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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:15:49 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Welcome! - About Us</title><subtitle>Welcome! - About Us</subtitle><id>http://www.ecosphereblog.net/about-us/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.ecosphereblog.net/about-us/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.ecosphereblog.net/about-us/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-01-06T19:25:49Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>About Us</title><id>http://www.ecosphereblog.net/about-us/2008/8/17/about-us.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ecosphereblog.net/about-us/2008/8/17/about-us.html"/><author><name>EJ Wensing</name></author><published>2008-08-17T23:41:30Z</published><updated>2008-08-17T23:41:30Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Ecosphere Net Blog!</p>
<p>Ecosphere Net is a global initiative for sustainability and sustainable development.</p>
<p>We are based out of St. John in the US Virgin Islands.</p>
<p>We seek to develop learning systems that connect the local to the global in cross-cultural collaborative networks for sustainability and sustainable development through action based research.</p>
<p>Our website is <a href="http://www.ecosphere.net/">www.ecosphere.net</a></p>
<p>Since our launch in 2006, our member list and&nbsp;collaboration across the world&nbsp;continue to grow.</p>
<p>Our members come from all over the world and from all cultures.</p>
<p>Our members are professional corporate consultants, college professors, undergraduate and postgraduate students, educators, healthcare providers (from doctors to dentists to physical therapists), change agents, thought leaders and community leaders.</p>
<p>Our vision of learning systems for sustainability and sustainable development is grounded in a&nbsp;scientifically proven collaborative social science research model that seeks to connect local/domestic community stakeholders/participants including local experts, local change agents, and small and medium corporations (SMC&rsquo;s) with international participants including science and technology experts, professional organizational system consultants, healthcare professionals, teachers and multinational corporations (MNC&rsquo;s) along their supply chains.</p>
<p>It is through the research and development of valid and effective learning systems that connect the local to the global in collaborative adaptive action networks that we will successfully transition toward a sustainable global future.&nbsp;This is what Ecosphere Net is all about.</p>
<p>We seek to publish our work as part of a growing collaborative body of scholarly work in sustainability science (please see <a href="http://sustainabilityscience.org/">http://sustainabilityscience.org/</a> ) and innovative corporate social responsibility (please see <a href="http://www.nbs.net/">http://www.nbs.net/</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.csrwire.com/">http://www.csrwire.com/</a>).</p>
<p>We invite you to explore our website <a href="http://www.ecosphere.net/">www.ecosphere.net</a> and our blog <a href="http://www.ecospherenet.squarespace.com/">www.ecosphereblog. net</a></p>
<p>Please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@ecosphere.net">info@ecosphere.net</a> or me personally at <a href="mailto:ejwensing@ecopshere.net">ejwensing@ecopshere.net</a> if you would like to discuss the possibility of Ecosphere Net consulting in your company, participating in your/our research, speaking at your school or venue, or if you simply seek more information. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>EJ Wensing</p>
<p>Lead Co-Founder, Ecosphere Net</p>
<p>St. John, US Virgin Islands</p>
<p><a href="mailto:ejwensing@ecosphere.net">ejwensing@ecosphere.net</a></p>]]></content></entry></feed>