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This webinar is now complete. Please click here to access a recording. Ms. Bonometti has also written a follow-up blog post answering some of the questions posed during this webinar. Click here to read that post. For this webinar, we will be joined by Tostan CEO Elena Bonometti to learn how a grassroots, human-rights based nonformal education program has sparked deeply transformational social change leading to policy and institutional changes affecting millions of people in West Africa. Tostan is a globally recognized leader with an approach that speaks to all four of Blue Marble’s…

This webinar is now complete. Click here to access a recording This webinar will provide a space for panelists from a recent AEA session on the climate crisis to continue the conversation and answer questions. The urgency of climate change presents an opportunity for action by evaluators on what is arguably the most pressing challenge we face not just as evaluators, but as inhabitants on this planet. This “tragedy of the commons" sits squarely within the AEA ethical guiding principle, Common Good and Equity. The climate crisis is one of humanity's great moral moments, alongside the…

This webinar is now complete. Click here to access a recording of this webinar. Summary: r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience and Regeneration) just hosted its 7th International Conference in September, and so in this webinar, they present a round-up of activity from it. The Program structure revolves around four thematic pairings that align with r3.0’s Work Ecosystem and its vision of the elements of necessary transformation.   Science & Behavior: The Global Thresholds & Allocations Council (GTAC) ties the science of threshold determinations with the behavioral ethics of allocations —…

This webinar is now complete. Click here to listen to a recording of this webinar. Click here to view the chat log from the webinar. Learn how two professional development and capability-building trainers, Glenn Page and Michael Quinn Patton, are adapting to the online environment. Two principles-focused evaluation approaches interconnect as Glenn will focus on how to apply the principles of Blue Marble Evaluation for place-based “bioregions" and understanding transformations pathways through the use of a Blue Marble Baseline and Michael will focus on further Blue Marble Evaluation Training…

This webinar is now complete. You can view the recording here. Greg Watson is the Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and an initiative to improve global systems literacy. Greg has spent over 40 years learning to understand systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and to apply that understanding to achieve a just and sustainable world. He has served on the board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and as a juror for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. His presentation will be 12…

This webinar has concluded.  Click here to access the webinar recording. Presenters: Steve Lydenberg, William Burckart & Mirtha Kastrapeli Hosted by Glenn Page This webinar will explore the work of TIIP and their vision for engaging Blue Marble Evaluators to help transform the financial sector - with an eye to Large Asset Ownership.  TIIP was founded in 2015 by Steve Lydenberg—co-founder of the first index to utilize social and environmental standards—and William Burckart—a respected impact investing consultant—who were determined to help investors align their strategies and practices…

Join us for this special edition of our Blue Marble Evaluation Book Club. This month, we will look at the Cross-Silos principle, presented in Chapter 7 of the book, Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles. In particular, we will explore the intersection between the movements for social justice and environmental sustainability with a look at environmental justice.  We will begin with a short overview of the Blue Marble Principle and then move into small groups where we will have a chance to explore these issues more deeply. As an emerging network, we hope these conversations will…

Click here to watch a recording of this webinar. Presenters: Isabel Carlisle & Eduard Mueller Hosted by Glenn Page & Michael Quinn Patton Future resilience of our communities across the globe is a whole-systems challenge in the face of whole systems change (climate change being one of those lead systems). This webinar focused on two scales of transformation, one at the regional scale in the southwest of UK and the other at the national scale of Costa Rica. We began with the story of the Bioregional Learning Centre in South Devon, England, who have been supporting a whole region and…

Presenters: Kofi Agbogah and Alasdair Harris Click here to access a recording of this webinar.   Hosted by Glenn Page and Michael Quinn Patton. This webinar dives into the case study presented here, with a focus on the Blue Marble Integration principle. Small scale, wild capture fisheries provide employment, food, and livelihoods for tens of millions of people globally.  Listen here as we introduce Kofi Agbogah Executive Director of of Hen Mopano in Ghana and Dr. Alasdair Harris Executive Director of Blue Ventures as they discuss truly innovative and integrative programs. As background…

Presenter: Fred Cardin of Using Evidence Click here to access a recording of this webinar. Summary: To quote a researcher from a recent study of institutions in Africa, "How is Africa ever going to develop if it doesn't  have its own set of very strong institutions?" If we are going to collectively address global challenges, strong national partners are essential. A continuing failure to address this gap in many parts of the world will stymie active engagement in the co-creation, co-design and implementation of solutions to the major challenges of our time. This webinar explorea what strong…