London, since Jan 2008

Together with Reos Partners and WWF-UK and others we put together the foundations for the Finance Lab an initiative designed to take practical action to stimulate transformational change in the financial system so that it serves society and the environment. Over the course of the year we conducted in-depth [...]]]>

London, since Jan 2008

Together with Reos Partners and WWF-UK and others we put together the foundations for the Finance Lab an initiative designed to take practical action to stimulate transformational change in the financial system so that it serves society and the environment. Over the course of the year we conducted in-depth dialogue interviews with stakeholders and potential allies in the financial system primarily in based in the city of London as well as internationally. We facilitated several multi-day workshops helping WWF making sense of how to initiate change in a rapidly changing financial system and building trust with new partners of the Lab. In March 2010, together with Hara Practice Ltd, we co-facilitated the first Finance Lab Assembly with over 100 participants and we are supporting WWF-UK and the Institute for Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW) in building the community of finance innovators that can shift the financial system.  More about the Lab http://thefinancelab.ning.com/

During Cop15, the Climate Summit, we were invited by the Asia Europe Foundation ASEF, to facilitate a 2 day meeting for leading Asian and European artists and thought leaders from the cultural sector to collectively understand their role in the Climate Change debate. This gathering was part of the Culture | [...]]]> Copenhagen, December 2009

During Cop15, the Climate Summit, we were invited by the Asia Europe Foundation ASEF, to facilitate a 2 day meeting for leading Asian and European artists and thought leaders from the cultural sector to collectively understand their role in the Climate Change debate. This gathering was part of the Culture | Futures conference,  bringing together 100 artists and leaders of cultural organisations form around the world. The purpose of this meeting was to come up with a vision for the Culture sector’s response to the Climate Change debate and some policy recommendations.

During our remaining days of  in Copenhagen we volunteered at the Meshwork during the Klima Forum, the people’s climate summit, joined the Survival Academy and the Inner Climate Learning Village.

]]> http://www.natural-innovation.net/natural-innovation-cop15/feed/ 0 http://www.natural-innovation.net/322/ http://www.natural-innovation.net/322/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:46:20 +0000 simone http://www.naturalinno.net/testsite/?p=322 Copenhagen, 13 December 2009

A mini nature solo, which we co-hosted with Rowan Simonsen from Upstream. The purpose of this day in nature was to get an embodied experience of understanding our place in the larger ecosystem of our world allowing us to take better decisions, keeping our children and grandchildren in mind and being aware of the effects of our actions on all species and the grandchildren of these.

This event was part of the Survival Academy. The Survival Academy ran from 8-17 of December during the COP15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen, and explored the human dimension of climate change.What if I were the solution? The Academy includes a series of learning events including live teleseminar with Otto Scharmer, Book Release by Adam Kahane, A training in Visualizing climate strategies, Theory U workshop, World Changing input, a Deep Democracy workshop and an exploration of why Inner climate is important. To see the full programme, visit www.survivalacademy.org