TJD AmericaS Conference

Thurs­day, Novem­ber 9^th 2023
Simul­ta­ne­ous­ly trans­lat­ed online conference

The TJD Amer­i­c­aS con­fer­ence is the first of a series of con­ti­nen­tal events. All of those con­fer­ences will call to lis­ten first to the cit­i­zens before push­ing them to engage in the glob­al quest for sus­tain­abil­i­ty. Each con­fer­ence offers a plat­form where cit­i­zens from dif­fer­ent parts of the world and of dif­fer­ent cul­tures can express their under­stand­ing of sustainability.

The Jena Dec­la­ra­tion (TJD) calls for a dou­ble shift of par­a­digm of the so far dom­i­nant sus­tain­abil­i­ty poli­cies. Endorsed by found­ing part­ners like The Club of Rome, the World Acad­e­my of Art and Sci­ence, the Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil of the human Sci­ences, and many oth­ers, it is call­ing first to change pri­or­i­ty from a top-down to a bot­tom-up strat­e­gy, sup­port­ing actions from the ground. And sec­ond­ly from a nature to soci­ety kind of argu­ment towards cul­ture-nature log­ic. This change of par­a­digm implies the claim to take the cul­tur­al rich­ness and spe­cif­ic region­al con­di­tions as the main ori­en­ta­tion for roads of human­i­ty to glob­al sustainability. 

In the present TJD Amer­i­c­aS con­fer­ence of the 9^th of Novem­ber voic­es from the Patag­on­ian Mapuche Cul­ture, a wom­en’s empow­er­ment move­ment in the Caribbean, par­tic­i­pants in the Colom­bian peace build­ing process, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of indige­nous reli­gion and cul­ture, an action group for clean water for all and artists for sus­tain­abil­i­ty from Broad­way in New York will explore new dimen­sions of sustainability.

Videos eng­lish

Intro­duc­tion by Prof. Ben­no Werlen
Founder, The Jena Dec­la­ra­tion; UNESCO Chair on Glob­al Under­stand­ing for Sustainability

Sus­tain­abil­i­ty and Wis­dom – Learn­ing from Mapuche Culture

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Prof. Clau­dia Ham­mer­schmidt, Chair of Romance Studies

• Anahi Mar­ilu­an – Mapuche Singer and CON­ICET Research Fel­low
• Lil­iana Ancalao – Mapuche Poet
• Adrián Moy­ano – Writer and Jour­nal­ist
• San­mar­tini­ano Paine­fil – Space for Mapuche Artic­u­la­tion and Polit­i­cal Con­struc­tion
• Jorge Spin­dola – Writer and Mem­ber of the inter­cul­tur­al Mapuche col­lec­tive Tukul­pan
• Viviana Ayilef – Poet and Mem­ber of the Inter­cul­tur­al Mapuche col­lec­tive Tukulpan

Car­los Alvarez, Vice-Pres­i­dent, The Club of Rome: A sec­ond chance on Earth

Empow­er­ing Women for a Sus­tain­able Future

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Loret­ta Green-Williams, Founder & Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Women of Con­cern Pro­fes­sion­als & Strate­gic Con­scious Net­work­ing (WOCP­SCN)

• Sian Young – Founder & CEO, Siel Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vice Lim­it­ed, Trinidad & Toba­go
• Tamu Petra Brown – Cre­ator of the HER Busi­ness Mod­el, St. Kitts & Nevis
• Kevin How­ell – CEO, Anchor Group Corp, Jamaica & New York

Clean Water as key for a healthy Future

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Cheryl Per­do­mo, M.Sc., Senior Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Strategist

• Raúl González Acuña, M.Sc. – CEO & Founder Easy Clean Water

Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty: Learn­ing from tra­di­tion for the Future

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Prof. Tia­go de Oliveira Pin­to, UNESCO Chair on Tran­scul­tur­al Music Studies

• Father Pai Pote & Artist Group from San­to Amaro, Bahía, Brazil

Gar­ry Jacobs, Pres­i­dent, World Acad­e­my of Art and Sci­ence: Human Secu­ri­ty for All

Colom­bian Peace Process and Social Sustainability

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Prof. Mar­tin Lein­er, Chair on Sys­tem­at­ic The­ol­o­gy and Ethics & Dr. Luis Pena, Social Geographer

• Prof. Dr. Ale­jan­dro Pimien­ta Betan­cour – Insti­tu­to de Estu­dios Regionales, Uni­ver­si­dad Antio­quia, Medel­lín, Colom­bia
• Prof. Dr. Jose Fer­nan­do Ser­ra­no – Fac­ul­tad de Cien­cias Sociales, Uni­ver­si­dad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colom­bia
• Dr. Natalia Ouiñones – Co-Founder & Research Direc­tor Cor­po­ración Dun­na, Bogotá

