From Left: Marta Ceroni+ Frida, Jenna Musco, Sarah Buckmaster, Ken Leinbach, Ed Krishok, Robert Hanig, Darcy Winslow, Peter Senge, Erik Esselstyn, Hal Hamilton, Anne Murray Allen, Jay Bragdon, Wayne Barstad

On October 4 2016, the Donella Meadows Institute legally combined with the Academy for Systemic Change. We continue to be the Sustainability Institute that Dana incorporated in Vermont in 1996, but instead of doing business as the Donella Meadows Institute, we have since done business as the Academy for Systems Change. With the name change we acknowledged that the impact Dana wanted to create in the world transcended her persona and demanded that we worked across focal areas and ecosystems. Our mission as a combined organization is to “advance awareness-based systemic change in order to accelerate social, ecological, and economic wellbeing.” By “awareness,” we mean the compassion, understanding, and wisdom needed to transform systems, such as shifting mindsets, relationships and taken-for-granted ways of operating.

In pursuing this mission we continue to be the top resource for accessing and researching Dana’s work at donellemeadows.org where we currently host more than 1,000 of her writings.

Please visit us at the Academy for Systems Change website for more information on the organization and our work.