uinternacional08

The results of the forth edition of the ‚Uinternacional’ regarding the topics of climate change, energy efficency and renewable energies are ready.

Therefore an invitation to all of you to have a look at the spots (some in Spanish, some in German, none in English – sorry for that) at: http://uinternacional2008.wordpress.com/

The Hub in Brussels at the Art of Hosting

Last week, I have been in Belgium to visit the Hub in Brussels and to be part of the Art of Hosting. Over 50 people gathered at the Heerlijckyt to celebrate diversity, complexity, and collective intelligence through conversations that matter.

 

I had to go to Brussels to meet Mushin from Berlin who wrote about the Art of Hosting afterwards: “Art of Hosting is not a method, even though it uses state-of-the-art (post-)modern social technologies that make a lot of sense and help turn that sense into effective action – if that is what the participants wish.”

Using the Hub vision document to present the Hub concept at the Art of Hosting in the Hub in Brussels last Tuesday, Simone and me discovered the chaordic stepping stones inside:

Simone is the initiator of the Hub in Brussels.

And this is how her week looks like:

Web 2.0 meets social innovators

What happens when you get a bunch of software developers and social innovators together, give them a set of social problems and only 48 hours to solve them?

What happens, if you put together the IT specialists with the NGO sector in the selfHUB in Berlin?

Two interesting “unconferences” are coming up in London (April 04-06, 2008) and in Berlin (June 14-15, 2008).

Imagine is rippeling out

Shortly after IMAGINE 2008, AIESEC in Austria organized SOLUTION in Vienna, where my colleague Wiebke went. Here are her reflections:

“From 14 to 17 February 2008 AIESEC in Austria and Emersense together with a variety of reputable partner organizations, guests and speakers hosted Solution – a learning platform for sustainable leadership. Building on Theory U – an MIT developed concept for personal and social transformation – this year’s conference aims to enable and empower young people from across the world to take initiative and provide leadership for a meaningful and sustainable development of themselves and their communities. Throughout the four-day conference, about 100 selected participants engaged in an intense experience – marked by the integration of latest learning methods with arts and formal education – to build clarity, confidence, capability and courage to contribute to a sustainable future. “

Read further here.