Otto Scharmer: Shifting from ego to eco-based economy @ClubofRome

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Otto Scharmer, renowned author of Theory U and senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains the unique nature of Earth4All as an initiative that integrates a multitude of different approaches, and highlights growing support for a shift to an economy based on ecology and wellbeing above ego.

Earth4All is an international initiative to accelerate the systems-change we need for an equitable future on a finite planet. Our analysis combines the best available science with new economic thinking. We found that the next ten years must see the fastest economic transformation in history if we want to steer humanity away from social and ecological catastrophe. Learn more and join us at earth4all.life

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