12 March 2024 - The Club of Rome is known for its influential reports on environmental challenges and sustainable development. Could you share how you first became involved with the organisation? Back in the 1990s, I got involved in eco-philosophy through a Norwegian...
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Of collaborative leadership and transformative sustainability
13 February 2024 - What inspired you to join The Club of Rome? It was actually Ernst von Weizsäcker who inspired me to join The Club of Rome, because he was impressed with my work on multi-stakeholder collaboration for transformative change. I had come across The...
Closing the loop for a sustainable future
08 February 2024 - How did you become involved with The Club of Rome ? I have been a full member for the last 10 years. My initial involvement was as a co-author of the report The Limits to Certainty, facing risks in the new service ecoinomy in 1989, which was...
Embracing diversity and influencing change
20 November 2023 - What inspired you to join The Club of Rome? Sustainability and climate change are political matters, and I have always been a political activist. But the choice of The Club of Rome was an accident of history. I happened to live in Cape Town when...
Prioritising humanity and the environment for a sustainable future
13 November 2023 - Why did you join as a member of The Club of Rome? I am interested in the themes covered by The Club of Rome, such as the political economy of overconsumption, its impacts on the environment and socio-political consequences. There is growing...
From animal friends to sustainability advocate
31 October 2023 - What inspired you to pursue a career in nature and sustainability? My fascination with the natural world began in childhood and continued through my secondary school years. I formed a small association called Animal Friends and Scholars Society (in...
Bridging science and sustainability
24 October 2023 - In the heart of Belgrade, Serbia, a remarkable journey unfolds—a journey that seamlessly weaves together the realms of science, sustainability and global collaboration. At the centre of this narrative is Nebojša Nešković, a physicist of distinction...
Sustainability: An evolving subject
14 September 2023 - Yi-Heng Cheng, member of The Club of Rome Executive Committee and Asia Deputy Director of the International Ecological Development Union (EDUI) sits down with Communications Fellow Nonhlanhla Ngwenya to talk sustainability and how the circular...