by Andrea Westall | Apr 3, 2015
The World Business Council for Sustainable Business “is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment.” It provides thought leadership...
by Andrea Westall | Apr 3, 2015
“MSC’s theory of change describes how our ecolabelling and certification program contributes to achieving our vision of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.” The Marine Stewardship...
by Andrea Westall | Apr 2, 2015
The UK climate act formed the Committee on Climate Change to advise on UK policy (Photo: The CCC) The UK’s 2008 Climate Change Act was one of the first pieces of national legislation to recognise carbon limits and to commit successive governments to binding...
by Andrea Westall | Apr 2, 2015
Common Cause believes it is important to tackle complex sustainability problems and democracy in a mutually supportive way by fostering “intrinsic” values that support self-acceptance, care for others and concerns for the natural world, rather than ones...
by Andrea Westall | Dec 20, 2014
In May 2010, thousands of people in the UK gave their votes to people outside the country to protest the lack of democracy in international decisions of climate change, migration, trade and war…UK voters in the UK pledged their votes to people in Afghanistan,...
by Andrea Westall | Dec 20, 2014
Carbon Conversations “offer a supportive group experience that helps people halve their personal carbon footprint through facilitated discussions.” The Surefoot Effect, a community interest company, manages the Carbon Conversations programme. It also delivers...
by Andrea Westall | Dec 20, 2014
The Long Now Foundation “hopes to provide a counterpoint to today’s accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common”. Inspired by a recognition that our time horizons, whether personal, democratic or financial, are becoming ever shorter, the...
by Andrea Westall | Dec 9, 2014
Education for Sustainability (ESD) has been particularly supported by UNESCO. Their website sets out the arguments for, and approaches to, how such knowledge can be gained. Overall, it believes that ESD: is based on the principles and values that underlie sustainable...
by Andrea Westall | Nov 4, 2014
The Ministry of Future Generations is a fictitious government ministry designed to future-proof our democracy. Here, the Minister for Future Generations, Septima Tulisa, steps back in time from the year 2050 to give a stark warning about how the world might end up if...
by Andrea Westall | Oct 20, 2014
The German Council for Sustainable Development advises “the government on its sustainable development policy and, by presenting proposals for targets and indicators, seeks to advance the Sustainability Strategy as well as propose projects for its realization.”...
