Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Sustainable Development:
Education
Information for decision-making and participation
International law
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2001 |
Organizational structure: |
CES operates under the direction of a five-person Board of Directors.
Its officers are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster and Administrator
It is a membership organization.
An Advisory Board assists the work of CES.
People who lead CES include the following:
Herman Greene (President, Director) Business lawyer and ecologist
Alice Loyd (Vice President, Director)Executive Director of North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light (retired)
Laura Baldwin (Secretary-Treasurer, Director) Landscaper, Author, Business Entrepreneur (organic seeds)
Nathan Rollins (Webmaster) Graduate Student Anthropology, Arizona State University
James Peacock (Director) Professor of Anthropology UNC-Chapel Hill
Bill Peck (Director) Professor of Religion UNC-Chapel Hill)
Tim Watson (Director) Green Architect
Wolfgang Sachs (Advisory Board) Wuppertal Institute, Berlin, Germany
D. Paul Schafer (Advisory Board) Director of the World Culture Project, Toronto, CA
Richard Norgaard (Advisory Board) Professor of Energy and Natural Resources UC-Berkeley
John B. Cobb, Jr. (Advisory Board) Co-Director Center for Process Studies, Claremont, CA |
Number and type of members: |
The online magazine of CES is sent to approximately 900 people
The last copy of the print journal of CES went to 700 subscribers or purchasers
CES has about 50 dues paying members.
People are attracted to CES by its ideas, information and publications.
CES describes its constituency as including:
• People seeking inspiration, understanding and guidance for their everyday lives in times of great change
• People involved in action concerning transition to ecozoic societies who seek information, ideas and support
• People who have intimate connections with nature who seek to deepen and express this connection
• People who seek a vision of a viable future and insight into effective social change
• Children, youth and young adults who need new understandings and stories that address their time in history |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
International Process Network; Groups related to Thomas Berry |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for education and training services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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