Our News

These are the One Earth news stories in 2008:

One Earth's 2007 news stories can be read online here. Current news stories are here.

Emmanuel presented at the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention's Annual Roundtable

The 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.  Click here for more information.

Vanessa shared insights about scenario planning in Singapore

On October 21st, Vanessa Timmer spoke to urban leaders, scientists and innovation experts from around the world at Futuropolis 2058 in Singapore. It is easier to transition to urban sustainability if we can picture what sustainable cities look like. Future scenarios help us think and plan in more innovative, rigorous and adaptive ways. In her talk, "Imagining Sustainable Cities: Scenario Planning for City Management," Vanessa argued that we shouldn't just gather information ("what do we know") through trend analysis and other tools but also expand our understanding of our options ("what is possible or imaginable"). Contact Vanessa for details.

BC Environmental Network Annual Conference

On September 28, 2008, the BCEN held its annual conference at UBC Robson Square under the title “Achieving Sustainability: Tools and Theories for Social Change”. The One Earth Initiative, as a member of the BCEN, participated in the day-long conference, which featured Bill Rees, Board Member and Founding Fellow of One Earth, as one of the speakers. For more information on the day’s events, see http://www.ecobc.org/.

Canadian Environmental Network (CEN) Annual General Meeting

The RCEN held its AGM in Toronto on Oct. 24 to 26, 2008. The topic this year was “Health and the Environment”, and will be addressed through the many workshops, plenary sessions and presentations. More information about RCEN is available here: http://www.cen-rce.org/eng/index.html.

One Earth comments on the first draft of the "Marrakech Process" 10-Year Framework of Programmes' (10YFP)

The UN’s Marrakech Process made available a first draft of a document that will serve as input to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on sustainable consumption and production. One Earth was one of the partners who commented on the first draft. Comments and the draft can be downloaded from the Marrakech Process website as well as the NGO Forum website. More information on the Marrakech Process

One Earth participated in first North American Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production

One Earth participated in the first meeting and dialogue for North America (Canada and USA) on sustainable consumption and production, held November 6 and 7, 2008, in Washington D.C.; a second follow-up meeting is anticipated in Canada. The goal of this meeting was to “define a regional approach to advance sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in North America that also contributes to the Marrakech Process”. For more information.