by Wendy McGuinness | Nov 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
On Monday 17th November 2008 was held the Forum for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development co-organised by the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO (NZUNESCO) and Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand Inc. (SANZ). This day of reflection and dialogue...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine emailed me a link to this site, and I thought you might find it interesting. Shaping Tomorrow helps people and organisations better anticipate and respond to upcoming change, by setting out to help review critical uncertainties, challenges and trends....
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday 9th September 2008 a workshop ‘Pathways to Sustainability, What Matters Most to New Zealanders’ was held at the Royal Society Lecture Theatre, co-sponsored by Anew NZ and Statistics New Zealand and facilitated by Leanne Holdsworth and Glen...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Friday saw Wendy participating in a Plenary discussion of the annual Human Resources Institute New Zealand conference. The theme for the whole conference was Sustainability, and every effort was made by the Institute to ‘walk the talk’. Details such as...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, 26 August saw the final evening of the 7X7 Ideas Forum. Wendy decided to use her 7 minutes to discuss a few insights she had whilst attending the World Future Conference in Washington D.C. The theme of the evening was Seven Imaginations, a perfect complement...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
My second visit was of a more general nature in that I was a tourist. I spent about three hours in the main building and the bookstore – which was superb. I have added some pictures of the sculptures at the front of the building (see above) as they gave me a...