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The Natural Step is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to education, advisory work and research in sustainable development. Since 1989, we have worked with thousands of corporations, municipalities, academic institutions and not-for-profit organisations that have proven that moving strategically toward sustainability leads to new opportunities, reduced costs, and dramatically reduced ecological and social impacts.
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LATEST NEWS
- The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution (NEW: Now available in audiobook format!)Thursday, 10 November 2011 | Submitted by Neil McCallum
By Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Founder, The Natural StepNOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT! See details below...It may be unlikely that a Swedish karate champion, family man, and cancer scientist could be at the center of developing a systems approach to life on Earth that could revolutionize the way humans operate in the world, but this is the story of just that: the idea and the man behind it.
As a cancer specialist, Karl-Henrik Robèrt faced a stream of parents who would sacrifice anything to save their children. Yet that same selflessness did not seem to extend to saving the environment, as debate on how to achieve sustainability was divided, with no agreement on universal principles. But Robèrt's experience convinced him that consensus on how to meet the most basic requirements of life should be possible.
News Release: Dr. Robèrt To Be Inducted Into ISSP Sustainability Hall of FameTuesday, 05 July 2011 | Submitted by Anouk Bertner
On behalf of the entire Natural Step community, it is my pleasure to congratulate Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt for being inducted into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals’ (ISSP) Sustainability Hall of Fame. I am personally thrilled that the ISSP recognized Dr.Steps Towards Sustainability in Western Australia - One-day training for public sector professionalsSunday, 02 May 2010 | Submitted by Tracy LydiattThe Natural Step Australia (TNSA) recently delivered new sustainability training on behalf of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), a training and development organisation focused on public sector professionals.
The Natural Step in Australia SurveyTuesday, 01 December 2009 | Submitted by Tracy LydiattDear Sustainability Colleagues and Friends,
TNS Training in SingaporeTuesday, 06 October 2009 | Submitted by Tracy LydiattThe Natural Step International and Australia members, Richard Blume and Tracy Lydiatt recently spent one week in Singapore delivering a Level 1 Foundations Training Workshop over three days.