by Mark Swilling | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog
Seasoned repeat participants in the World Economic Forum in Davos this year referred quite a few times to the fact that this year there was a sense of gloom, compared to the atmosphere of optimism in previous years. The Secretary-General of the UN summed up the...
by Mark Swilling | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog
To my great surprise, last week the Minister of Finance appointed me Chairperson of the Board of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. I succeed Jabu Moleketi – these are VERY big shoes to fill! This is my fifth year on the Board, a lot longer than I...
by Mark Swilling | Dec 16, 2018 | Blog
As the year draws to an end, I am reminded of how it started when the Class of 2018 arrived. They were asked to create clay images as statements, and this is what one of them wrote: How do we enable the development of active hope in a world filled with suffering?...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog
Significant letter on climate change from a South African civil society coalition: 23 October 2018 Open Letter to President Ramaphonsa Demand for an emergency sitting of Parliament to deliberate on the recently issued UN report on 1.5℃ increase in planetary...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog
Last week was the Research Workshop and Colloquium – my favorite week in the year! The first three days is about preparing those exiting our course-work Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development (PgDip-SD) for entry into the Mphil in SD, which is about...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog
Coming to the end of my first proper back at work after my long sabbatical. So amazing to back in the space of the Sustainability Institute, and tomorrow I’ll return to the CST (Centre for Complex Systems in Transition) to see if I still have a desk. Just...
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