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On the second day of the International Claremont Eco Forum we had a session of Economies for Wellbeing and Planetary Flourishing. (www.claremontecoforum.org) Gunna Jung moderated the session. Gunna is a professor of Economics at Hanshin University, Seoul, Korea. He is a chair of a board of directors at Lab2050. He served as a director at Seoul

We are proud to announce the launch of our new logo and visual identity! Over the past five years, we have grown and expanded as an institute at the forefront of systemic social and ecological change; it was time for our brand to reflect this evolution. We are pleased to release a new logo that reflects who

Water is one of, if not the most essential resource to life on earth. It enables everything else we want to do in life. As Henk Ovink says, “if we take care of the water, the water takes care of us.” We are one of the two primary organizers of W12+ Programs, a movement that catalyzes, connects,

World Toilet Day is coming up on November 19 and with it, a unique invitation to imagine life without something so fundamental as a toilet. Most of you reading this piece probably have indoor plumbing with hot and cold water and underground septic systems. But, the reality is that worldwide, 1 in 3 people lack toilet

by Ellie Leaning, EcoCiv Projects Director Water is the key that unlocks human opportunity and ecological wellbeing. It is what our existence here on the “blue planet” depends on.   At EcoCiv, much of our work focuses on looking at systems and structures that either promote or prevent the wellbeing of people and the planet. Water is

By Ellie LeaningEcoCiv Projects Director 60% of the human body is water. 71% of the earth’s surface is water. Yet, 844 million people currently lack access to safe drinking water. Every day, more than 800 children under age five die from diarrheal diseases attributed to poor water and sanitation. 1.8 billion people use a source of