A story of collaboration and action learning to create a sustainable future

ABSTRACT

This paper explores how three organisations collaborate to support organisations and individuals to act on the challenges of sustainability through action learning, each using its unique skills. It examines the roles of each organisation and how by moving from individual to a collaborative they could do things better and do better things. The paper describes the challenges of collaborating at an organisational and international level and gives examples of two projects where the skills and capabilities of each organisation came together to create a new future for a commercial organisation and community.

KEYWORDS:

• Sustainability
• action learning
• collaboration

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Christine Abbott

Christine Abbott is the co founder of the Centre for Action Learning in 2011 (C-alf learning) and board member of the Academy of Sustainability.

Anita Tscherne

Anita Tscherne is the CEO of the Academy of Sustainability.

Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is the founder of the House of Sustainable Economy.