Author: stephenhinton

Case Study: bringing the power of corporations to water and food security

waflogoPLACE: Copenhagen, Denmark

SITUATION:  A group of successful entrepreneurs take up the challenge from NGOs working with hunger. These entrepreneurs have seen the power of human endeavor, innovation and inspiration. Can the power of entrepreneurship be harnessed to stop world hunger?

And yet hunger is like the elephant in the room: it is hard to talk about, hard to take in.

FRAMING QUESTION: How can entrepreneurs bring the water and food situation in the world to the attention of more in a way that stimulates entrepreneurial energy  and engages corporations and the broader public?

SOLUTION:  Create a Humanitarian Water and Food Award that celebrates initiatives that are bringing food security in sustainable, innovative ways.  Use the inspiration of these initiatives to inspire corporations to focus their CSR and humanitarian programs on not just avoiding creating food insecurity (for example by stopping  pollution) but by making it a central part of their mission.

Slowing growth, dwindling resources, changing environment, and increasing inequality. All these changes challenge corporations to get involved somehow. We need resilient communities. Resilient communities mean  continued prosperity . But food security is central. Weakened by hunger, entrepreneurship fades and  there is no  prosperity. Nearly one in seven of the Earths’s inhabitants are longing for their chance to thrive, for their chance to be entrepreneurs. But they want to do it sustainably, without destroying forests, soils or the climate.

The Water and Food Award has been looking into the challenge of creating water and food security in a sustainable way since 2009, seeking out initiatives that give us hope.

Read more  here: The Water and Food Award website

Learn more by joining the Water and Food Award’s webinar program. The first one is here.

 

When does an economy become sustainable?

Monday evening, 3rd March in Central Stockholm: an evening devoted to delving into the question of sustainable economy with Mikael Malmaeus from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Torbjörn Lahti, author and initiator of the Swedish sustainable municipality initiative.

Moderator for the evening is Stephen Hinton.

For more details, see the invitation (in Swedish) Program_ 140303_ Ekonomi

 

Representing new futures at Stockholm Future day 1 March

Most of our holidays are focused on past events or individuals, or on the rhythms of nature. History and nature are wonderful and should be honored — but the amazing future we are building together should be honored as well.

Future Day is a way of focusing and celebrating the energy that more and more people around the world are directing toward creating a radically better future.

This is a brand new holiday — the first Future Day was in 2012.

DETAILS

For Future Day in Stockholm this year, a number of futures-focused organisations will arrange a collaborative event to illustrate alternative futures. The day will be organised as a experiential game, where participants collect insights about different futures followed by a co-creative process, where teams craft possible future scenarios.

Time: Saturday March 1 from 11AM to 3PM.

Stephen Hinton i staking part as one of the PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

More information here

New workshop form – the Local Economy Rocket – launches

We are pleased to announce a new  workshop form called “The Local Economy Rocket: stages from conversation to transition enterprise”.  Inspired by the Reconomy project in UK and the work of Hela Sverige Skall Leva and Swedish JAK Bank, this workshop presents the experiences and tools from local economic development from around Sweden and the rest of the world. Participants will become familiar with the stages to economic development and tools so they can start to apply them in their local economy. Continue reading “New workshop form – the Local Economy Rocket – launches”

Reading the trends: business is going social

Where is business going?  At least we can say reviewing the recent editions of Signals of Change Newsletter it seems that a new leadership is emerging. From the Copenhagen-based Water and Food Award’s simple observation that people need food security for the world to have peace and prosperity, to Michael Porter’s declaration that business and society have common shared values. To experts like Johan Rockström’s simple observation that nature is sending a bill, to a myriad of corporations redefining the core of their missions. Continue reading “Reading the trends: business is going social”

Linking CSR and food security: webinar with Swedish Safety organisation

Stephen Hinton, representing the Water and Food Award joins  ISSS for the first in their P.R.N. Webinar series.

DATE: 27th February      TIME: 14:00 CET (50 minutes)

SUBJECT: CSR from a food security and risk and continuity perpective

FROM THE PROGRAM: What is food insecurity doing to us? How businesses view these trends? Micheal Porter’s perspective. Water and Food applicants’ solutions. Perspective on Risk management.

REGISTRATION: is online and free, follow this link

 Continue reading “Linking CSR and food security: webinar with Swedish Safety organisation”

Inner Transition – Inre Omställning

Att ställa om till en ny ordning, med mindre energi och förmodligen mindre global handel kommer att innebär även en inre omställning. Att vi har en material överflöd men är inte lyckliga ändå kanske har sin ursprung i hur den rådande världsbilden har påverkat vårt sätt att se på livet. Medan  diskussioner har gått varmt om alternativa valutor, vindkraft, oljetopp, småskalig produktion osv har andra grupper inom omställning arbetat med de inre aspekter av vad det betyder att ändra sin världsbild. Continue reading “Inner Transition – Inre Omställning”