Canadian ecologist and scientist Crawford “Buzz” Holling has won the 2008 Volvo Environment Prize for his theories on how ecosystems deal with sudden changes. His message stressing the importance of increasing our society’s ability to be flexible and cope with change provides a pathway forward to those worrying about global climate change and unexpected natural [...]
Tagged environmentSince May 1 (3 days before Cyclone Nargis) Fanista, the US Campaign for Burma and the Human Rights Action Center have been running a campaign called Burma: It Can’t Wait. I learned about this event from Beth Kanter’s blog How nonprofits can use social media. The campaign site features a number of short films starring [...]
Tagged social activismRecently I heard Hilary Campbell of the Wellington-based Sustainability Trust talking about personal change and their Eco Kiwi networking project. Hilary graphically demonstrated why working with individuals for change can be so powerful by inviting her audience to think about some personal change they had just made – or were making. She then ran through [...]
Tagged networking, social changeThe sparksforchange blog has been created as a way to educate myself, and hopefully others, about the many ideas and people out there that are making a positive difference for social change. It aims to be a part of and contribute into the wider on-line community sharing information about things that empower individuals groups and [...]