The Long Run is, amongst other things, about moving towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. It is about ensuring a better tomorrow – and the 650 people that converged on Johannesburg during South Africa’s first Green Economy Summit discussed just that.
During the “Win-Win Strategies for Sustainable Development” conference held in Cairo, the Zeitz Foundation explained how the Long Run Destinations (LRDs) contribute to sustainable development.
The fourth Business for the Environment (B4E) Global Summit held from 22 to 23 April 2010 in Seoul saw CEOs, senior executives of multinational corporations, leaders from government, international agencies and NGOs discuss “Powering growth for the global green economy”.
by Professor Jeff Langholz Zeitz Foundation friend and Associate Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, California, USA), Dr. Jeff Langholz, spends most of his time researching, identifying, and evaluating innovative approaches for integrating biodiversity, conservation, economic development, and social well being worldwide.
Core to the work and vision of The Long Run is the importance of collaboration and learning. The approach adopted by the Zeitz Foundation in all that it does is underlain by these two basic processes.