The value of networking women for sustainability
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The document discusses networking women for sustainability. It notes that complex sustainability problems require diverse insights and approaches. Networks allow for sharing of information and data collection. Specifically, networks are dynamic, efficient at spreading messages, and can harness collective intelligence. The document advocates networking women as they have different sustainability perspectives and often lack the support networks available to men. It introduces the Global Women Scholars Network as a way to connect women and their networks.
The value of networking women for sustainability
- 1. Networking Women for Sustainability Dr. Ulrike Gretzel Dr. Gillian Bowser Global Women Scholars Network IUCN World Conservation Congress, Jeju 2012
- 2. The Need Complex problem that requires multiplicity in insights, skills and approaches Sharing of information (and data collection) Networking of people, documents and data Knowledge flows Social support
- 4. Availability of Technological Platforms
- 6. Value of Networks Dynamic, flexible Robust Efficient for spreading messages: multidirectional flows, more likely to process messages from known others Collective intelligence; avoidance of group- think if diverse and global Affiliation can be informal Self-organizing
- 7. Scalable
- 8. Why Network Women? Have different perspective on sustainability Often lack the support networks available to their male counterparts Lack role models
- 9. Global Women Scholars Network http://www.youtube.com/user/Globalwomenscholars?feature=watch
- 11. Associating Climate Change and Women
- 12. Networking the Networks 3 Decades of Women at Rio
- 13. Challenges Incentives Commitment Need for high tech and high touch Sustaining initial excitement Critical mass Champions and Freeriders
- 14. http://globalwomenscholars.wordpress.com/ ugretzel@uow.edu.au gillian.bowser@colostate.edu