Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Visioneers connected with this goal

Kahontakwas Diane Longboat — Kahontakwas Diane Longboat, BA, BEd, MEd is a member of the Turtle Clan, Mohawk Nation at Six Nations Grand River Territory, Canada and a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is a ceremonial leader, traditional…
Dr. Diane Redsky — Diane is a proud mother of three children and a Kookum (grandmother). She is a First Nation member of Shoal Lake First Nation #40 in Treaty #3 territory with German ancestry and has long worked to address the myriad of…
David G. Newman — David G. Newman, KC: A Legacy of Service, Advocacy, and Peacebuilding David G. Newman, KC, is widely recognized for his enduring contributions to global causes, particularly through his work with Rotary District 5550…
Chief Phil Lane Jr — Chief Phil Lane Jr. Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr. is an enrolled member of the Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw Nations and is an internationally recognized leader in human, community, and economic development. During…
Peter Russell — Peter Russell Peter Russell is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He coined the term "global brain" with his 1980's bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the…
Jon Ramer — Jon Eliot Ramer is an entrepreneur, civic leader, inventor, and musician. He is a co-founder of several collaborative technology companies including ELF Technologies, Inc., whose main solution, Serengeti, connects over…
Elisabet Sahtouris, PhD — Elisabet Sahtouris, PhD is an internationally known evolution biologist and futurist, speaking on living systems in evolution and cosmology in a wide variety of venues on all five continents. With a post-doctoral degree…
Dr. Jim Garrison — Jim Garrison, PhD, has had a lifetime of social and political activism beginning in the 1960s with the anti-war, anti-nuclear, citizen diplomacy and environmental movements. He founded Ubiquity University having served…
Steve Farrell — Steve Farrell is co-founder and Worldwide Executive Director of Humanity's Team, a non-profit organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The organization is focused on helping people throughout the world awaken to their…
Mirela Sula — Mirela Sula Mirela Sula is the CEO and Founder of Global Woman Magazine and Global Woman Club. Mirela has worked in media and education for the last 20 years and has a speaking experience from all around the world. Her…
Anneloes Smitsman — Dr. Anneloes Smitsman Dr. Anneloes Smitsman (Ph.D., LLM), is a futurist, systems scientist, award-winning pioneer in human development and systems change, and award-winning bestselling author. She is the Founder and CEO…
Rick Ulfik — Rick Ulfik is Founder and Board Chair of We, The World, Founder and a Principal Organizer of the WE Campaign at WE.net, a global network of collaboration and action. He is Co-Creator and Principal Organizer of 11 Days…
Diane L Haworth — Diane L Haworth is passionate about helping heart-centered leaders consistently live from their own inner Divine wisdom and “be the presence of love” for themselves, their family, their communities, and the world. She…
Moshe Gersht — Moshe Gersht is a spiritual teacher and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the book It's All the Same to Me . He has devoted his life to seamlessly bridging the worlds of the Torah tradition, mystical wisdom, the…
Maria Dolores — Maria Dolores was honored the Ambassador for World Peace Award in 2023. She is an expert in Human Resources, leadership, a published author and the Founder of The Human Contract foundation. Ambassador Maria delivered…
Connie Baxter Marlow — Connie Baxter Marlow Education Community Well-being Health and Wellness The Arts Peace Activism Leadership Youth Education Author Photographer Peacemaker Public Speaker Global Citizen Artist Spirituality Already a…
Julie Krull — Julie Krull, PhD, award-winning author, dynamic speaker, and popular talk show host, is a steward of the new earth, midwifing the evolution of consciousness, supporting whole-system health and transformation, and…
Jennifer K. Hill — Jennifer K. Hill is a seasoned professional speaker with over 15 years of experience. She made a successful exit from her first company in 2018, which was acquired by a subsidiary of Marcum LLP. She has established…
Tammy Scarlette — Tammy Scarlett is a global systems architect, strategist and futurist, and serves as Executive Director of the global non-profit UNIFY.org. With a graduate degree from Harvard University, she works on global…
Ben Bowler — Ben is a unity-activist and spiritual entrepreneur. In 2006 Ben moved with his then wife Jildou from Australia to Thailand in response to an opportunity to volunteer along the Thai-Burma border. Together in 2008 they…
Robert Atkinson — Robert Atkinson , PhD, award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist, is a 2020 Gold Nautilus Book Award winner as co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future , a…
