August 2014 - July 2015
Systems Thinking and Sustainable Consumption and Production Pilot Practicum
Participants in the October 2013 Convening Workshop expressed great interest in gaining applied systems thinking capacity for sustainable consumption and production changemakers, organizations and networks. From August 2014 - July 2015, we are engaged in a systems thinking pilot practicum that is immediately useful and impact focused, and that supports repeated practice and habits. Linda Booth Sweeney (systems educator, researcher, expert and author) and Vanessa Timmer (Executive Director, One Earth; Cities for People) with Joe Hsueh (Second Muse) and others are leading this practicum. More information can be found here.
7-9 October 2013
Convening Workshop: Accelerating and Amplifying Change
The Convening workshop brought together 40 participants from across sectors. This meeting was part of the evolving process aimed at aligning our efforts in order to create tangible strategic changes in consumption and production systems.
The final workshop report can be found here.
This conference was co-hosted and co-sponsored by One Earth, The Story of Stuff Project, The Sustainability Funders, the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell, The Garfield Foundation, The Summit Foundation, Clean Production Action, Johnson Family Foundation, Cities for People, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread.
The workshop was hosted by the Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, a 14,000 square foot conference center constructed of Kasota limestone, red Streator Brick, tinted stucco, and unstained tidewater cypress. The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread embraces the prairie, with floor to ceiling windows and skylights bringing air, light, and landscape into the venue.
The final workshop report can be found here.
This conference was co-hosted and co-sponsored by One Earth, The Story of Stuff Project, The Sustainability Funders, the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell, The Garfield Foundation, The Summit Foundation, Clean Production Action, Johnson Family Foundation, Cities for People, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread.
The workshop was hosted by the Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, a 14,000 square foot conference center constructed of Kasota limestone, red Streator Brick, tinted stucco, and unstained tidewater cypress. The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread embraces the prairie, with floor to ceiling windows and skylights bringing air, light, and landscape into the venue.