by kultur.work | Mar 9, 2017
The Futures Centre is an online community run by Forum for the Future, an independent, international non-profit “with a 20 year track record in driving sustainable development”. Its purpose is to accelerate ‘the big shift’ to a sustainable future by transforming whole...
by kultur.work | Mar 9, 2017
The Alternative UK is a new political platform based in the United Kingdom and is inspired and associated with the Danish Green party Alternativet. Through curation, editorial, public events, commissioning and research, the platform aims “to transform the language and...
by kultur.work | Sep 20, 2016
‘It’s the economy, stupid’! Governments rise and fall on the back of economic success or failure. For the public, the economy is consistently ranked among the top three issues of concern. Yet, few people feel literate enough to understand economic policy, to...
by kultur.work | Sep 12, 2016
The Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral Project is a community-led initiative that is aimed at making the village “the first carbon neutral community in England”. Located in rural Cheshire, Ashton Hayes has cut its carbon dioxide emissions by already 40%...
by kultur.work | Jun 3, 2016
On 23rd May representatives of cities, organisations, and citizens concerned about sustainable development and the future of our urban areas have been invited to endorse The Basque Declaration. This builds on the Aalborg Charter (1994) and the Aalborg Commitments...
by kultur.work | Oct 19, 2015
Image (modifed): courtesy of Barn Images / flickr.com (CC0) Legislation Lab is an online platform for enabling public discussion of upcoming legislation. International in reach, it offers citizens easy access to legislation – as well as examples of related experiences...
by Ann Thorpe | Oct 3, 2015
The UN adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015. Former FDSD Trustee Janos Zlinsky was active in the development of these Goals as part of a UN Open Working Group (OWG) formed in 2013,...
by kultur.work | Aug 9, 2015
FDSD’s first programme of work, 2009 to 2013, culminated in a Manifesto for Democracy and Sustainability, the guiding principles being: We cherish sustainability: meeting the needs of people now without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own...
by Andrea Westall | Apr 26, 2015
Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group is an emerging alliance of leading global, regional and national knowledge brokers specialising in climate and development information. They launched a Manifesto on September 17th 2015, to better acknowledge the critical role of...
by Andrea Westall | Apr 3, 2015
In 2008, Ecuador codified the rights of nature within its Constitution. Articles 71–74 in particular recognise the rights of nature to respect; the maintenance and regeneration of its functions and processes; its restoration; the limitation or prevention of activities...
