Coca-Cola CEO: “What is the world’s most critical issue right now?–Sustainability!”
Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 09:40AM It’s time to get real practical about shifting our world toward sustainability.
Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent made this proclamation this week at Colorado University (CU) as he committed to a new partnership with the University; one in which the success of society takes precedence over business success.
As reported in The Coloradian, Kent is developing a great new partnership model with CU for sustainability. (link here)
NSF supported research by the lead co-founder of Ecosphere Net, EJ Wensing, is developing the Sustainable Futures Protocol (SFP). The SFP is an exciting new social science research protocol that seeks to develop leadership and partnerships for sustainability worldwide.
The SFP will fit right into the CU/Coca-Cola model as well as other ventures for corporate social responsibility.
Ecosphere Net's EJ Wensing is seeking to research and develop the SFP while acting as a consultant to corporations as they seek to shift with societies toward a sustainable global future.
7 Billion Served
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 01:04PM 
The UN predicts that by the end of October 2011 the 7 billionth person living on Earth will be born.
I have read several opinions about this event.
Some say it’s a non-event, suggesting that the Earth’s capacity is still unknown and likely much greater than we expect. Some suggest that in the economically developed world the population growth has plateaued so its “only” a problem in the developing regions of the world.
Many leaders for global sustainability, however, from the social entrepreneur to the sustainability champion see it from the perspective of “connectedness”.
Simply put, the concept of connectedness is about how we are all linked around the world no matter where we live; linked because we all utilize the same life supporting ecosystems and linked because we are all human.
The former takes the practical stance. We are all co-dependent on each other because we eat, breath, and drink the food, air, and water from the same cycling resources. The latter might be seen as too “touchy- feely” by some, but speaks to the moral and ethical obligation we have to our fellow humans.
I think the research efforts of groups like Population Council are the best approach to curbing world population growth. Developing valid and effective collaborative action initiatives is the key.
Our part at Ecosphere Net is to pursue research of the most effective cross-cultural learning systems to characterize, develop, and connect community leaders for sustainability worldwide.
EJ Wensing
NSF Research Award for EJ Wensing Lead Co-founder at Ecosphere Net
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 05:14PM 
EJ Wensing has received a generous award from the US National Science Foundation for his doctoral research (Link Here to NSF Announcement)
Funding will go toward his cross-cultural research study of community leaders for sustainability and his development of the Global Sustainability Inventory (GSI) that seeks to characterize those personal and social characteristics that help make them effective.
Communicating With Your Self, Others, and Glaciers
Monday, September 19, 2011 at 01:15PM Very funny and very brilliant.
EJ Wensing
