Sweden
- Det Naturliga Stegets vision är ett hållbart samhälle. Vår verksamhet går ut på att öka takten mot en hållbarutveckling genom att skapa engagemang, bygga kompetens och erbjuda metoder. Sedan 1989 har vi inspirerat beslutsfattare, företagare och akademin till att göra världen mer hållbar och på samma gång utvecklat och spritt ett vetenskaplig baserat ramverk som idag har flera miljoner aktiva användare världen över.Välkommen att bli en förändringsagent, du också!” Det Naturliga Steget är en klar röst i bruset”
Leif Johansson, VD, VolvoLATEST NEWS
- Sweden’s top 100 most influential environmental leaders 2012fredag, 20 januari 2012 | Submitted by Richard Blume
Sweden is a country known for its clean and green policies and practice, but behind the action it is people who make the difference. That’s why this week’s publication by MiljöAktuellt of the top 100 individuals in the country voted as having the most ‘environmental influence’ is so interesting.
- Applications Open - Leading Change for a Sustainable Chemical Industry 2012onsdag, 14 december 2011 | Submitted by Richard Blume
Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) and The Natural Step (TNS) are once again running a unique 10-month customized industry course for business leaders and working professionals in the chemical sector and related value chains.
Commencing April 2012 and now entering its third year, the Leading Change for a Sustainable Chemical Industry course combines theory with implementation of projects in the participating organizations or with customers and suppliers. The schedule and course content is specifically designed for professionals working in the industry to apply sustainability concepts in their day to day work.
- The First Level 1 in Spanish Plants Seeds for the Growth of an Active TNS Community in Spaintisdag, 22 november 2011 | Submitted by Josefin Nyström“A brief, dynamic, well-facilitated, open course. Very 21st Century.”Sandra Castañeda – Textile Exchange
On the 11th and 12th of November, 17 professionals from consumer products and service businesses, NGO’s, universities and sustainability consultancies from 3 different regions of Spain came together in Barcelona for the first Spanish language Level 1 training. This course represents a milestone for the Asociación The Natural Step, the local group working to establish an activity hub for TNS in Spain, and the realisation of a shared dream to create the conditions for the emergence of a dynamic community of practice in Spain.
- The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution (NEW: Now available in audiobook format!)torsdag, 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.
A unifying framework for sustainable innovation with Philips and City of Eindhovenmåndag, 07 november 2011 | Submitted by Josefin NyströmSince February 2011, The Natural Step in The Netherlands (The Flexible Platform) has worked with Philips and the City of Eindhoven to apply the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) as a mechanism for integration of innovation, governance and sustainability towards a sustainable society. Below you find a review of the process, published in Philips’ Research Intranet by Editor and Publications Manager at Philips, Peter van den Hurk.
