Transformations Community
We connect researchers who combine inquiry with action—testing new approaches, sharing learning, and building capacity for just & sustainable futures.
- Curtis Ogden is offering a new short course through Gaia Education. Energy Systems: Science and Practice for Just and Sustainable Communities explores how energy flows shape resilient, regenerative, and inclusive systems. 📅 Starts Feb 23 www.gaiaeducation.org/energy-systems
- Know an institution that might be a good fit to host Transformations 2027? We’re taking expressions of interest AND looking for referrals from the community. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026 More info: transformationscommunity.org/call-for-hos... #TC27 #TransformationsCommunity
- 🌎 We're hiring! @transformationscommunity.org & @inlandoceanco.bsky.social is hiring a Network Coordinator to support shared sensemaking & relational coherence. Help surface & circulate insights across global networks for just & regenerative futures 📍Remote 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/tccareers/
- 🎙️Call for sessions! Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology Submit session proposal to shape discussions around transforming technological systems towards sufficiency, equity & resilience. 📅 Lausanne, 2-5 June '26 🔗 Learn more & submit your session → bit.ly/3JgQZT6
- 🌀The Earth Stewardship special issue features TC voices on partnerships, decolonizing practice & leading with care. 📖 Read the full issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... ✍️ Propose your own article (short paragraph is enough): transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-pub...
- 🌿Artist Spotlight: Estelle Gautier, a South African artist, explores climate change adaptation through Anthropocene series, inviting reflection on loss & transformation. Connect with Estelle if you work on emotional resilience or transformative learning → transformationscommunity.org/artists/este...
- COSUST is planning a special issue on #TransformativeChange and the #SDGs. Short review pieces welcome. 📅 If you are interested send a brief abstract, title, and authors to Arun Agrawal at aagrawa3@nd.edu More on the WBF sessions: worldbiodiversityforum.org/call-for-abs... #Biodiversity
- 🌍 How can knowledge systems evolve to meet today’s global challenges? A new paper explores how universities & research bodies can shift from producing knowledge to generating wisdom for action. 🔗 Read the full paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SystemsChange #FuturesThinking
- 🌿Spotlight: Andrea Marais-Potgieter connects inner change with ecological futures, focusing on biodiversity, wellbeing & interspecies justice. 📌After co-curating Arts&Wellbeing at #TCESG25, she’s seeking collaborators in creativity, ecology & justice 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/community-sp...
- 🌍 Open Call: 2026 Bath Conference @esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026. Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity 📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026 🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...
- 🔍 What’s Emerging: The Agora & Prototypes. New experiments are taking shape across TC, exploring how we sustain transformative work in turbulent times. 🌱 Linked prototypes are entering new phases, steps toward a more connected, reflexive field 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/transformati...
- 🌍 We’re hiring! Two remote roles with the Transformations Community. Join us in building a global commons for transformative change. Communications Lead & Operations Lead. 📝 Read more & Apply now: transformationscommunity.org/tccareers/ #Hiring #RemoteJobs #Sustainability #SystemsChange
- 🎥 #TCESG25 in 3 Minutes In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens. Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community. Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇 ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I... More from the gathering: 🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
- 💡Ideas sparked at #TCESG25 are ready to grow! Special issues are open in Global Sustainability, Earth Stewardship, COSUST & Earth System Governance 📚Now’s the time to build on the ideas & connections that took shape during the conference! 🌱Explore more transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-pub...
- 4 days. 400+ participants. 130+ sessions. 330+ speakers. 70+ countries. #TCESG25 brought science, policy, art & practice into tough but creative conversations on sustainability transformations ✨Highlights: Recordings | Gallery | Program+ arts & wellbeing: transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
- #TCESG25 | Day 3: Closing the Circle After 2 days of bold ideas, art & transformative dialogue, we step into the final day. Today’s program leads to the Final Plenary — reflections, Oran Young Prize, & what’s next for ESG & TC 🔗 Read more: transformationscommunity.org/news/tc-esg2...
- ⚡ #TCESG25 Day 2 opened with UNRULY by Empatheatre x Unruly Project, blending theatre & research into one of the week’s highlights. Plenary Beyond Goals asked how we move from ambition to real change 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/news/tc-esg2... 📸 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-gal...
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- 🌍 A big thank you to the supporting partners of #TCESG25: 🔹 @idos-research.bsky.social 🔹 @natsustain.nature.com 🔹 @universitypress.cambridge.org 🔹 Earth Stewardship Your support strengthens our shared work toward just & sustainable futures.🌱
- #TCESG25 is underway! Yesterday (Aug 18 – Day 0) opened 4 days of powerful dialogue on just & sustainable futures in Johannesburg. 🔗 Read in more detail about DAY 0 & DAY 1: transformationscommunity.org/news/day-1-t... 📸 Gallery from DAY 0: transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-gal...
- 🌍 #TCESG25 kicks off tomorrow in Johannesburg! Day 0 brings: ✨ Pre-conference workshops ♻️ Turning Trash into Treasures tour 🥂 Welcome reception with gumboots dance We’re ready for 4 days of bold ideas & global connection. 🔗 Reflections from ECR School: transformationscommunity.org/news/wits-gc...
