A unifying framework for social and ecological sustainability
with Professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt, MD, PhD, Founder of The Natural Step.
Recently elected as one of Sweden’s first two Ashoka Fellows – leading social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to social problems and the potential to change patterns across society Karl-Henrik Robèrt is the founder of the international NGO The Natural Step, professor of sustainability at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Chairman of the international research program Real Change and recipient of the Blue Planet Prize, the ‘Nobel prize’ for ecological sustainability.
In launching The Natural Step, he has facilitated the outgrowth of a unifying framework for strategic sustainable development, and built a global institutional platform that unites with a coalition of universities, companies, industrial groups, municipalities and larger government entities to pioneer new ways to achieve a world that is socially and ecologically sustainable. This movement includes some of the world’s leading institutions, corporations and communities advancing sustainability, including the host ski resort of the Vancouver / Whistler 2010 Winter Olympics.
Karl-Henrik joins Think Globally Radio to discuss the history, development and future of the movement uniting around this framework, and his recent election as an Ashoka Fellow.
The Think Globally Radio episode March 21 2010
