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What if you could map how #NovaSBE is engaging with its community and educating towards active and proactive citizens while leading the journey into a sustainable school? Well, now you can. Nova SBE has officially launched the fifth edition of the “Nova SBE Road to Impact Report“, a document that aggregates the school‘s #Sustainability, #Research and #Knowledge path during 2023, fully aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Check the report and see the impact you helped create: https://shorturl.at/R6WX3 Click to see our Role to Play website: https://shorturl.at/KrqdX #NovaSBEImpactReport

💡 Interested in the regenerative economy and want to hear about real case studies from experts across different fields? Then don't miss our webinar "Eco-systemic value creation and thinking" from Università Ca' Foscari Venezia on Friday! 📅 Date: Friday, 5th April 🕐 Time: 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET ⏳ Duration: 1 hour 🌍 Language: English This session will explore value creation and the crucial role of leading actors in investing resources to co-create solutions for identified challenges. Learn about the systemic approach of the regenerative economy, where collaboration among different stakeholders is key to success. Check out our list of exciting speakers in the flyer below! Register here: https://lnkd.in/etq99HS7 #RegenerativeEconomy #Masterclass #Collaboration #Regenu #ErasmusPlus

🌱 Masterclass Takeaways: Leading with Regeneration in Finance (Tom Chi) 🌍 Yesterday's session with Tom Chi was nothing short of inspiring. Here are the highlights that reshaped how we can think about investing for a regenerative future: 💡 Rethinking Scale and Impact: Instead of solving one problem at a time, why not tackle 50 simultaneously? Tom Chi shared his journey of creating a venture capital firm that aims to do just that, focusing on deep tech, unit economics, and environmental economics. The goal? To drive rapid transformation, not just incremental improvements. 📈 Shifting from Extraction to Contribution: The lesson from nature is clear: it’s not about how much we consume, but how we participate. Ants, for example, consume 10x more food than humans yet enrich their ecosystems. The challenge for us is to create a net positive civilization, where human activities enhance, rather than deplete, natural systems. 🔍 Investing in Catalysts for Change: Chi’s approach is rooted in investing in innovations that cause disruptive shifts in industries. Take textile dyeing, for example. His firm backs technologies that reduce water usage and lower costs by a factor of three, transforming an industry responsible for major environmental damage. ⚙️ The Investment Triangle: Chi’s firm uses a unique triangle to evaluate investments: Deep Tech - Reinventing industries with groundbreaking innovations. Unit Economics - Aiming for a 3x improvement in margins. Environmental Economics - Selecting projects that drastically reduce environmental impact. 🌍 A Net Positive Relationship with Nature: To achieve a regenerative future, we need to upgrade our relationship with the fundamental elements of nature: water, soil, biodiversity, and air. It’s about aligning our technologies and investments with the physical world’s principles. 🚀 The Vision: From autonomous vehicles that reduce the need for parking lots (and free up space for green areas) to textiles that consume less water, Tom Chi’s vision is a future where human activities are a catalyst for ecological regeneration. Let’s rethink our role in the world and strive for a civilization that gives back more than it takes. 🌿 #Regeneration #SustainableFinance #DeepTech #EnvironmentalEconomics #CircularEconomy #TomChi #ClimateAction #NetPositive

Innovation meets impact in Dr. Pankaj Shukla's initiatives. Follow along as we explore groundbreaking solutions to age-old challenges, paving the way for a more sustainable future. #Innovation #Impact #ASRE #Gramya #DrPankajShukla

The article posted earlier last week has now been updated with more details on the transition to post-patriachy - the co-creation of Society/Culture 4.0 - toward REGENERATION and SYMBIOSIS - #Biomimicry

In just a glorious week from today, at 6 pm UTC +10, THRIVE proudly presents its April webinar focusing on SDG13: Climate Action. Bringing us insight is Simone Grasso, a sustainability-driven business developer and circular economy lecturer. Grasso holds a dual degree in economics, management, and policies for global challenges, specialising in green economy and sustainability, with honours from the University of Ferrara and Southern Denmark University. Throughout his career, he has actively promoted circular economy principles by leading the development of the green-tech startup Cyrkl in Italy for 2.5 years. He now focuses on educating young students and professionals to drive progress and innovation in sustainability. Simone's presentation focuses on the circular economy, aligning with one of THRIVE's 12 Foundational Focus Factors, the Regenerative Economy. These economies diverge significantly from our current economy, the linear model. The linear model, as its name suggests, is simply linear: take, make, break, and toss away. However, the linear economy is a mistake. Join us to learn more about transitioning towards a circular and then regenerative economy, both as individuals and communities. Day: Tuesday Date: 16 April 2024 Time: 6 pm UTC +10 Visit the link below for further information: Link: https://lnkd.in/gRnwa9Hc #THRIVEWebinar #SDG13 #ClimateAction #CircularEconomy #RegenerativeEconomy #Sustainability #CircularEconomyEducation #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateActionNow

