Overview of the Ecologos Institute and its program for regional renewal featuring the Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration and the Universarium Travelling Fair.

1. We are in the midst of a
“macroshift”...
Ecologos Institute ◆ Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration

2. Are we heading for breadown?
of instability,
After a period
uncertainty, and growing discontent,
conflict degenerates into violence and
order
the established
breaks
down.
Source: Ervin Laszlo, Macroshift

3. Or will we choose Break!rquot;gh?
The mindset of a critical new mass of people evolves in time.
culture takes hold,
As the new
integrated world system emerges,
an
capable of launching development aimed at ensuring access
to the necessities of life
for all people in every part of the world.
Source: Ervin Laszlo, Macroshift

4. The determining factor
The evolution of
culture and consciousness
the dominant
- the way people’s values, views and ethics respond and change -
determine the outcome
of the system’s chaos leap
(the way its developmental trajectory forks off).
Source: Ervin Laszlo, Macroshift

5. Sparks of hope
Changing Co-creating
Critical Mass Community Comprehens
dominant new
Engagement leadership iveness
mindset structures
Raises awareness and
Participant Broad reach through
provokes thought and
distribution but limited
conversation in a non-
Productions depth of engagement.
threatening medium.
Primarily focused on
developing social Through the work of Implicit and Growing with focus of
Ashoka entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs encouraged entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
Paul Consultative basis
Fragmented Fragmented Fragmented
only.
Hawken
Many
individual Fragmented Implicit Fragmented
projects
Opened Canadians to
Expo 67 Massive attraction the world and the
world to Canada

6. The Ecologos Response
A community-led, awe-inspired initiative
...for a renaissance in sustainability,
...designed to occur in any region,
...beginning in Toronto,
...expanding to the world.

7. Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration
Regional Collaboration Universarium Fair Renaissance Projects
2007-2009 Spring/Fall 2009 2009-2011
The Toronto and Region The Ecologos Institute mounts Community Action Groups,
bolstered and enlivened by the
Conservation Authority and the a three-part paradigm-shifting
enthusiasm and commitment of
Canadian Urban Institute edutainment event at Ontario
a new core of volunteers
conduct Discovery Meetings Place for 250,000 men,
generated through the Fair,
with network leaders, resulting women, and children over
undertake Pressure Point
in Community Action Meetings three months:
•Awe-inspiring, state-of-the-art, projects that shift the Toronto
with interest groups,
Region towards true
neighbourhood groups, and multi-media presentation in
other sectors to apprise them of sustainability . . .
Cineplex (inspiration)
•Shift Zones, where visitors
the project, elicit their feedback,
and build participation and leading to
come face-to-face interactively
momentum. with what’s really possible to
change our direction (vision) the Toronto Region
leading to > >> •Connect to Action, where demonstrating to the world
visitors connect to and sign up how an urban region can be:
with community groups making
•ecologically viable;
a difference in every aspect of
•economically vital; &
sustainability (participation)
•socially equitable & inclusive.
leading to > >>

8. “An initiative of global import”
Recognized July 25, 2006 by the World Wisdom Council
World Wisdom Council founded by Ervin Laszlo and Mikhail Gorbachev

9. Sparks of hope - revisited
Changing Co-creating
Critical Mass Community Comprehens
dominant new
Engagement leadership iveness
mindset structures
Raises awareness and
Participant Broad reach through
provokes thought and
distribution but limited
conversation in a non-
Productions depth of engagement.
threatening medium.
Primarily focused on
developing social Through the work of Implicit and Growing with focus of
Ashoka entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs encouraged entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
Paul Consultative basis
Fragmented Fragmented Fragmented
only.
Hawken
Many
individual Fragmented Implicit Fragmented
projects
Opened Canadians to
Expo 67 Massive attraction the world and the
world to Canada
Regional collaboration
Renaissance Universarium
Renaissance Fully comprehensive
surfaces projects
collaboration and intentionally designed
collaboration and approach to regional
ECOLOGOS Universarium broadly to take visitors from acted on at
projects entirely sustainability
engage the inspiration, through Universarium and
community-led. transformation.
community vision, to participation beyond.

