Emmanuel Prinet, Vanessa Timmer and Bill Rees are taking part in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting (2-14 May 2010), which includes a focus on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). Emmanuel is the official nongovernmental organization (NGO) representative on the Canadian delegation. He and Vanessa are engaged in shaping the NGO position on SCP, and Vanessa is presenting in the inter-governmental plenary on behalf of the NGOs in the Interlinkages dialogue. Bill Rees is part of a high-level expert workshop on the green economy and sustainability with the UN Division on Sustainable Development. Bill is also speaking at the United Nations as part of a Side Event which One Earth is co-hosting on “Eco-footprints and Solid Waste: Making tracks to achieve sustainable patterns of production and consumption” with the Worldwatch Institute, UN-Habitat and UNEP.
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One Earth is active at the United Nations in New York!
Friday, May 7th, 2010Mapping the movement!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
One Earth is mapping the actors and networks who are working on elements of the sustainable consumption and production (SCP) issues — or the system as a whole. This project is funded by Industry Canada and is an input to the upcoming 2nd North American meeting on SCP. Contact: Emmanuel Prinet.
Gaining Ground conference
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
One Earth was a partner in the Gaining Ground conference (Resilient Cities: Urban Strategies for Transition Times, Vancouver, Oct 20-22), helping cities manage transition times. North American cities are facing transformational challenges in sustainability, economy, and urban management, leaving them scrambling to comprehend and manage the shift toward ecological practices and greater resilience. The conference advances thinking on innovation in sustainability governance and best current practices for managing sustainable urban systems; capturing opportunities in the green economy; building widespread sustainability collaborations that engage the community level. Bill Rees presented a keynote address in which he outlined a vision of a self-reliant, self-producing eco-regional city states which differ fundamentally from the parasitic modern city. One Earth hosted a workshop building on this keynote presentation entitled “Rethinking the Good Life in Cities” which featured Bill, Vanessa and Nicole from One Earth as well as Vincent Tan (VP, Ayala Land) and Mariken van Nimwegen (Graphic Recorder). The workshop addressed the question: how can we redesign our cities to be regenerative and resilient with healthy, vibrant communities, economies and lifestyles? It also explored ‘how’ we can work more effectively on complex, systemic issues like transforming our cities, including some cutting-edge methods and ‘social technologies’ currently being tested in the field.
SCORAI conference
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
One Earth’s Emmanuel Prinet and Bill Rees present their latest work at the SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) conference at Clark University on October 15-17. Emmanuel presented “Advancing Sustainable Household Consumption: Insights for Effective Policy Development” and Bill spoke about “What’s Blocking Sustainability? Human Nature, Cognition and Denial.” SCORAI explores sustainable consumption and the impact of changing individual household patterns, bringing together top academics and practitioners from the US and Canada. A central conclusion was that because of the scale and the urgency of the changes needed, households cannot significantly advance sustainable consumption on their own, but require systemic solutions and coordinated actions by many stakeholders, including grassroots initiatives, institutional changes, government policies, and political reforms.
Emmanuel at Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention’s Annual Roundtable
Friday, June 13th, 2008The Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2) held its 12th Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 11th and 12th, 2008. The goal of the roundtable is to bring together the strongest pool of Canadian pollution prevention expertise, exchange information and discuss pollution prevention and sustainable consumption in Canada. Emmanuel will be giving a presentation on “Taking inspiration from the European Union, and moving forward on SCP in Canada”. His talk will be followed by the projection of two short videos on Malmö and Vancouver.
Emmanuel Participates in International Conference on Consumption
Thursday, October 25th, 2007In October, One Earth’s Emmanuel Prinet participated in the international conference “Towards a General Framework for Action on Sustainable Consumption” in Montreal, organized by Fondation Claude-Masse. NGOs, academics and government agencies shared the most up-to-date knowledge on sustainable consumption, and informed each other of initiatives in North America and Europe to minimize environmental impacts; and to encourage sustainable consumption by consumers and economic players.
Emmanuel Shares Urban Best Practice Through Videos
Monday, February 5th, 2007Emmanuel gave a Guest Expert seminar about cities working towards sustainability in Europe at the Sustainable Building Centre in Vancouver, February 2007. He showed the videos of best practices in Sweden, Germany and the UK that he produced as part of the Sustainability Productions video series, partnered with One Earth. This event was sponsored by Light House Sustainable Building Centre and Cascadia Green Building Council. For more information, see the seminar announcement.