Every day I discover new founders, startups, and organizations not going where the path may lead, but instead going where there is no path and leaving a trail for others to follow… SWSIE is one of those organizations, and this Innovation Grant could be just the beginning of even more funding in the future for startups! Pitch submissions are due Friday, December 6, 2024, 11:59 PM (MST) with grant amounts ranging from $100,000 to $250,000. Having had the privilege of getting to know their CEO, Brian Sherman, over the last few months, I can confidently say there’s no leader more passionate or qualified to ensure this initiative delivers meaningful climate solutions and economic opportunities across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. If successful, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engine will transform the Southwest into a national innovation hub—creating positive climate impacts, high-wage jobs, economic growth, technology-driven startups, and venture capital investments. If you’re working in water security, clean and renewable energy, or carbon capture and sequestration, you need to check out this opportunity! If I missed any founders or startups in the comments, please tag them 📢 Some [Hot] Facts: 🔥 Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, are the top two fastest-warming cities in the U.S. 🥵 In 130 years of recorded temperatures, June, July, and August 2024 marked Arizona’s hottest summer ever. 📈 Clean energy investments in the U.S. have been climbing since 2018. While the pace may slow, the momentum won’t stop! NSF Engines: Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine (SWSIE), ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory #CleanTech #Sustainability #Innovation #NSFEngines #SWSIE #AZCT #Entrepreneurship #WaterSecurity #CleanEnergy #CarbonCapture #DecadeForDAC #RalphWaldoEmerson

A really really interesting policy brief highlighting the need for exnovation as a complement to innovation https://lnkd.in/exUfp8Ht My take away 👉 “Exnovation refers to the active unmaking of unsustainable socio-technical configurations. Unsustainable configurations may correspond to incumbent technologies, broader mature regimes, or new negative trends.”(p2) 👉“Exnovation policies are needed because the implementation of innovations (or alternatives to existing systems) does notautomatically displace their less sustainable equivalent modes. » (p4) 👉« Political and economic leaders as well as ordinary citizens [...] tend to idealise sustainable technological innovations or even grassroot-based social innovations as the high road to transitions.” (p7) 👉“What matters is to collectively recognise, debate, and imagine future actions which would be specifically targeting unsustainability in sociotechnical systems.” (p7) 👉“exnovation policies are not virtuous by definition either; they must be well designed . »(p4) > need to think and plan 👉“Exnovation oriented policy interventions go beyond imagining purposeful decline and need to address its broader repercussions (aftercare, multiple-regime interactions, unjust losses). » (p5) More detailed recommendations p7-10 especially on “Guarantee Just exnovation” (p9-10)

🌱 I am thrilled to officially embark on a research journey into leadership for regenerative futures! What started as a seed of an idea over a year ago, nurtured with the invaluable support of Kim Aplonia Poldner, is now taking roots and beginning to grow. Together with Rolien Blanken, Bas van den Berg, Lonneke Frie PhD, and Naomi van Stapele, PhD, we are diving into a powerful question: How do professionals in management position within the education sector navigate unsustainable systems after experiencing their own consciousness shift? We're starting by exploring these consciousness shifts — pivotal moments (or life phases) when an individual’s worldview deepens and expands. Our goal is to understand how these changes influence their approach to existing systems and how they might work to transform the systems from within. We are creating a collection of stories to take their own life. Soon, we’ll be sharing how you can get involved in this exciting research! 🌿 In parallel, I continue working with the strategy team at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences, though I’m transitioning to focus more on this meaningful research. The new work-dynamic encourages me to be less in doing myself and rather keep planting seeds of system transition within the organisation. Glad to be guided by the wisdom of fabulous mentor Judit Sáez Gonzálvez and the regenerative practice I am embracing. Excited to co-create pathways for regenerative futures—by storytelling and reconnecting to what truly sustains us! ✨ Centre of Expertise Mission Zero, De Haagse Hogeschool and Kenniscentrum Global & Inclusive Learning #RegenerativeLeadership #HigherEducation #ConsciousnessShift #CollectiveTransformation  

Visiting Slush, this time we combine the two most important areas of our time, health and climate. Together with Cambridge University we will highlight how startups are enabling industrial sectors to transition to sustainability, and the role of policy, collaboration and markets in scaling solutions to system-level sustainability challenges. Anders Persson Alexander Kvist #sustainability #innovation #astrazeneca