¶ Tellus Institute
.png)
The Tellus Institute, Inc. is an American not-for-profit research and policy organization based in Boston, Massachusetts.
¶ History
The Tellus Institute was founded in 1976.[1] In 1978, the Tellus Institute moved from Albany, New York to its new location in Boston.[2]
In 1995, Gilberto Gallopín and Paul Raskin formed the Global Scenario Group (GSG) under the auspices of the Tellus Institute and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) for the purpose of “illuminating the requirements for a transition to sustainability.”[3] The group “conducted a series of studies and simulations to illuminate global challenges and possibilities.”[3:1]
In June 2003, GSG was reorganized as the Great Transition Initiative (GTI).[4]
¶ Organization
The Tellus Institute has been a partner of the Communitas Coalition,[2:1] and is part of the “circle of allies” for The Widening Circle.[5]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Raskin | Founding President[6] | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Earth Charter, Global Environment Outlook (GEO), Global Scenario Group (GSG), Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Columbia University |
| Rich Rosen | Executive Vice President, Senior Fellow (former), Founding Member[2:2] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Corporation 20/20 |
| John Stutz | Vice President, Founding Member, Senior Fellow[7] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), State University of New York at Albany, Fordham University |
| Allen White | Vice President, Senior Fellow[8] | Global Reporting Initiative, Corporation 20/20, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Pew Charitable Trusts, United Nations Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oxfam, People4Earth, University of Connecticut, Clark University, Battelle Memorial Institute, Fulbright Program, Great Transition Initiative (GTI) |
| Faye Camardo | Documents Assistant (former)[2:3] | National Merchandising |
| Jonathan Cohn | Managing Editor[9] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), New Economics Institute, Common Cause, Baltimore Center for Green Careers |
| Olivia Kefauver | Assistant (former)[10] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Small Planet Institute, Land's Sake |
| David McAnulty | Administrative Director (former)[2:4] | New York State Education Department (NYSED) |
| Maggie Nemetz | Assistant (former) | Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR), Resources for Human Development (RHD) |
| Kathy Nguyen | Operations Manager[11] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI) |
| András Rátonyi | Systems Specialist (former)[2:5] | Amnesty International |
| Robert Ward | Analyst (former)[2:6] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants |
| Tariq Banuri | Associate Fellow[12] | Higher Education Commission (HEC), University of Utah Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W), United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Sahad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia Centre, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations, Sustainable Mekong Research Network, Human Development Foundation of North America, Great Transition Initiative (GTI) |
| Halina Brown | Associate Fellow[13] | Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Clark University, Newton Citizens Commission on Energy, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) |
| Maruxa Cardama | Associate Fellow (former)[2:7] | Communitas Coalition, Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (Nrg4SD), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), European Committee of the Regions |
| Maurie Cohen | Associate Fellow[14] | New Jersey Institute of Technology Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Leeds, Binghamton University, Mansfield College, Oxford, Indiana University, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) |
| Felix Dodds | Associate Fellow[15] | Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security, Great Transition Initiative (GTI) |
| Christi Electris | Senior Associate (former)[2:8] | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD), Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Richard Falk | Associate Fellow[16] | Princeton University, Queen Mary University of London, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, World Order Models Project (WOMP), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories |
| Gilberto Gallopín | Associate Fellow[17] | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Bariloche Foundation, Global Scenario Group (GSG) |
| Michael Gerst | Associate Fellow (former)[2:9] | Dartmouth College, United Nations High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability |
| Jayati Ghosh | Associate Fellow[18] | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Economic Research Foundation (ERF), International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), United Nations High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs |
| James Goldstein | Senior Fellow (former)[2:10] | - |
| Joshua Humphreys | Associate Fellow (former)[2:11] | Croatan Institute, Harvard University, Princeton University, New York University (NYU), Fulbright Program, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), École normale supérieure, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Rockefeller Archive Center, Aspen Environment Forum, Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Investment Fund (DHSRIF), Responsible Endowments Coalition, Responsible Investment at Harvard |
| Tim Jackson | Associate Fellow[19] | Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey, Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Academy of Social Sciences, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Giorgos Kallis | Associate Fellow[20] | Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), European Network of Political Ecology (ENTiTLE), Energy and Resources Group (ERG) |
| Marjorie Kelly | Associate Fellow[21] | Democracy Collaborative, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Business Ethics, Corporation 20/20, Salem Alliance for the Environment (SAFE), Sustainable Business Academy |
| Ashish Kothari | Associate Fellow[22] | Kalpavriksh, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), National Law School of India University (NLSIU), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Greenpeace, Greenpeace India, ICCA Consortium, Vikalp Sangam, Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA), Radical Ecological Democracy |
| Orion Kriegman | Associate (former)[2:12] | Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Great Transition Initiative (GTI), Urban Ecovillage Network (UEN), Reflecting on Peace Practice, Organization of American States (OAS) |
| Frances Moore Lappé | Associate Fellow[23] | Food First, Small Planet Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California, Berkeley |