Prof. Hart­mut Rosa, Social Sci­en­tist: Res­o­nance and Sustainability

Sus­tain­abil­i­ty, Music and The­ater – Lessons from Broadway

Intro­duc­tion and Mod­er­a­tion: Howard Blu­men­thal, Founder, Kids on Earth

• Andrea Green – Music Com­pos­er and Per­form­ing Arts Edu­ca­tor
• Hen­ry Nevi­son – Movie Direc­tor, Edi­tor, Pro­duc­er
• Ani­ka Larsen – Broad­way Music Com­pos­er and Per­form­ing Arts Edu­ca­tor, Mem­ber, Broad­way Green Alliance
• Prof. Andrea Var­ga – Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of The­atre Design, Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Fac­ul­ty Fel­low, State Uni­ver­si­ty of New York (SUNY)

Clos­ing remarks: Prof. Ben­no Werlen

vídeos en español

Intro­duc­ción: Prof. Ben­no Werlen
Fun­dador, La Declaración de Jena; Cát­e­dra UNESCO de Entendimien­to Glob­al de la Sostenibilidad

Sosteni­bil­i­dad y Sabiduría – Apren­di­en­do de la Cul­tura Mapuche

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Prof. Clau­dia Ham­mer­schmidt, Cát­e­dra de Estu­dios Románicos

• Anahi Mar­ilu­an – Can­to­ra mapuche e inves­ti­gado­ra becaria CON­ICET
• Lil­iana Ancalao — Poeta mapuche
• Adrián Moy­ano – Escritor y peri­odista
• San­mar­tini­ano Paine­fil – Espa­cio de Artic­u­lación y Con­struc­ción políti­ca mapuche
• Jorge Spin­dola – Escritor y miem­bro del colec­ti­vo inter­cul­tur­al mapuche Tukul­pan
• Viviana Ayilef – Poeta y miem­bro del colec­ti­vo inter­cul­tur­al mapuche Tukulpan

Car­los Alvarez, Vice-Pres­i­dente, Club de Roma: Una segun­da opor­tu­nidad sobre la Tierra

Capac­i­tar a las mujeres para un futuro sostenible

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Loret­ta Green-Williams, Fun­dado­ra y Direc­to­ra Ejec­u­ti­va de Women of Con­cern Pro­fes­sion­als & Strate­gic Con­scious
Net­work­ing (WOCP­SCN)

• Sian Young – Fun­dado­ra & CEO, Siel Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vice Lim­it­ed, Trinidad y Toba­go)
• Tamu Petra Brown – Creado­ra del Mod­e­lo Empre­sar­i­al HER, San Cristóbal y Nieves
• Kevin How­ell – CEO, Anchor Group Corp, Jamaica y Nue­va York

Agua limpia como clave para un futuro saludable

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Cheryl Per­do­mo, M.Sc., Estrate­ga supe­ri­or de sostenibilidad

• Raúl González Acuña, M.Sc. – CEO y Fun­dador de Easy Clean Water
• Fun­dación Potabilis

Espir­i­tu­al­i­dad y sosteni­bil­i­dad: Apren­der de la tradi­ción para el futuro

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Prof. Tia­go de Oliveira Pin­to, Cát­e­dra UNESCO de Estu­dios Musi­cales Transculturales

• Padre Pai Pote y Grupo de artis­tas de San­to Amaro, Bahía, Brasil

Gar­ry Jacobs, Pres­i­dente de la Acad­e­mia Mundi­al de Arte y Cien­ci: Seguri­dad humana para todos

Pro­ce­so de paz en Colom­bia y sosteni­bil­i­dad social

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Prof. Mar­tin Lein­er, Cát­e­dra de Teología Sis­temáti­ca y Éti­ca & Dr. Luis Pena, Geó­grafo Social

• Prof. Dr. Ale­jan­dro Pimien­ta Betan­cour, – Insti­tu­to de Estu­dios Regionales, Uni­ver­si­dad Antio­quia, Medel­lín, Colom­bia
• Prof. Dr. José Fer­nan­do Ser­ra­no, – Fac­ul­tad de Cien­cias Sociales, Uni­ver­si­dad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colom­bia
• Dra. Natalia Ouiñones — Cofun­dado­ra y Direc­to­ra de Inves­ti­gación Cor­po­ración Dun­na, Bogotá

Prof. Hart­mut Rosa, Cien­tí­fi­co Social: Res­o­nan­cia y sostenibilidad

Sosteni­bil­i­dad, músi­ca y teatro – Lec­ciones de Broadway

Intro­duc­ción y mod­eración: Howard Blu­men­thal, Fun­dado­ra, Kids on Earth

• Andrea Green – Com­pos­i­to­ra Musi­cal y Edu­cador de Artes Escéni­cas
• Hen­ry Nevi­son – Direc­tor de Cine, Edi­tor, Pro­duc­tor
• Ani­ka Larsen – Com­pos­i­to­ra Musi­cal de Broad­way y Edu­cado­ra en Artes Escéni­cas, Miem­bro de Broad­way Green Alliance
• Prof. Andrea Var­ga – Dis­eñado­ra de ves­tu­ario, Pro­fe­so­ra Aso­ci­a­da de Dis­eño Teatral, Becaria de la Fac­ul­tad de Sosteni­bil­i­dad de State Uni­ver­si­ty of New York (SUNY)

OBSER­VA­CIONES FINALES: Prof. Ben­no Werlen