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The Widening Circle

The Widening Circle (TWC) was an international activist initiative hosted by the Tellus Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

History

In 2010, participants in the Great Transition Initiative (GTI) discussed the creation of “a more effective and cohesive” global citizens' movement.[2] The idea was subsequently named “The Widening Circle,” which formally launched in September 2010 by a gathering of leaders from 12 organizations.[2:1][3]

The earliest available archived version of TWC's website is Corporation 20/20's homepage.[4]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Tariq Banuri Coordinating Circle member[5] Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia Centre, United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
Felix Dodds Coordinating Circle member Stakeholder Forum
Rasigan Maharajh Coordinating Circle member Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI)
Paul Raskin Coordinating Circle member Tellus Institute, Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Global Scenario Group (GSG)
Nancy Roof Coordinating Circle member Kosmos Journal, Kosmos Associates
Kiran Chhokar Circle of Representatives member[6] Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
Rick Clugston Circle of Representatives member Earth Charter USA
Candido Grzybowski Circle of Representatives member Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (iBase), World Social Forum
Ashish Kothari Circle of Representatives member Kalpavriksh, Greenpeace, Greenpeace India
Orion Kriegman Circle of Representatives member Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
Gustavo Marin Circle of Representatives member Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG), World Social Forum
Michael Narberhaus Circle of Representatives member Smart CSOs
Robert Paehlke Circle of Representatives member Alternatives Journal
Leida Rijnhout Circle of Representatives member Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED)
Veena Sikri Circle of Representatives member South Asia Women's Network (SWAN), Jamia Millia Islamia, South Asia Foundation (SAF)
Jon Symes Circle of Representatives member Pachamama Alliance, Awakening the Dreamer (ATD)

Partners

TWC's “circle of allies” includes:[7][8]

  • Awakening the Dreamer (ATD)
  • Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (iBase)
  • Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
  • Committee for a Democratic U.N. (KDUN)
  • Earth Charter International
  • Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG)
  • Four Years. Go.
  • The Global Citizens' Initiative (TGCI)
  • Global Sustainability Solutions
  • Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
  • Kosmos Journal
  • Pachamama Alliance
  • Tellus Institute
  • Transition United States
  • Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

  1. Contact Us. The Widening Circle. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131209041424/http://wideningcircle.org/about/contact.htm ↩︎

  2. Who We Are. The Widening Circle. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170618090513/http://www.wideningcircle.org/about/index.htm ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Raskin, P. (2010, December). Imagine All the People: Advancing a global citizens movement. The Widening Circle; Great Transition Initiative. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215090033/http://www.wideningcircle.org/documents/TWC Readings/GTI-Perspectives-Imagine_All_the_People.pdf ↩︎

  4. Home. The Widening Circle. Retrieved September 7, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110907112007/http://wideningcircle.org/ ↩︎

  5. Current Members of the Coordinating Circle. The Widening Circle. Retrieved May 21, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170521180804/http://www.wideningcircle.org/about/CCmembers.html ↩︎

  6. Current Members of the Circle of Representatives. The Widening Circle. Retrieved September 12, 2014, from https://web.archive.org/web/20140912200722/http://www.wideningcircle.org/about/ICG.html ↩︎

  7. Circle of Allies. The Widening Circle. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131209041732/http://www.wideningcircle.org/about/OrganizationalAllies.htm ↩︎

  8. Home. The Widening Circle. Retrieved November 21, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20181121233005/https://www.wideningcircle.org/ ↩︎