International Conference "Inspiration for Living Change"

The CSCP will act as a supporter at the conference “Inspiration for Living Change” on the 16th of September in Bonn, Germany. Organized by IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) and Colabora, the conference offers participants the opportunity to meet face to face 10 Alternative Nobel Prize laureates, who have paved the way for many influential social movements and who truly are “creators of our future”.

The thematic foci of this conference:

• Biodiversity versus Monotony

• From Genetic Engineering to Nanotechnology: How to Combat Paramount Threats
• Organic Agriculture: The way Ahead Towards Sustainable Food Production
• Food Policies for Food Security and the Potential of Eco- Intensification
• The Political Agenda for the Paradigm Shift

Participating Alternative Nobel Prize laureates are among others Vandana Shiva (India), Taeko Ogiwara and Ikuko Sasaki (Seikatsu Club Consumers Cooperative Union, Japan), Melaku Worede (Ethiopia) and Pat Mooney (Canada). Other personalities who fight for a sustainable future will also participate in the parallel sessions.

Organizer:
This conference is organized in partnership with the Avalon Foundation, BioFach, Biovision, Hivos, MISEREOR and the Vermögensakademie.

Supporters:
Supporters are Bioland, BÖLW, BUND, Brot für die Welt, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), ILEIA, Deutscher Naturschutzring, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Deutschland, ECOVIN, Ökosoziales Forum Deutschland,  Ökologische Ärztevereinigung, Organic Services, Schweisfurth-Stiftung, Slow Food Deutschland, Stiftung Ökologie und Landbau, TransFair, World Future Council.

For more information please visit the official website of the conference.