Building the ship while sailing it: Lessons on Sustainability Entrepreneurship from the USA - Talking Transformations with Arnim Wiek

Talking Transformations

The conversation revolves around the Transform project, a transdisciplinary solution-oriented sustainability project. The speaker, Arnim Wiek, shares his experiences and insights from working on the project. He highlights the importance of cooperation and collaboration in achieving sustainability goals. Arnim shares a specific example of sustainability entrepreneurship in small firms, focusing on cooperative business models: a new food cooperative in Phoenix, Arizona, that developed a Cooperative Food Business Development and Training Program. One of the key findings from the Transform project is the co-evolution of developing cooperative food businesses and building supporting infrastructure and services. He believes that this is a crucial insight for achieving sustainability goals.