Founding Members - Scientific knowledge in an innovative world
The organization was re-established by graduates of the master's program for strategic leadership for sustainability (M.Sc.) at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden.
Ronny Daniel
Director of Innovation, Co-Founder
(B.Arch, M.Sc. Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability); architect by training, consultant in various innovation groups that worked with the financial, health and infrastructure sectors. Ronny led the Israeli branch of the OECD's Better Life Initiative, a cross cultural community engagement process. Ronny is working with the Green building council on R&D projects with companies, municipalities and universities and advising the governmental process of creating a wellbeing and sustainability indicators system.
Dr. Michal Bitterman
CEO, Founder
Michal bachelor’s degree and certification in law from the Hebrew University, an M.Sc. in strategic leadership for sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, and a Ph.D. from Ben Gurion University focusing on strategic sustainable development as a vehicle for conflict resolution. She is a co-founder and former chair of the Israeli Green Building Council. Michal served as a consultant for the Forum 15 Israeli Association for Self-Government Cities on climate protection matters. She lectures on sustainability at the Bezalel Academy of Design and in a variety of other settings.
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Maya Milrad-Givon
(B.Sc. Biology, M.Sc. 2010); Maya is the former coordinator at the Israeli Union of Environmental NGOs, a coalition of NGOs which promotes sustainable development-related policies, with a focus on climate change. Organizer and coordinator of the civil delegations to the UN climate and SD conventions. A former co-chair of Green Course, a nation-wide environmental NGO based on youth volunteers, a national campaign coordinator in Green Course and an active member of the Israeli Biomimicry Organization.
Tamar Harel
Process and Graphic Design, Co-Founder
(B.Sc Biology, M.Sc. Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability); Tamar is a Change Facilitator, pioneering the field of graphic facilitation and visual harvesting in Israel and the Netherlands. Tamar worked on developing new methods for sustainability education in the Heschel Sustainability Center, was a research analyst at Adkit, and is still a frequent contributor to design and facilitation of learning journeys for off-site training and events across Europe with Think Visual.