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Change tools• Aims, problems, solutions,• Creating the environment for change,
media, regulators, politics• Negotiating, stay at the table, friends
and foes.• Funding, team, make it fun!
“Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet.”
Alice Walker, Author and campaigner
Sustainable DevelopmentRio, JoBurg, Your town!
’92 – 150 Nations signed up23 years on and it has moved a
long way.Big Issues: Peace, equality,
justice, health, women, children, biodiversity, education, poverty,
pollution…
Everything!• Sustainable Development impacts on every
single aspect of our lives:• The air we breath, the food we eat, the products
we use, the energy we consume, the waste we create, our transport systems, our communities, our health, our enjoyment, our quality of life and
happiness.
• Every organisation, business and individual has an impact – sustainability is about minimising the impact and maximising the efficiency.
Waste Neutral at Eden
Choice editingShift from “Value for
money” towards “values for money”:
Professor Tim Lang
Change tools• Aims, problems, solutions,• Creating the environment for change,
media, regulators, politics• Negotiating, stay at the table, friends
and foes.• Funding, team, make it fun!
• Love • Friends and family• Support• Look after yourself! Feed
yourself, go back to the sea!
The 21st Century Needs US!• Huge challenges.• Tension is good – it drives change.• Light and quick – 70/30.• Be attractive. Make it fun!• Homo sapiens can do anything…• Be PASSIONATE !!! • Believe! Be optimistic and challenge the norm!
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