| Benjamin Linder | Associate Fellow (former)[2:13] | Olin College of Engineering, International Development Design Summit |
| Rasigan Maharajh | Associate Fellow[24] | Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Science and Technology Transition Project, Globelics, South Africa Forum for International Solidarity (SAFIS), National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) |
| Mary Mellor | Associate Fellow[25] | Northumbria University, Sustainable Cities Research Institute |
| Adil Najam | Associate Fellow[26] | Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| Heikki Patomäki | Associate Fellow[27] | University of Helsinski, Nottingham Trent University (NTU), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Helsinski Centre for Global Political Economy, EuroMemo Group, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) |
| Chella Rajan | Associate Fellow[28] | Indian Institute of Technology Madras Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS), California Air Resources Board (CARB), International Energy Initiative (IEI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Kate Raworth | Associate Fellow[29] | Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), Oxfam, Human Development Report, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Zanzibar Ministry of Trade, Industries and Marketing |
| William Rees | Associate Fellow[30] | UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE), One Earth Initiative, Post Carbon Institute (PCI), Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation |
| Juliet Schor | Associate Fellow[31] | Boston College, Harvard University, Better Future Project |
| Gus Speth | Associate Fellow[32] | Vermont Law and Graduate School, Democracy Collaborative, Yale School of the Environment, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Development Group (UNDG), World Resources Institute (WRI), Georgetown University, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New Economics Institute, Center for a New American Dream, Climate Reality Project, Institute for Sustainable Communities |
| Jennie Stephens | Associate Fellow (former)[10:1] | University of Vermont, Clark University |
| Philip Vergragt | Associate Fellow (former)[2:14] | George Perkins Marsh Institute, Delft University of Technology, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), North American Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (NARSPAC), Worcester Housing, Energy and Community, Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption |
¶ Subsidiaries
- Global Scenario Group (GSG)
- Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
¶ External links
- Crunchbase
- Devex
- Idealist
- InfluenceWatch
- OpenCorporates
- SourceWatch
- Website
- Wikipedia
The Institute. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205034452/https://tellus.org/about/the-institute/ ↩︎
People. Tellus Institute. Retrieved April 17, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150417055941/http://tellus.org/about/people# ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Aims and Background. Great Transition Initiative. Retrieved November 29, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241129003958/https://greattransition.org/about/aims-and-background ↩︎ ↩︎
Who We Are. Great Transition Initiative. Retrieved August 16, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060816042543/http://www.gtinitiative.org/default.asp?action=57#unit ↩︎
Circle of Allies. The Widening Circle. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131209041732/http://www.wideningcircle.org/about/OrganizationalAllies.htm ↩︎
Paul Raskin. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035859/https://tellus.org/about/people/paul-raskin ↩︎
John Stutz. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035849/https://tellus.org/about/people/john-stutz ↩︎
Allen White. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035835/https://tellus.org/about/people/allen-white ↩︎
Jonathan Cohn. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035820/https://tellus.org/about/people/jonathan-cohn ↩︎
People. Tellus Institute. Retrieved March 23, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160323021315/http://www.tellus.org/about/people# ↩︎ ↩︎
Kathy Nguyen. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035834/https://tellus.org/about/people/kathy-nguyen ↩︎
Tariq Banuri. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204231257/https://tellus.org/about/people/tariq-banuri ↩︎
Halina Brown. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204232551/https://tellus.org/about/people/halina-brown ↩︎
Maurie Cohen. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035946/https://tellus.org/about/people/maurie-cohen ↩︎
Felix Dodds. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035842/https://tellus.org/about/people/felix-dodds ↩︎
Richard Falk. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205002121/https://tellus.org/about/people/richard-falk ↩︎
Gilberto Gallopin. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205005349/https://tellus.org/about/people/gilberto-gallopin ↩︎
Jayati Ghosh. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205010307/https://tellus.org/about/people/jayati-ghosh ↩︎
Tim Jackson. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205011054/https://tellus.org/about/people/tim-jackson ↩︎
Giorgos Kallis. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205012317/https://tellus.org/about/people/giorgos-kallis ↩︎
Marjorie Kelly. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205013601/https://tellus.org/about/people/marjorie-kelly ↩︎
Ashish Kothari. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205014052/https://tellus.org/about/people/ashish-kothari ↩︎
Frances Moore Lappé. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035901/https://tellus.org/about/people/frances-moore-lappe ↩︎
Rasigan Maharajh. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205021112/https://tellus.org/about/people/rasigan-maharajh/ ↩︎
Mary Mellor. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035929/https://tellus.org/about/people/mary-mellor ↩︎
Adil Najam. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205022615/https://tellus.org/about/people/adil-najam ↩︎
Heikki Patomäki. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205023231/https://tellus.org/about/people/heikki-patomaki ↩︎
Chella Rajan. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205024406/https://tellus.org/about/people/chella-rajan ↩︎
Kate Raworth. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035830/https://tellus.org/about/people/kate-raworth ↩︎
William Rees. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205025936/https://tellus.org/about/people/william-rees ↩︎
Juliet Schor. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205034431/https://tellus.org/about/people/juliet-schor ↩︎
Gus Speth. Tellus Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241205034705/https://tellus.org/about/people/gus-speth ↩︎