Our Approach
One Earth is engaged in convening, policy, communication and action initiatives to transform the consumer lifestyle – and the economic, industrial production, financial, political, social and cultural systems that support it.
The One Earth team recognizes that moving towards sustainability is a complex and “sticky” problem requiring large systemic shifts throughout the entire production-consumption system, including in investment and marketing and in society’s underlying cultural norms and narratives.
Our audience is change makers and networks across sectors and scales who are engaged in catalyzing sustainable consumption and production. We develop and deliver high-impact inputs and game-changing ideas at the local, national and international level in order to achieve consumption and production patterns that foster social justice and quality of life for all within the ecological carrying capacity of the planet.
Our theory of change informs how we carry out this work, which includes: connecting and building bridges across people and ideas; providing change makers with tools and capacities as well as inspiring them through story telling, powerful metaphors and the sharing of good practices; supporting the existing network of actors engaged in sustainable consumption and production (SCP); identifying and filling existing gaps in knowledge and understanding of the SCP system; and recognizing the power of deep listening as a catalyst for building trust and reciprocity with the people we engage with. Our approach reflects the fact that we cannot always plan outcomes, and we strive to create the space and conditions for emergent outcomes that precipitate change at all levels. We focus on the bigger picture.
We seek to both “ride the wave” of existing efforts as well as “create waves” through our own initiatives in areas where we have identified gaps and where we see tremendous opportunities.
Our audience is change makers and networks across sectors and scales who are engaged in catalyzing sustainable consumption and production. We develop and deliver high-impact inputs and game-changing ideas at the local, national and international level in order to achieve consumption and production patterns that foster social justice and quality of life for all within the ecological carrying capacity of the planet.
Our theory of change informs how we carry out this work, which includes: connecting and building bridges across people and ideas; providing change makers with tools and capacities as well as inspiring them through story telling, powerful metaphors and the sharing of good practices; supporting the existing network of actors engaged in sustainable consumption and production (SCP); identifying and filling existing gaps in knowledge and understanding of the SCP system; and recognizing the power of deep listening as a catalyst for building trust and reciprocity with the people we engage with. Our approach reflects the fact that we cannot always plan outcomes, and we strive to create the space and conditions for emergent outcomes that precipitate change at all levels. We focus on the bigger picture.
We seek to both “ride the wave” of existing efforts as well as “create waves” through our own initiatives in areas where we have identified gaps and where we see tremendous opportunities.
Our Mission
We are a research and advocacy group focused on transforming production and consumption patterns locally, nationally and internationally to move towards long-term sustainability. To do that, we reveal our global interdependence and make connections visible. We identify important leverage points for social change and take action. We promote positive visions of the future to make sustainable livelihoods attractive, and inspire the world to think and act as one Earth. Our goal is to engage each other – our planet’s stakeholders – in a continuous dialogue to foster living more equitably with Earth’s ecological means.
Our Vision
Credit: Mariken van Nimwegen
We envision a democratic world where basic needs for all are met, where everything we touch is sustainable and part of the Earth’s cycle, where product labeling is not necessary, where waste is a resource, where everybody consumes their fair earthshare, and where we live in balance with nature.
We live in a web of connections to people and places around the world that sustain our lifestyles and societies.
Moving towards a sustainable future means transforming destructive links into positive ones, from our own backyard to the other side of the planet. We are motivated by the urgency and alarming scale of the global ecological crisis that increases our vulnerability with its negative economic and social consequences.
We are inspired by endless human imagination as we join in the growing sustainability revolution to redesign and radically transform our societies.
One Earth exists to highlight the links between who we are, what we buy, where we live, what we make, what we trade, and how we live together.
With a range of partners, we bring tools, ideas and real applied solutions to the table, stimulating the movement from commitment to action on sustainable consumption and production.
We live in a web of connections to people and places around the world that sustain our lifestyles and societies.
Moving towards a sustainable future means transforming destructive links into positive ones, from our own backyard to the other side of the planet. We are motivated by the urgency and alarming scale of the global ecological crisis that increases our vulnerability with its negative economic and social consequences.
We are inspired by endless human imagination as we join in the growing sustainability revolution to redesign and radically transform our societies.
One Earth exists to highlight the links between who we are, what we buy, where we live, what we make, what we trade, and how we live together.
With a range of partners, we bring tools, ideas and real applied solutions to the table, stimulating the movement from commitment to action on sustainable consumption and production.