The Balaton Group

"The International Network of Resource Information Centers, more commonly known as "The Balaton Group," is an international network of researchers and practitioners in fields related to systems and sustainability. Founded in 1982 by Dennis Meadows and Donella Meadows—co-authors of the ground-breaking book "The Limits to Growth"—the Balaton Group is a cross-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and inter-generational meeting point for leaders and thinkers in sustainable development...

"Since its first meeting, nearly 400 participants from over 40 countries have participated in the Group. About one-third of the participants have been women. Lake Balaton was chosen as the site of the first meeting, because Hungary permitted easy assembly of scientists and practitioners from East and West, North and South. Hungary has remained the site of the annual meeting."

Board
Accessed June 2013:


 * Co-Presidents - Wim Hafkamp, the Netherlands; Gillian Martin Mehers, Switzerland
 * Vice-President - Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Iceland
 * Treasurer - Riichiro Oda, Japan
 * Secretary - Karan Khosla, India

Steering Committee Members (Board of Directors)
 * Linda Booth Sweeney, USA
 * Ted Heintz, USA
 * Cuauhtemoc León, Mexico
 * Diana Mangalagiu, France/UK
 * Laszlo Pinter, Hungary
 * Chirapol Sintunawa, Thailand
 * Isak Stoddard, Sweden
 * Janoz Zlinszky, Hungary – Alternate

Special Advisors (including Former Members of the Board)
Accessed June 2013:


 * Emilia Arthur, Ghana
 * Alan AtKisson, Sweden
 * David Berry, USA
 * Valdis Bisters, Latvia
 * Joan Davis, Switzerland
 * Junko Edahiro, Japan
 * Tom Fiddaman, USA
 * Gyöngyvér Gyene, Hungary
 * John Holmberg, Sweden
 * Hermann Knoflacher, Austria
 * Dennis Meadows, USA
 * Eike Messow, Germany
 * Niels Meyer, Denmark
 * Jørgen Nørgård, Denmark
 * Aromar Revi, India
 * Any Sulistyowati, Indonesia
 * Natalia Tarasova, Russia
 * Elek Turda, Hungary
 * Bert de Vries, Netherlands
 * Stephanie Weis-Gerhardt, Germany
 * Robert Wilkinson, USA
 * Diana Wright, USA

Partners
"A wide range of agencies and individuals have provided the Balaton Group financial and resource support over the last three decades. Individual resource contributors have been considerable, but for brevity only the institutional contributions are listed alphabetically below:

Aachener Stiftung Kathy Beys Jenifer Altman Foundation AtKisson, Inc. Change Agent, Inc.   Central Hispano Commonweal Community Foundation Silicon Valley Compton Foundation Nathan Cummings Foundation Fred Gellert Foundation Global Business Network Merck Family Fund John Merck Fund Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.   Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Myer Foundation National Association for Science Technology & Society New Hampshire Charitable Fund New Hampshire Institute of Art New Road Map Foundation Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Pegasus Communications Rockefeller Brothers Fund Rockefeller Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Norsk Hydro Soroptimist International NE Conference Summit Foundation System Consulting, Inc.   Technical University of Denmark United Nations Association United Nations Environment Programme University of New Hampshire Wallace Global Fund

Contact
Web: http://www.balatongroup.org

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