Do you find people changing the subject when you speak up about climate change? Have you ever torpedoed the mood of a get-together just by mentioning an environmental problem? Well, you’re in good company. Could it be that we—well-intentioned environmentalists—should be doing something different?
Years ago, Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, founder of the Multisolving Institute, realized that when she talked with people about our sustainability crises, she was effectively “bumming people out.” As a systems thinker (trained by the esteemed Donella Meadows) she knew she had to try something different to make a better case for environmental and social action.
If you missed our conversation with Dr. Sawin on September 26, 2024, we invite you to watch the recording. You can access the recorded, 75-minute event, with Dr. Sawin when you make a donation below. In this webinar, Dr. Sawin shares how she turned her focus to visioning and “multisolving” to communicate more effectively and develop more inspiring projects.
We’ll also share a 30% discount code for Dr. Sawin’s new book, Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World, due to ship in late November 2024, when we send you the link to the event recording.
Purpose
Attendees of this special Resilience+ event will have an opportunity to:
- Learn how to speak effectively and engage others in conversations about social and environmental problems.
- Preview a new online tool (FLOWER) designed to develop multisolving projects with collaborators in your community.
- Hear stories about projects that address climate change while also improving health, wellbeing, equity, and economic vitality.
- Ask Beth questions about her work on systems thinking, environmental visioning, and multisolving.
About Dr. Sawin
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin is Founder and Director of the Multisolving Institute and an expert on solutions that address climate change while also improving health, well-being, equity, and economic vitality. She developed the idea of ‘multisolving’ to help people see and create conditions for such win-win-win solutions.
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