Justine visits Governance Innovation Centre to talk about future of Africa
Justine Braby met with colleagues of the WE-Africa Lab at the Center for the Study of Governance Innovation at the University of Pretoria...
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Feb 6, 2017
Envisioning a sustainable world
I have had two experiences now in the past three months where I am participating in a working session with some really bright people and...
Jan 30, 2017
The Economy for the 99%
The new Oxfam Briefing Paper (An Economy for the 99%) is out. The briefing paper was launched during the World Economic Forum last week....
Jan 16, 2017
The Ecopolis The Future of City-Living
Have you ever critically thought about Windhoek (or any other city or town you live in), and if you are happy the way it has been...
Dec 12, 2016
Why every graduating student should understand systems thinking and sustainability
Recently, I have been in many discussions about how to mainstream sustainability and the sustainable development goals into university...
Dec 5, 2016
Building wellbeing economies in Africa
Economic instability, social inequality, poverty and depletion of our natural capital (the base of our survival) make it necessary to...
Dec 2, 2016
Creating a circular economy using flies (Guest Author: Toivo Thomas)
Modern society produces enormous volumes of organic waste on a daily basis stemming from agriculture, breweries, food industries, as well...
Oct 23, 2016
Dealing with migration: faces of the same coin (Guest Author: Omnia Abbas)
In the span of one month, between September and October 2016, I've participated in two events related to migration. In one, in Hungary,...
Oct 9, 2016
Are the SDGs winning?
It has been one year since the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed to by 195 countries at the United Nations. Our ambitious goals...
Oct 2, 2016
Why don't we care about climate change?
I am sure those of us who work in and feel the urgency and reality of climate change have often wondered why, despite our scientific...
Sep 25, 2016
Katutura East (Namibia) discusses a Wellbeing Economy
With the new era of Sustainable Development Goals and our Harambee Prosperity Plan, Namibia needs to embark on a new and innovative way...
Sep 2, 2016
Next stop...Oranjemund
Ever wondered what goes on in that little town on the south coast of Namibia called Oranjemund? No? Me either. I am sure, though, that it...
Jun 12, 2016
Will Harambee bring Prosperity to Namibians?
Our Young Professional Trainee, Reinhold, recently wrote a review on the Harambee Prosperity Plan and its implementation with the...
May 16, 2016
For Progress Namibia presents wellbeing results to Shandumbala
The Shandumbala community workshop is a workshop that was conducted at the multipurpose centre on the 16th of April 2016 with the...
May 15, 2016
Stiglitz visits Namibia to advise our Government
Working on our 'For Progress Namibia' project for a few years now, which you can read more about here, we are delighted that our...
Mar 30, 2016
GDP and Well-being: Toward more holistic measures of Namibia's progress
As part of our 'For Progress Namibia' Project that is partnered with #livesmatter, we have at last published our study on well-being...
Feb 17, 2016
An Economy for the 1%
We are living in a world which encourages productivity and efficiency in the name of economic growth. But on the back-end, our economic...
Jan 18, 2016
Human, a film by Yann-Arthus Bertrand
Someone shared with us the recently released "Human", a beautiful film by Yann-Arthus Bertrand that was directed by a variety of...
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