Jan Sendzimir at TEDxURI 2021
Need for Trust in Zen Buddhism/Climate Change
There is no single solution to solving climate change, so we must take risks with bold experiments to “learn our way into the future.” Jan Sendzimir will explain how we must fundamentally restructure society to become carbon neutral – a massive effort that requires our society to unite as effectively as it did in WWII to reverse society’s polarization and re-establish trust in working together.
Jan Sendzimir
Systems Ecologist
Jan Sendzimir, originally a native of New England, has lived and studied all over the world: North America, Europe, Africa and East and Central Asia. As a systems ecologist he has worked with teams of scientists and lay people (participatory science) to help local communities and nations to address the risk and uncertainty from unpredictable change arising from extremes of Climate Warming: droughts, floods, fires. He uses conceptual and formal modeling in conjunction with field research within participatory processes, e.g. Action Research or Adaptive Management, to guide scientific research and policy development related to the sustainable development of communities and ecosystems in five river systems: the Narew (Poland), the Oder and Barycz rivers (Poland), the Tisza river (Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary) and the Amudarya river (Uzbekistan). He also works in the Sahel scrub savanna on governance issues of agro-forestry in Niger and of reservoir fisheries management in Burkina Faso.