We are deeply grateful for the generous support of our partners:
The Garfield Foundation"The urgency of the times demands that philanthropy embrace a new method of The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation"Do all the good you can. In all the ways you can. |
The Planning Team
Sally Edwards
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production |
“It’s very inspiring to be part of something that is bigger than your own organization. The Lowell Center works to reduce the use of toxic chemicals and we are interested in collaborating with others to promote systemic change at a higher level.” |
Ken Geiser
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (emeritus) |
“We can start with a couple of areas where there is a strong commitment and take action in these areas as prototypes. These can serve as examples to learn from and to get some real work done while we develop our more coordinated approach.” |
Advisors |
Bev Thorpe
Clean Production Action Darryl Young
The Summit Foundation Annie Leonard
The Story of Stuff Project |
“This is about ecological overshoot – we are in for massive upheaval. How can we collaborate together to increase the effectiveness of our work with new strategic insights and action?” “There are so many of us who are active on these issues and by seeing ourselves on a continuum of different approaches – that’s empowering. A systems mapping process may help us reduce the ‘signal to noise’ ratio, and align us to move together in a more efficient and unified way.” “There’s a short time period to turn this around and I want us to work smarter rather than harder. We need transformative actions not just transactional ones and a systems approach might help us identify these.” |