Heart and earth in business

Regenerating organisations, from values to action

L'Arbre qui Pousse

Seizing the opportunity of a visit from Satish Kumar, ADIC and the Schumacher Sprouts Belgium have the pleasure to invite you to a dialogue between Satish Kumar, Olivier De Schutter and Sabine Denis.Our societal and growth model is tipping with climate breakdown, war at EU gates, pandemics, biodiversity collapse, social injustice, consumerism and excessive individualism, loss of meaning... All that reminds us of our fragility and interdependence as human beings on this earth, our ‘common home’. At times of increasing anxiety of youth, what drives us forward to (inter-)act in meaningful ways? More of the same is not an option. Whilst economic growth has been culturally, politically and institutionally taken as a compass, planetary boundaries and social inequalities request us to reconsider our model. Are regenerated economy and organisations serving people and the earth unrealistic or possible? What needs to grow, what needs to decrease and how? Dialogue and shared views: join with us to get inspired and discuss how we could take up this challenge together by deeply rethinking our behavior, attitudes, paradigms and activities. We’ll spend a morning with tree renowned guest speakers from different faiths, cultures and expertise to question why and how to grow space for the heart and the earth personally and in organisations. This conference will be punctuated by several moments of exchange and networking amongst participants. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom . (Viktor Frankl)Guest speakers :Satish Kumar : Long-term peace and environment activist, former Jain monk, Satish Kumar is one of the great voices of spiritual ecology. At the age of 26, he walked 12000 km for peace from India across nuclear-armed countries. Living in the UK, he is the long-standing editor of the Resurgence Magazine and co-founder of the Schumacher College in Dartington (Totnes), a progressive college for ecological studies. He is also the author of many books and a challenging voice for enterprises and institutions. Olivier De Schutter : Professor of Law at UCLouvain and at SciencesPo (Paris), Olivier De Schutter is also a member of the Global Law School Faculty at New York University.Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights between 2015 and 2020, he was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (since May 1, 2020). He is a former member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2015-2020) UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food (2008-2014). Sabine Denis: Expert in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Engagement. Sabine Denis teaches Corporate Social Responsibility at Louvain School of Management and is Executive Director of the not-for-profit organization SPES, Spirituality in the Economy and Society. She is an experienced Board member of diverse organisations with impact. Sabine has also co-founded the Schumacher Sprouts initiative in Belgium after completing a Master Degree in Ecology and Spirituality at the Schumacher College in England.Organisers: ADIC is a Belgian association of leaders in a global network of Christian inspiration. We see and dare the company as a community of people serving the common good. We organize team meetings, conferences and other events that allow us to share and help transform our values into action.Schumacher Sprouts Belgium create space for experiencing deep ecology. We offer an educational programme with transformative courses for ecological, social and personal change inspired by the Schumacher College in Devon, UK. The connection with the living world is at the heart of our pedagogy as well as inquiry of how to be and act in a changing world. We are convinced that these competences are key to building generative futures. P﻿rices:Student / unemployed: 12€ Standard price: 25€Entreprise: 85€ (which allows the participation of the youngest )C﻿ontact: valuestoaction@gmail.comWith the support of MCE &amp; Delen Private Bank

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