Got some good press in the Mountain Express about our climate simulation work. Check out the dramatic lead.... The United Nations secretary-general speaks in grave tones to a room packed with …
“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 …
Role-Playing a Path to Climate Stabilization
It was a big week for the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate), the role-playing mock-UN policy exercise created here at Sustainability Institute and by John Sterman at MIT where people …
Bob Corell and Climate Action Initiative on NPR
Bob Corell of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment talked about the exciting simulation-based work of the Climate Action Initiative on NPR's "Morning Edition" …
Sterman on NY Times’ “Dot Earth”
Terrific post by Andy Refkin of Dot Earth about MIT's John Sterman and team's work about a bathtub perspective on climate change. Includes a great video of John talking at MIT. If you watch it, fast …
Climate Tipping Points
From a systems perspective, the reason to stabilize our climate as soon as possible is to avoid the reinforcing biogeochemical feedback loops that could drive catastrophic, runaway climate change. …
Building Confidence in C-ROADS
How does one build confidence in a system dynamics simulation like C-ROADS? Above you can see results from one important test that Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems did. Here's what he did: From the …
Simulating Possibility
Just back from COP-14, it is clearer to us than ever that simple, user-friendly climate change simulations like C-ROADS have the potential to help decision makers of all sorts visualize the long-term …
Two Foundations Invest In Climate Interactive
We're thrilled to announce that Zennström Philanthropies and the Morgan Family Foundation have both recently invested in Sustainability Institute's work on Climate Interactive and its intention to use …
Our Team at COP-14 in Poznan Poland
Our team is landing in Poland today! Dr. Beth Sawin of Sustainability Institute, Dr. Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems, and Travis Franck of MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global …
Putting All Our Begs in One Askit
A couple of months back, we had been reaching out to leaders of serious games to see if others could lead the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate) while the rest of our team is using …
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 …