The Earth Viability Center, Inc. (EVC) maintains Place4Us together with the participants in Place4Us. In the EVC VCC we focus on developing EVC as a consortium of many partners engaged in making the world a better place. The initial research program of EVC is focused on Viability Indices, i.e. key indicators which show how the actual state of the Earth Life Support System compares to a healthy state, i.e. the viability of the ELSS. To the extent possible this will be done for scales ranging from the global to the local. To make progress towards EVC’s vision, the Center also engages in the development of an Earth Viability Dashboard and of social collaboration platforms as a global societal infrastructure that facilitate the wide use of Earth viability knowledge for decision making at all levels.If your organization is interested in joining the EVC consortium, please send a message to the VCC admins (in the VCC Admin Room).
[Jul. 08, 2023] Building the Consortium: The EVC is in the process of pulling together a consortium of groups and organizations that are part of the "Blessed Unrest" Paul Hawkin considered in his 2007 book. The consortium will be the decision body that among others guides the development of Place4Us. If your organizations want to hear more about EVC and the consortium, please, contact us.
Platform News
[Nov. 03, 2024] ClimateAdaptationNow VCC opened: The "Climate Adaptation Now VCC" has been initialized and is open now.
[Nov. 03, 2024] LearningSustainability VCC opened: The "Learning Sustainability VCC" has been initialized and is open now.
[Oct. 21, 2024] COP16: Are Governments Acting on the Urgency to Reduce Extinction and Wildlife Loss?: The article by Phoebe Weston today in the Guardian seems to give a clear answer to that question: No. This week, COP16 of the UN biodiversity convention takes place in Cali, Colombia, and Weston reports that few countries have meet the self-imposed requirements prior to the meeting. Experts in biodiversity find that humanity is “on the precipice” of shattering Earth's limits, and will suffer huge costs if the urgency to act on biodiversity loss does not lead to immediate actions. Not waiting for the governments to act, in the Extinction VCC and the COPE VCC we discuss in a deliberation room what can be done by us on local to global scales to reduce our contribution to wildlife loss and extinction of species.