Our world is facing unprecedented social, economic, and ecological risks resulting from extreme growth over the past 100 years. This extreme growth is called by many experts The Great Acceleration and is wholly unsustainable. Our society is quickly reaching the Limits to Growth and is beginning to unravel. With depleting resources, our future will have much less energy available, and we are unprepared for the impacts of this.
How businesses or organizations respond to this unravelling will affect everyone and everything. Understanding the "how and why" informs future pathways, and where our efforts could likely prevail. We need bold vision, implementation, and actions, from all perspectives and all viewpoints.
This workshop combines presentations, forums, Q&A, and peer breakout groups, with the goal of generating ideas and pathways forward.
Workshop objectives:
Delve into the current environmental, economic, and social polycrisis
Prepare for potential Black Swan events
Envision a holistic and inspiring future
Create a framework for transitioning to a resilient and sustainable future
Cost is $125 per person, which includes lunch, drinks, and snacks.
Featured Speakers
Don Hall has served in a variety of capacities throughout the Transition Towns Movement over the past 15 years, and is currently Training Coordinator for the international Transition Network. Don holds a Master’s in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University, is a certified Permaculture Designer, and lives in community in Boulder, Colorado. He is also the author of the newly released book, The Regeneration Handbook.
Ashley Hodgson is a health care economist who teaches as an Associate Professor at St. Olaf College. She also teaches behavioral economics. Her YouTube channel, “The New Enlightenment,” explores topics related to economics, governance, and epistemics – that is, the determination of truth and validity – in a world of social media and increasing power concentration.
Ivan Idso has been an advocate for sustainable living for more than a decade. He co-founded the Rochester EarthFest celebration in 2014 and the RITE School of Sustainable Living in 2022. In 2019, he won the Mayor’s Medal of Honor for Sustainability and teaches several community education classes. Ivan also assists organizations in resilience training and planning through his company, Idso Consulting.