The Natural Edge Project Cents and Sustainability Whole System Design The Natural Advantage of Nations Award Winner




"Environmentalists, who often believe that companies seek to profit from polluting, see their role as advocating regulations to compel companies to install available technology whatever the cost. Yet virtually all corporate pollution is a sign of economic waste and the unproductive use of resources..."
Professor Michael Porter, Forward to: Tomorrow's Markets, Global Trends and their implications for Business



Commonwealth Science, Industry Research Organisation
Ocean Conserve
Book: Small is Profitable
The Next Industrial Revolution


 

 

 

Karlson 'Charlie' Hargroves - TNEP Executive Director

Charlie Hargroves The Natural Edge ProjectCharlie Hargroves is a graduate in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide, and a co-founder and the Director of The Natural Edge Project (TNEP). TNEP is an Australian based Sustainability Think-Tank founded in 2002 and hosted in-kind by Griffith University and ANU, operating as a partnership for education, research and policy development on innovation for sustainable development. In 2004 Charlie was seconded from TNEP as the Chief Executive Officer of Natural Capitalism Inc for 12 months, based in Boulder Colorado, under the supervision of Hunter Lovins. In 2007 Charlie was accepted as an Associate Member of the Club of Rome to represent the TNEP team.

The Projects flagship collaborative publication ‘The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century’ (Earthscan 2005) was awarded the Banksia Award for Environmental Leadership, Education and Training in 2005. The team is now working on an update of ‘Factor 4’ with Ernst von Weizsäcker, and a response to the Brundtland Commission’s ‘Our Common Future’ including forewords from Dr Gro Brundtland and Dr R.K. Pachauri, Chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Charlie and the team from TNEP have developed a range of projects focused on education, training and strategy for sustainable development, including working with international partners such as UNESCO, World Federation of Engineering Organisations, Natural Capitalism Inc, Chicago Climate Exchange, World Technopolis Association, Chicago Manufacturing Centre, and Rocky Mountain Institute. The teams Australian partners include CSIRO, Engineers Australia, Purves Environmental Fund, Townsville City Council, National Framework for Energy Efficiency, HP, UniSA, KBR, VicUrban, Hatch, RMIT, QUT, and the Queensland EPA Sustainable Industries Division.

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