate identity and social meanings to their lives. If we replace the word consumption in the article with sustainable living it will maybe have the same impact to our world as consumption. Is it is easier to follow the existing wind [...]