Duane Elgin — Duane Elgin I grew up on a farm in Idaho where I connected with the land, seasons, animals, and ecology of life. When I went off to college, I initially wanted to become a doctor but, after two years of study, I paused…
Jean Houston — Jean Houston, PHD “In our time we have come to the stage where the real work of humanity begins. It is the time where we partner Creation in the creation of ourselves, in the restoration of the biosphere, the regenesis…
Ervin Laszlo — Ervin Laszlo Ervin Laszlo was born in Hungary and became a child musical prodigy. In his early life he pursued a career as an accomplished concert pianist, but came to realize that this was not the purpose of his life.…
Desmond Berghofer — A Special Tribute to Our Co-Founder 1938 2025 This page is dedicated in honour of Dr. Desmond Berghofer, beloved husband of Dr. Gerri Schwartz and co-founder of the Visioneers International Network. It celebrates his…
Dr. Willis Harman — Willis W. Harman was an American engineer, futurist , and author associated with the human potential movement . He was convinced that late industrial civilization faced a period of major cultural crisis which called for…
Edgar Dean Mitchell — Edgar Dean Mitchell Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Edgar Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon. As a member of the Apollo 14 mission, his purpose was to conduct in-depth research on the lunar surface. As his…
Wayne Kines — Wayne Kines Decent honest journalism is central to any free democracy. Three pillars of personal character are essential: Wayne’s work as a journalist, broadcaster and communicator on the national and international…
Barbara Marx Hubbard — Barbara Marx Hubbard As an author, speaker, and co-founder and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, Hubbard posited that humanity was on the threshold of a quantum leap if newly emergent scientific,…
Emanuel Kuntzelman — Emanuel Kuntzelman Emanuel Kuntzelman is an entrepreneur, writer, philosopher, philanthropist and activist for social transformation. He began his adult life by traveling the world on a decade-long quest for his…
Gail Straub — Gail Straub A visionary pioneer and activist in the field of empowerment, Gail Straub co-founded the Empowerment Institute in 1981. One of the world’s leading authorities on women’s empowerment, she co-founded IMAGINE:…
Aaron Friedland — Passionate about non-profits, economic development and education in developing countries, using innovative reading and learning technologies to make big local impacts.
Abneet Kaur Sandhar — Feminine Embodiment Coach
Dr. Adele Buckley — Promoting peace and security through advocating nuclear disarmament and adoption of climate change technology
Bettina Rothe — Embodiment, Leadership, Consciousness
Cheeying Ho — Expert in community planning, engagement and sustainability strategy
Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN — Global citizen activist, nursing educator and scholar, author, multi-media specialist and world-wide traveler, serving — in all these roles — as a volunteer International Co-Director of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH)
Diane Lund — Public Relations Specialist and founder of Creative Wonders
Domen Kocevar — Lifetime Achievement Award
Fred Matser — philanthropist, humanitarian and philosopher
Guy Dauncey — Guy is an ecotopian futurist who works to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate that vision into action
Irena Ateljevic — Seeds of Change
Jean-Paul Close — Ideological father and founder of Sustainocracy
Karen Noé — Spiritual Counsellor and Healer
Lilly Briggs — Personal Achievement Award
Maureen Jack-LaCroix — Speaker, workshop facilitator and environmental educator, Founding Director of Be The Change Earth Alliance
Maya Soetoro-Ng, PhD — Co-founder, Ceeds of Peace, Co-founder, Institute for Climate and Peace, Consultant, Author, PhD in Multicultural Education
Michael Ableman — Farmer, author, photographer and urban and local food systems advocate
Michael Dunn — Environmental scientist, founder of the Gulf Islands Centre for Ecological Learning
Paul Kronenberg — Social-Change-Engineer
Rex Weyler — Environmental activist, writer and co-founder of Greenpeace, and co-founder of Hollyhock Conference Centre in Canada
Ricky Kej — Grammy-Award Winning Composer, Billboard #1 Artist (USA), UN "Global Humanitarian Artist" Awardee, UNCCD "Land Ambassador", UNESCO MGIEP "Global Ambassador for Kindness", UNICEF "Celebrity Supporter", Adj. Professor NIAS (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Let's Talk Trash - Powell River — Community-based organization promoting trash education in Powell River
Ta’Kaiya Blaney — Actor, singer-songwriter and Native Children’s Survival Youth Ambassador from Tia A’min Nation, Turtle Island in Canada.
Wade Davis — Anthropologist, environmental activist, author, photographer, passionate defender of life’s diversity.
Mark Benson — Award-winning landscape photographer, men’s coach, somatic practitioner, musician, and co-founder of the Heartfield Collective.