Archive for September, 2015

Sustainable Energy for All

Sep 23 2015

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is the initiator behind the Sustainable Energy for All campaign, which has now become a large global partnership. On the campaign’s website you can find…

FAO: The Big Picture of Worldwide Food and Agriculture

Sep 23 2015

If you’d like a big picture understanding of worldwide food and agriculture, the UN’s FAO is the place to go. They produce incredibly detailed…

World Prepares to Launch the SDGs

Sep 23 2015

Just two days from now, hundreds of world leaders, including over 160 heads of state, will converge on New York City for…

Accelerating Change Conference Becomes 17Goals Launch Event

Sep 22 2015

The Danish organization “Transition World” is sponsoring a large event on October 6, called “Accelerating Change.” Alan AtKisson is keynoting the conference,…

CGIAR: Working for a Food-Secure Future

Sep 22 2015

Looking beyond global level organizations, the pathways to learning about sustainable food (including organic agriculture) become extremely diverse. CGIAR is one such pathway that…

Oxfam: A Whole Systems Approach to Alleviating Poverty

Sep 22 2015

One of the world’s most effective NGOs working to reduce poverty is Oxfam. They take a whole systems approach, working on the policy…

Gapminder: Making Poverty Statistics Come Alive

Sep 22 2015

For information on how the world’s efforts to end poverty are progressing — and to get a truly long-term, systems view —…

UN Women: Empowering Women and Championing Gender Equality

Sep 21 2015

Goal #5, achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, inevitably points us— as many others do — to all the other goals. Gender…

Insight Maker: The Systems Thinking Tool for Simulation Modeling

Sep 21 2015

Insight Maker is a powerful web-based systems thinking tool that allows for multi-user modeling and simulation. You can create your own diagrams…

The UN World Food Program

Sep 20 2015

When it comes to providing food to those in need, the UN’s World Food Program is an excellent organization to follow and support. They quickly respond to…