Tapani I would suggest visiting the SF area where there are several interesting options: e.g., the Sustainable MBA program at the Presidio where Hunter Lovins teaches; Paul Hawken who's in Sausalito; the various departments at UC Berkeley (Energy & Resources Group, RAEL, MBA, City & Regional planning, etc); Various energy efficiency or renewable centers in the area, LBNL, etc. Near Denver you should visit the Rocky Mountain Institute (Amory Lovins); or in Virginia (Cradle to Cradle William McDonough).
If you could clarify what the focus of the Institute will be that may help us give you appropriate folks to visit. Rafael -----Original Message----- From: Tapani Vaahtoranta <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 4:29 am Subject: dar es salaam institute for sustainable development Dear all, Finland and Tanzania have jointly founded the Dar es Salaam Institute for Sustainable Development. Its main task is to train East African officials to build their capacity in the field of sustainable development. The inauguration will be in March 2010. I will be the programme director of the Institute responsible for its training and education activities. I already work on the development of the Institute and meet experts to find out their views on the ecological, economic and social challenges in sustainable development in Africa. I am particularly interested in what the Dar es Salaam Institute for Sustainable Development should teach and how it should do it. I am also looking for partners who could contribute to the training and other activities of the Institute. For this reason, I am planning to come to the United States in December or early January and would like to know what institutions I should visit and whom I should meet. I would really appreciate your suggestions. Best regards, Tapani -- Dr. Tapani Vaahtoranta Programme Director, The Environment and Natural Resources research programme Editor-in-Chief, Ulkopolitiikka -The Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs Mobile: +358 500 504071 Mailto:[email protected]
