14th International Congress Renovabis
09/02/2010 - 09/04/2010
Freising
Environmental problems are not restricted to individual regions or countries. On the contrary, they have a greater and sometimes even global dimension, e.g. water pollution, climate change caused by deforestation or incidents in atomic plants. It is important to look at this topic on the whole, i.e. the role of the human being regarding the origin and also the solution of environmental problems and - associated herewith - the position of the church. "Protection of creation" will be an essential key-note within the speeches, panels and workshops of the congress.
On 4th September Felix Finkbeiner will present the initiative Plant-for-the-Planet and also be part of a discussion with the retired minister of environment Klaus Töpfer and guests from Hungary and Romania.
Besides there will be planted a tree on the Domberg in Freising.
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Learning From the Futures
09/05/2010 - 09/07/2010
Olomouc, Czech Republic
How can we learn from the future - not knowing what it will look like? At first sight, the title seems to be a paradox - has humankind not already proven itself unable to learn, even from its past?
Several National Associations of the Club of Rome and the Millennium Project will meet at Palacky University Olomouc in 2010 in order to discuss possible futures and outline scenarios and pathways which might lead to those desirable and undesirable. From these possible futures, we will derive lessons for the present.
Humankind is in a new situation today. Not just business and NGOs have become globalized. Environmental problems like climate change have global dimensions as well. While developed countries largely fail to reduce their ecological footprint, they expect developing ones to follow sustainable pathways. Moreover, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)should be achieved within a few years, but it is very probable that humankind will yet again fail to ensure adequate living conditions for everyone on Earth.
What are possible scenarios for our future? The event will describe risks and opportunities and will outline possible measures which go beyond present superficial and cosmetic attempts at change.
The conference "Learning from the Futures" which will be held in English, but will be followed by an event "Sustainable Development, Realistic Chance or Fiction" in Czech language on September 7-8. For more information on that part, please download the program for Sept 7-8: pdf (Czech)
Location: Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
URL: http://www.clubofrome.at/2010/futures/
Host: Czech Association, the Club of Rome of Europe, Hungary, Slovakia, and the United States, and the Department of Development Studies, Palacký University of Olomouc
