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Public presentations in October and November 2008

2008-11-19T18:30:13Z

In the past month we have had the opportunity to share the work we are doing as Syntony Quest in four events:

California Student Sustainability Coalition's Fall Convergence at San Francisco State University, October 24th-26th, 2008. During this event we were invited to present at a panel discussion on Green Careers.
Evolving Leaders Collaborative, held at the Presidio of San Francisco. Kathia participated in a panel on leadership for sustainability on October 25th.
4th Brazilian Systems Congress, held in Franca, São Paulo, Brazil on October 29th and 30th. Kathia was a keynote speaker on "An evolutionary view of development: creating human and social capital through evolutionary learning communities."
3rd Reunion of ALAS (Latin American Systems Asociation) , November 6th-8th in Mexico City. Kathia and Alexander have been the US representatives for ALAS. Kathia participated in the plenary dialogue on Systemic in the International Context.

To learn more about these last two systems events and how the systems community in Latin America are creating sustainable development initiatives, read our recent blog.

Going Green with Integrity — May 3rd @ Presidio YMCA

2008-04-29T03:48:03Z

Alexander and Kathia Laszlo will give a talk as part of the Holistic Lectures Series offered by the Presidio Community YMCA. "Going Green with Integrity" is an exploration of the choices we can make to live more healthy lives, create vibrant communities and organizations, renew our ecosystems and bring about the possibility of a better future for ourselves and our children. Learn more...

Panel on Green Teams in Silicon Valley

2008-04-18T01:39:27Z

Sustainable Silicon Valley's Educational Forum will focus on the topic of Green Teams: exploring voluntary groups of employees collaborating to create sustainable worlplaces. Syntony Quest will be part of a panel together with representatives of eBay, BJG Architecture + Engineering, Genentech, and Gunn High School. Alexander and Kathia Laszlo will share their perspectives on evolutionary learning communities as a useful model to create effective Green Teams. The Forum will take place on April 30th from 9:00am to 12:30 pm in eBay offices in San Jose. For more information and to register click here.

The making of a new culture: Book chapter by Alexander and Kathia Laszlo

2008-03-11T23:36:09Z

The work of Syntony Quest was conceived within the community of the International Systems Institute, under the guidance and mentorship of Bela H. Banathy. Bela passed away in 2003 and left a legacy of love and knowledge to comprehensively redesign our social systems: education, business, healthcare, society at large. One of the projects that he left unconcluded was a compendium of writings by members of the systems community on the role of dialogue in design conversations -- or conversations that create the future.

Victor Castro: Art as a means for creating ecological social networks

2008-03-06T21:11:19Z

Victor Castro, a Mexican artist residing in Peru, just had an art exhibit in Lima named "Derivadas: Resultantes de un proceso de recolección" (Derivatives: Results of a collection process.) Through social networks that span schools, neighborhood stores, and chains of friends, Victor is collecting the tops of plastic bottles for a monumental sculpture that requires 931,700 bottle caps.

Call for Participation: "Systems that Make a Difference" conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)

2008-02-16T00:07:58Z

Preparations for the 52nd annual meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) are well under way. It is our pleasure to invite you to join us in these preparations by exploring the various options for participation available to you through the web links listed below. For the 9th time, Kathia and Alexander Laszlo will be Co-Chairing the Evolutionary Development (ED) SIG for for this year's conference on "Systems that Make a Difference." The conference will be held in the United States at University of Wisconsin in the city of Madison from 13-18 July 2008. We very much hope you will join us!

Alexander & Kathia Laszlo publish article on Fostering a Sustainable Learning Society

2007-12-20T19:59:03Z

Alexander and Kathia Laszlo just published an article in the international journal Systems Research and Behavioral Science entitled Fostering a Sustainable Learning Society through Knowledge Based Development. This research paper presents the knowledge base that is the foundation of their project Líderes de Cambio (Leaders of Change): a citizen-based leadership development and social entrepreneurship initiative in the city of Monterrey Mexico. This project is sponsored by UNESCO's Forum of Universal Cultures that just concluded in Monterrey.