Future of Sustainability 2020: Has the disruption from COVID-19 accelerated the transition to a sustainable future, or made it more challenging?

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Future of Sustainability 2020: Has the disruption from COVID-19 accelerated the transition to a sustainable future, or made it more challenging?

This Forum for the Future webinar took place on 22 July 2020. We are in the midst of a historic moment that will shape society for decades to come. The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating impact – both in terms of lives lost and economic disruption. The region’s informal, cash-based economies are particularly vulnerable. At Forum for the Future we believe this may also be a moment to re-imagine how we rebuild our economies.

We are therefore calling for business, governments, civil society and communities to seize this moment in helping to deliver a more just, sustainable and resilient world. Drawing on research and insights we gather annually to understand what is next for the fields of sustainability, impact investing and philanthropy, we will share a suite of futures trajectories we have been developing which help us understand possible ways forward as change-makers. We believe only one of these trajectories, which we are calling 'Transform', has the potential to create the just, resilient and sustainable systems we need. It is based on a mindset that recognizes the interdependent nature of the challenges we face today. The session included reflections from inspiring change-makers who are already driving towards this 'Transform' trajectory – aiming to shift our political, economic and social systems so that they work together in service of human and planetary health, justice and economic resilience. If there is ever a time to drive this transformative change, it is now.

Future of Sustainability 2020: How can we harness the radical disruption presented by the COVID-19 crisis to drive a truly sustainable, just and resilient future?

This webinar took place

Future of Sustainability 2020: How can we harness the radical disruption presented by the COVID-19 crisis to drive a truly sustainable, just and resilient future?

This webinar took place on 8 July 2020.

The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating impact – both in terms of lives lost and economic disruption. At Forum for the Future, we believe that it would be tragic to go back to yesterday’s “business-as-usual”; moments of radical disruption like this provide unprecedented opportunities to reinvent the future. We are therefore calling for business, governments, civil society, and communities to seize this moment in helping to deliver a more just, sustainable, and resilient world.

Panelists: Host - Dr Sally Uren, Chief Executive Officer, Forum for the Future

Co-host - Hannah Pathak, Director of UK and Europe, Forum for the Future

Leslie Johnston, Chief Executive Officer, Laudes Foundation

Nick Cliffe, Deputy Challenge Director, Innovate UK

Keith Writer, Supply Director, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate

Rebecca Marmot, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever

This short video captures highlights from the 2014 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. At the invitation of Nancy Foye-Cox and with support from

This short video captures highlights from the 2014 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. At the invitation of Nancy Foye-Cox and with support from Sally Gutierrez, I moderated a wisdom circle of women ASPA leaders. I also attended the keynote by Dr. Bernice Sandler, "the godmother of Title IX," and celebrated Nancy Foye-Cox receiving the Marcia P. Crowley Award for service to the Section on Women in Public Administration (SWPA).

Our shared friendship—mine, Sally's, and Nancy's—exemplifies the power of women supporting women in the workplace, challenging the notion that they do not. The video features music, *Frammenti*, by Andrea Carri.

Wallace Black Elk: We are born with love, kindness, generosity and giving. Connie Baxter Marlow: Walking in Trust: Radical Childrearing. Trust is the key to living in harmony, live a new way

Wallace Black Elk: We are born with love, kindness, generosity and giving. Connie Baxter Marlow: Walking in Trust: Radical Childrearing. Trust is the key to living in harmony, live a new way of being, bring your gift, each child knows his path, Trust in a loving universe. Native American way of discovery. LIsten to circumstance. Watch the signs. Healing of Separation. Courage. Wallace Black Elk, Connie Baxter Marlow, Sally Ranney in Aspen, Colorado. July 13, 1998. Excerpts from REALITY CHECK!

Wallace Black Elk speaks from the Universal mind. Doubt has separated us from the Creator and created the reality we experience. Understanding the true nature of the rock, fire, water and

Wallace Black Elk speaks from the Universal mind. Doubt has separated us from the Creator and created the reality we experience. Understanding the true nature of the rock, fire, water and green. Time for all colors of humanity to put their heads together unanimously to bring universal telepathic language back. No time, no space.

Trust Brings Freedom 2 of 2 available here. 

Sally Ranney brings insights into The Trust Frequency. Wallace Black Elk and Sally Ranney in Aspen, Colorado July 13, 1998 excerpts from REALITY CHECK! For Information on The Trust Frequency developed after spending 15 years in close association with WBE and other visionary elders and personal insights and experiences: http://TheTrustFrequency.net