eden community activists

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Change tools• Aims, problems, solutions,• Creating the environment for change,

media, regulators, politics• Negotiating, stay at the table, friends

and foes.• Funding, team, make it fun!

“Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet.”

Alice Walker, Author and campaigner

Sustainable DevelopmentRio, JoBurg, Your town!

’92 – 150 Nations signed up23 years on and it has moved a

long way.Big Issues: Peace, equality,

justice, health, women, children, biodiversity, education, poverty,

pollution…

Everything!• Sustainable Development impacts on every

single aspect of our lives:• The air we breath, the food we eat, the products

we use, the energy we consume, the waste we create, our transport systems, our communities, our health, our enjoyment, our quality of life and

happiness.

• Every organisation, business and individual has an impact – sustainability is about minimising the impact and maximising the efficiency.

Waste Neutral at Eden

Choice editingShift from “Value for

money” towards “values for money”:

Professor Tim Lang

Change tools• Aims, problems, solutions,• Creating the environment for change,

media, regulators, politics• Negotiating, stay at the table, friends

and foes.• Funding, team, make it fun!

• Love • Friends and family• Support• Look after yourself! Feed

yourself, go back to the sea!

The 21st Century Needs US!• Huge challenges.• Tension is good – it drives change.• Light and quick – 70/30.• Be attractive. Make it fun!• Homo sapiens can do anything…• Be PASSIONATE !!! • Believe! Be optimistic and challenge the norm!

@edencommunities#CommunityCamp