Soumis par Marc Beaudin, février 5, 2010

Storyteller Blog - Ottawa Sustainability for Leaders Level 1 Course

Written by Monique Lefebvre

By Hyuma Frankowski

For Immediate Release

Submitted by Laur Fisher

As you walked into the Hilton Garden Inn conference room on December 8th, you could hear the energy pulsing around the room.  In fact, it was difficult to quiet it.  Here, council members, NGO and government staff, students, independent consultants, and unofficial-yet-passionate community leaders were sharing experiences from their communities.  >See pictures here.

All eyes are now turned to Copenhagen where the world’s leaders are meeting to create a follow up agreement to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012. It’s embarrassing to be a Canadian right now – represented by a federal government that is showing a remarkable lack of leadership in addressing the most serious challenge we face as a global community. I don’t believe the federal government is representing the concerns of Canadian people or the demand for change and leadership that is being demonstrated in businesses and communities across the country.

At The Natural Step we are working with committed leaders in businesses and communities that clearly understand that our current path is unsustainable. They know that climate change is just one of many pressing issues that contribute to our unsustainable relationship with the planet. To solve our sustainability crisis we cannot use the same thinking that got us into this mess. We need to shift our mindsets.