Frank Landman (MSc.) specializes in change management, projectmanagement and public administration. He advises organizations in transformation processes and translating global issues into local action. In his role as Director of the Municipality of Rheden in The Netherlands he successfully led the transformation of the Municipality into a SDG-network organization. His work has been recognized in The Netherlands through awards including 2018 Most Promising SDG Municipality and 2019 Most Inspiring SDG Municipality of the Netherlands.
As Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Global Goals, his research collaborations with high schools and universities contributed to the advancement of the United Nations SDG Agenda 2030 in Dutch municipalities.
He has been working on local capacity building in South Africa and Rwanda for years in the field of Housing, Tourism and recreation, Community Participation and LED. He currently has been working on collaborative economic development initiatives in South Africa and Rwanda using SDGs as a framework for transformation.
Ronald Rovers
How are we going to deal with a tremendously changing world? Growth is not an option, green growth neither. What are the underlying problems and how should or are we going to tackle them?
There are limits to what we can do and there are limits to what the Earth can handle. Ultimately, it is physically determined. In the first place we have to do without fossil fuels. And what role does a municipality play?
Ronald wrote two books about sustainabilty, ‘Form Follows Fysics’ and ‘People vs Resources’, and gives masterclasses about CO2 reduction and Closing Cycles.
Helga van Leur
At the beginning of July 2017, Helga van Leur stopped presenting the daily weather forecast at RTL after more than 20 years.
She is now active as an ambassador in weather, climate, sustainability and behaviour. Helga discusses a more sustainable environment by the role of the human brain and the intriguing behavioral choices people make.