10. Making it happen.
“The future is not to be forecast, but
created” ~Ervin Laszlo

11. World-class partners
Component Partners
Toronto Regional Collaboration
Universarium at Ontario Place
The community
Renaissance Projects

12. Essential foundation
Efficacy of the process
Based on 100 years of development in the field of systems science
Developed initially through the input of 230 interviews with worthy
advisors and a following 300 meetings for feedback and planning
Supporters of the vision
Ecologos International Advisory Council:
Don Edward Beck, Thomas Berry, Guy Dauncey, Jean Houston, David Korten, Ervin Laszlo,
Miriam Therese MacGillis, John L. Petersen, Walter Pitman, Elisabet Sahtouris, John Seed,
Brian Swimme, and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Financial supporters:
Interface Inc., the Gordon Cheesbrough family, Katherine McCain, Richard W. Ivey, the
Michael Young Family Foundation, the Northpine Foundation, the Catherine Donnelly
Foundation, 20 religious congregations and 100 other donors

13. Development Plan
Phase 1: Operation Stepping Stone
Launch Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration
Secure seed funding for Universarium Travelling Fair at Ontario Place
Secure growth funding for Ecologos
Phase 2: Fair Forward
Toronto Regional Collaboration launches Universarium Travelling Fair at
Ontario Place in 2009
Ecologos launches Renaissance Collaborations in other key regions
Phase 3: Track, learn, share
Track, learn and share stories on regional Renaissance Projects with
other regions

14. Operation Stepping Stone
TASK AREA BUDGET
Renaissance Collaboration & Public Relations $ 65,000
Fair Creation & Design $ 88,000
Fair Planning & Development $ 53,000
Internal & External Communications $ 21,000
Fund Raising & Special Events $ 53,000
Logistical Support $ 65,000
GRAND TOTAL $ 345,000

15. Ecologos
In the midst of the macroshift
the Ecologos response has been
recognized as
an initiative of global import.
Working with our world-class partners, we have created
the essential foundation for launching the
Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration.
Once demonstrated,
the Regional Renaissance Collaboration
for replication, with local variation,
will be available
in other major urban regions of the world.
seek funding partners for Operation Stepping Stone and further
Today we
collaboration partners in the Toronto Regional Renaissance Collaboration.

16. Appendicies
Supporting materials

17. Ecologos Board of Directors
Duncan Holmes, Chair
President, ICA Associates
Marjorie Sharpe, Director
President Sharpe & Associates
Mariam Quershi Gibson, Co-founder
President, Aromesthetics
Ian Gilmour, Secretary, Treasurer
Partner and Practice Leader, Business Architecture, Chartwell Inc.
James K. Paterson
Director, Resource Development, Toronto United Church Council
Dr. Ralph Martin
Director, Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
Permanent advisors to the board
Allenna Leonard, PhD., the Complementary Set
Stan Gibson, Co-Founder, Ecologos Institute
Michael Lewkowitz, Founder, Igniter Incorporated

18. International Advisory Council
Don Edward Beck John L. Petersen
Author and speaker Founder & President, The Arlington
Institute
Thomas Berry
Walter Pitman
Geologian and author
Elisabet Sahtouris
Guy Dauncey
Evolution biologist, futurist, and
Author and speaker
author
Jean Houston
John Seed
Author and Co-founder, Foundation
Director, Rainforest Information
for Mind Research
Centre
David C. Korten
Brian Swimme
Founder & President, People-
Mathematical cosmologist and
Centered Development Forum
author
Ervin Laszlo
Mary Evelyn Tucker
President, Club of Budapest
Co-Director, Forum on Religion and
Miriam Therese MacGillis Ecology
Founder, Genesis Farm

19. The Toronto Regional
Renaissance Collaboration
The Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, whose mission is to
work with its partners to ensure that The Living City is built upon a
natural foundation of healthy rivers and shorelines, green space and
biodiversity, and sustainable communities.
The Canadian Urban Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to
enhancing the quality of life in urban areas across Canada and
internationally.
Lord Cultural Resources Inc., internationally respected planner of
major cultural events including World Fairs.
Ontario Place, an internationally recognized presenter of outstanding
attractions prominently situated on the Toronto waterfront

24. Participant Productions

26. Paul Hawken

27. Where are we now?
“The dominant social order
and established values, worldviews, ethics and aspiration are
stressed and challenged,
limit of its stability.”
placing society at the
~ Ervin Laszlo, Macroshift

28. How did we get here?
innovations (tools, machines, operational systems)
Hard technology
have irreversibly transformed
social and environmental relations
bringing about, successively:
a higher level of resource production,
faster growth in population,
a growing societal complexity, and
a growing impact on the natural environment.

29. How Ecologos began...
In 2000, an ordinary group of citizens establihsed a
set of long-term objectives:
Educate broadly in the worldview of systems science
Build collaborative networks for transformation
Catalyze transformation through educational entertainment events

30. Key Accomplishments
The Canadian Urban Institute and the Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority are co-convening the meetings that
will create the Renaissance Collaboration in the Toronto Region
Lord Cultural Resources, respected planner of major cultural
installations including World Fairs, is devising the business
and development plan covering all aspects of producing the
Universarium Travelling Fair and mounting it at Ontario Place
Ontario Place has agreed to host the first instance of the
Universarium Travelling Fair
The Universarium Planning & Development Committee
(UPDC) of the Ecologos Institute is a core group of 50
committed, very skilled volunteers working in five highly
productive task teams (with a next voluntary orbit of 250
friends, supporters, and advocates).