Exploring social-ecological transformations and seeds of a good Anthropocene: Albert Norström

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Seeds of Good Anthropocene Albert Norström [email protected] @AlbertNorstrm @PECS_Project

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SeedsofGoodAnthropocene

Albert Norströ[email protected]

@AlbertNorstrm@PECS_Project

Whatisaseed?• Awayofthinking,doing,institution,technology,business,

project,organization

• Exists(atleastasprototype)

• Marginal(notyetdominant/mainstream)

• Contributetocreatingasustainablefuture(accordingtosomeone)

Trees for LifeRewilding Scottish Rainforests

Songdo Smart City

Svalbard Global Seed VaultGreenmatter

Objectives

1. Analysesofseeds• Typesofseeds,Interactions• Values&assumptionsunderlyingtheseseeds• Enabling&inhibitingconditions

2. Stimulatereflectionanddiscussionofnovelpositiveregionalandglobalfutures

3. Fosteraregionalnetworksofchangeagentsinplacebasedsub-projects(S.Africafornow)

January2015Stockholm

November2015Stellenbosch

SeedDatabase

1. Descriptive AnalysisClustering

2. Game & Scenario

Development

3. Seed trajectories & transformation

(500seeds)

Future

Knowledge

Sustainable

Futures

Green

Urbanism

Fair

Futures

Urban Transition AgroEcology

1. Descriptive AnalysisClustering

2. Game & Scenario

Development

3. Seed trajectories & transformation

www.goodanthropocenes.net

http://www.pecs2015.org/policy-day.html

Bennett,E.M.,M.Solan,R.Biggs,T.MacPhearson,A.V.Norström,P.Olsson,L.Pereira,G.D.Peterson,C.Raudsepp-Hearne,F.Beirmann,S.R.Carpenter,E.Ellis,T.Hichert,V.Galaz,M.Lahsen,B.Martin-Lopez,K.A.Nicolas,R.Preisser,G.Vince,J.Vervoort,andJ.Xu.BrightSpots:SeedsofaGoodAnthropocene.Inpress.FrontiersinEcologyandEnvironment.

Milkoreit,M.,E.Ellis,T.McPhearson,E.Bennett,F.Bierman,V.Galaz,andU.Svedin.CanAnthropoceneThinkingAdvanceSustainableDevelopmentPractice? InprepforPNASPerspectives.

Pereira,L,CRaudsepp-Hearne,EMBennett,GDPetrson,TMcPhearson,ANorstrom,RBiggs,RPreiser,JVervoort,POlsson.InPrep.Seedsofthefutureinthepresent:exploringpathwaysfornavigatingtowardsa“Good”Anthropocene.Chapter3.6in“UrbanPlanet”.

Afewpublications…

www.goodanthropocenes.net@SeedsGA

@PECS_Project@ecoSERVICES