Founding of the “Earth Ball Fans Foundation” on Earth Day

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, Earth Day celebrates its 50th anniversary. The very first Earth Day in the early 1970s marked a period in which people increasingly reflected on the interactions between human civilization and the Earth’s ecosystem. This period also saw the publication of the Club of Rome’s report “The Limits to Growth.” (Here you can find a lecture by the report’s lead author, Dennis Meadows, who, 45 years later, reviewed its conclusions together with FAW/n at the University of Ulm – as we previously reported.)

This year’s Earth Day marks the founding of the “Earth Ball Fans Foundation”. Under the patronage of Prof. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Honorary President of the Club of Rome, the foundation aims to support dedicated “Earth Ball fans” in their long-term efforts to develop sustainable visions for the 21st century, and more specifically, in the planning and implementation of lectures, projects, events, and initiatives related to the sustainability goals adopted at the UN Summit on September 25, 2015 – with particular emphasis on the ecological goals 13, 14, and 15, and the peace goal 16.

The foundation also supports the Alliance for Development and Climate in promoting the 2030 Agenda (SDGs) and advancing international climate protection.

Further information about the foundation, its activities, and its supporters can be found at www.stiftung-erdball-fans.de.

“A ‘world with a future’ should be shaped by those who will spend most of their lives in that future. The Earth Ball Fans focus on understanding long-term trends and thinking systemically. I therefore greatly appreciate their commitment to the ‘Alliance for Development and Climate,’ which is exactly the right initiative to help build a sustainable world over the long term. This is about development for billions of people, the protection of the environment and biodiversity, and the stabilization of the climate system. From another perspective, those who take part are internalizing external costs and thereby contributing to the establishment of a global eco-social market economy”.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Franz Josef Radermacher

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