🌿Recap of the closing plenary session: Accelerating Systems Change from Villars🌿
In the final session of this year's #VillarsSymposium, we looked ahead to the coming year with a direct focus on leading Systems Change and our Villars Fellows Community. Our Executive Director, Lee Howell, and Board Chair, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, led the conversation from Villars, while Polar and Oceans Explorer and Board Member Keith Tuffley dialed in from Iceland - part of a 4-month sailing expedition across the Northwest Passage to further research on the role the Arctic plays in our global climate system and biodiversity resilience.
The #VillarsFellows made commitments to deepen their engagement with the Community and continue learning from each other, to participate and share perspectives in the annual #GlobalIssuesSurvey, and take individual actions to drive change.
Topics covered in the lively and energetic discussion included:
🎯The importance of voice and action in systems leadership - and how changes, no matter how small, can make a big difference.
🎯Intergenerational communication and listening: key for all generations to undergo a mindset shift and learn a new culture of collaboration.
🎯How systems change and getting to net zero depends on being brave: taking action, making calls and then testing those calls.
With
Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Chair, Villars Institute Foundation
Keith Tuffley, Polar & Oceans Explorer, and Board Member, Villars Institute Foundation
#SystemsChange #BiodiversityResilience #GlobalIssuesSurvey