Sustainable World Coalition

3-Month Continuous Event Program, 2012

Sustainable World Coalition is co-producing the largest sustainability education and engagement initiative ever — the Spring of Sustainability, beginning March 26, 2012.

The Spring of Sustainability will bring the biggest names in sustainability to the world through daily short teleconference presentations, one-day teleconference summits, live events, and online courses.

This three-month series of events, which we're producing in partnership with the 180,000-member Shift Network, will be offered largely free worldwide. Our goal is to both raise awareness and empower large-scale shifts towards sustainability.  Partnering with us in this massive effort are organizations like Bioneers, Green America, The Pachamama Alliance, Wiser Earth, New Reality - and many more.

There'll be a big roll-out announcement when the Spring of Sustainability website goes live, listing all the presenters, scheduling, major organizational partners, and registration. If you'd like us to let you know about the website launch so you can register (it's free!), contact us.

100 Stars of Sustainability

Over 100 top leaders and experts from around the world will present on green living, thriving communities, global stewardship, social justice, and much more.

Additional presenters include: Thom Hartmann • John & Ocean Robbins • Joanna Macy • Adam Werbach • Michael Brune • Frances Moore Lappé • Randy Hayes • Kevin Danaher • John Perkins • Vicki Robin • Hunter Lovins • Denis Hayes • Andrew Harvey • David Korten • Satish Kumar • Duane Elgin • Chief Evon Peter • Richard Heinberg • Peter Russell • Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons

Affiliate Program

If you're an organization dedicated to sustainability or social justice, you can earn revenue while spreading the word about the Spring of Sustainability — at no cost to you other than a couple of email blasts and a blurb in your e-news!

When you promote this unprecedented series of events to your network, you will receive, via The Shift Network's Affiliate Program:

• 50% of the revenue from anyone from your list who purchases downloads or transcripts of the series during the spring, and
• 20% of the revenue from anyone from your list who later purchases othertransformational courses, materials or programs of The Shift Network -indefinitely
• We'll send you templates for email blasts and e-news blurbs you can easilymodify to your unique voice or that of your organization.

Want to know more about the Affiliate Program, or sign on as an Affiliate for Spring of Sustainability? Click here.

Spring of Sustainability — List of Events

Here are the details of the Spring of Sustainability, beginning March 26 and ending June 22.

Participating in all Daily Core Theme interviews (65 in all), as well as all One-Day Teleconference Summits, is free. All teleconference events will be recorded and transcribed and offered for download for a low package price.

1. Daily Core Themes

Half-hour interactive interviews (as teleconferences) of some of the best-known and most highly-respected visionaries in the sustainability movement. These will be organized along five tracks (one track per weekday), for the entire 13-week duration, from 12-12:30 pm Pacific time:

• Green Business (Mondays)
• Green Lifestyles (Tuesdays)
• Activism for a Just and Sustainable World (Wednesdays)
• Global Stewardship (Thursdays)
• Sustainable World Pioneers (Fridays)

2. One-Day Teleconference Summits

All-day Interactive Summits, featuring presentations, panels and keynotes, on:

• Indigenous Wisdom & Modern Science (May 26)
• International Youth Jam (June 16)
• Thriving Communities (April 28)

3. Live Anchor Events

One-day events in cities across the world, featuring:

• Earth Day Eve Cultural & Performance Event (April 21)
• Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposia (May 12)
• Getting Into Action Workshops

4. Local, Self-Organizing Events

One-day synchronized events in multiple locations

• Community Action Day (community gardens, restoration, tree-planting, etc.)
• Cultural Evenings (local food potluck, documentary video & discussion)
• Engagement Circles (9-session learning & action series)

5. Multi-Media Telecourse

7-week and 14-week versions of the Sustainable World Coalition's certificate course in global sustainability: “Co-Creating A Thriving World,” a highly interactive experience in which participants:

• deepen their understanding of major global issues and how they impactenvironmental health and social justice.
• engage with a small community of cohorts who share values of sustainabilityand social justice.
• take positive action toward social and planetary healing.