The following essay was written by the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, Joseph Curtatone. Although Curtatone ties systems thinking to I-93 and childhood obesity in Somerville, the same long-term thought process of actions and consequences must be utilized by city and regional leaders today as we increasingly feel the impacts of a changing climate. Hats off […]
Climate Interactive and our simulations align with plea of UN Panel
“Measures should be taken to strengthen the interface between policymaking and science in order to facilitate informed political decision-making on sustainable development issues.” So reads one of the policy recommendations from the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability. The panel includes 22 international leaders many of whom are scientists or current or […]
Partner John Sterman in Powerful Video — Red State Goes Green
Check out the following post from Climate Interactive partner Dr. John Sterman of MIT’s Sloan School. View a post here on Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog. Start with “Amber Waves of Green,” directed by Randy Olson: And Dr. Sterman’s commentary: On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was destroyed by an F5 tornado. Almost every building in town was leveled. […]
World’s Countries Ratify Global Climate Deal! in a Dartmouth simulation at least…
Professor David Peart and Dr. Lori Siegel led a powerful learning experience for Dartmouth College students using the C-ROADS simulator as part of the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate) The College created an engaging video on the experience — check it out above. And their press release is here. Sustainability issues and our team’s […]
Climate Interactive Plays “Green Drinks” in Asheville
“And now everyone lift their watermelon over their head…!” Click above for recent presentation of results from our C-ROADS simulation in Asheville North Carolina, home of NCDC — the country’s largest repository of climate data. The model images are difficult to see. For clearer versions, check out the similar model runs here in our presentation […]
“Getting Green Done” Tells It Like It IS
Old friend and fellow Rocky Mountain Institute alumnus Auden Schendler this week has released a gem of a book: “Getting Green Done — Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution.” I gobbled down over the past few days. The delightful experience of reading Auden’s insights and real-world anecdotes about reducing the environmental […]
Donella Meadows Leadership Fellowship Accepting Applications
We are now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 Donella Meadows Leadership Fellowship here at Sustainability Institute. The program honors and builds on the legacy of our organization’s founder and my mentor, Dana Meadows (pictured to the left on her New Hampshire farm). As a trainer and coach in the last three cohorts of the program, I can say that the Fellowship […]