Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context

Join us for a discussion of the second chapter in Michael's book, Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles. Members can engage in an online discussion here, followed by a live web chat with Michael and other members of the BME network on February 27th at 12pm CST.  

The 2019 Oxford Dictionary word of the year is "climate emergency." The word of the year is both retrospective, chosen because of dramatically increased use in both published and social media, but also prospe

This report presents the key highlights and contributions from the conference ‘Monitoring and Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems’. This conference was held on 3-4 April 2019 in Wageningen, the Netherlands and was the twelfth annual ‘M&E on the Cutting Edge’ conference. This event was organised by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI) in collaboration with Wageningen Economic Research and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

Evaluation is no longer just a back-end activity assessing whether goals have been attained. By integrating design, engagement, and evaluation, a Blue Marble evaluation team can support accomplishing a range of tasks in developing both local and global systems change initiatives. This resource provides a checklist of Blue Marble contributions that can be used as both a reminder of possibilities for evaluators and a menu of options for those designing and implementing systems change initiatives.