- 🌍 At the ECR Winter School in Kruger, 20 early career researchers are connecting, learning & sharing 📊 Day 2: Climate trends & projections for Southern Africa ⚖️ Day 3: Mitigation, adaptation & climate justice. 🐘 Drives in the park sparked fresh perspectives linking people & nature.
- 🚨We stand with Leocadio Juracán Salomé, Indigenous leader from Guatemala, detained on false charges while en route to speak at #TCESG25 in Johannesburg. We call for his release, protection & end to the criminalization of land defenders 📢 Read & take action breakingthesilenceblog.com/urgent-actio...
- ✨ Step into Art, Storytelling & Reflection at #TCESG25! Empatheatre presents Unruly, a performance exploring complexity & coexistence with nature. Other highlights: 🔺Live dialogue with Mpume Mthombeni 🔺Screening of Indlela Yokuphila 🔺Meaning ∞ Making Read more: mailchi.mp/transformati...
- 🌍 Wits-GCI Transformations & Sustainability Winter School kicked off yesterday at Skukuza in Kruger National Park! 20 participants from 11 countries gathered to connect, share research, & explore local biodiversity. 🌿 Exciting conversations and energy for the week ahead as we gear up for #TCESG25
- ✨Join us for A Night Under the Stars at #TCESG25 Enjoy a marimba band, traditional South African braai, & powerful art & storytelling experiences. Highlights include The Antidote, Our Ocean is Sacred VR & more 🗓 20 Aug |🕡 18:30 Arrival Seats are limited transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-regi...
- ⏳Just over a week until #TCESG25 We kick off on 18 Aug with half-day workshops — collaborative sessions before the main program 🔷 Meaning ∞ Making: arts-based tools for research, activism & justice 🔷 (Un)-Blanketing Indigenous Climate Observatories 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-work...
- 🎨 Turning Trash into Treasures along the Jukskei River Join for an eco-art tour in Alexandra at #TCESG25! See how the community transforms waste into art & river-cleaning solutions. 📅 Date: Aug 18 RSVP: Email Hannelie at hannelie@hanneliecoetzee.com 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l71q...
- Transformations Community & @esgproject.bsky.social are grateful to our supporting partners for making #TCESG25 possible. Special thanks to German Institute of Development & Sustainability & @natsustain.nature.com as one of our key partners.Together we’re working towards a just & sustainable future
- 🌟Join us for the Conference Dinner! @Wits Global Change Institute presents #TCESG25: A Night Under the Stars at Indwe Park. Enjoy welcome drinks, Marimba band & South African braai 🗓20 Aug📍Indwe Park ⏰17:30 – 22:00 🎟 Register: app.glueup.com/event/138636... Let’s celebrate connection, art & nature!
- 🌟Community Spotlight: @thezueger.bsky.social AI researcher focused on designing systems for the common good. Her work prioritizes sustainability, social inclusion & open systems in AI 🔗 Reach out if you know AI projects supporting sustainability: transformationscommunity.org/community-sp...
- 🚨Guest Passes Available for #TCESG25! Whether attending for 3 days or just 1, join experts & researchers exploring sustainability & global impact 🌍 Register transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-regi... Join for a conference dinner at Indwe Park, with welcome drinks, live music & traditional SA braai
- 🌱 Heading to #TCESG25 as an Early Career Researcher? We’ve got tailored opportunities for you: 📚 Publishing Roundtable w/ leading journal editors 🤝 Mentor–Mentee connections 🏨 Accommodation support 🔗 Learn more: transformationscommunity.org/opportunitie...
- 🌍 Explore Johannesburg & South Africa before/after #TCESG25 with curated tours. 🐘 Join the Kruger National Park Safari & Rural Community Field Trip, combining wildlife & insights on conservation, inequality & sustainability. 👉 Check all tours and field trips & register: tc-esg2025.co.za
- Presenting at #TCESG25? 🌍 Take your research further! Publish in journals like Global Sustainability, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability & Earth Stewardship. Plus, explore ongoing opportunities with @esg-journal.bsky.social, Cambridge Elements & @mitpress.bsky.social. 🔗 bit.ly/4nmXWku
- 🚀 Knowledge weavers are essential in a fragmented world, connecting communities, disciplines & insights to spark collaboration & impact. Check out the latest consultation paper by Nick Graham, @juneholley.bsky.social, @blaneharvey.bsky.social & others! 💡 Read the paper: bit.ly/44CNwWs
- Excited for this session with Professor Mick Cooper at #TCXYork. Don’t miss it!
- 🌿 Start #TCESG25 with interactive workshops on Aug 18. Led by experienced facilitators these sessions explore #sustainability, #governance, #decolonization & #creativefutures through hands-on activities & real-world case studies. 🔗 Learn more: transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-work...
- ACTS hosted a workshop on Alternative Science Communication at the Africa Satellite Event of the SRI Congress in Nairobi. This session, part of the lead-up to #TCESG25 focused on innovative approaches to science communication that promote #sustainability & advance forward-thinking #research!
