The LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa Fellowship Programme is now accepting applications for 2013. Selected candidates will undergo two national sessions before graduating at a Pan-African session. In addition to face to face sessions, there will also b... [más]…

An in-school recycling programme developed by LEAD Fellow Patricia Diaku has received recognition from the Ministry of the Environment in Lagos, Nigeria, and will be rolled-out in schools across the State. [más]…

Following her book on the governance of lake ecosystems, LEAD Canada Fellow Velma I. Grover has published “Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health”. The book, edited by Grover and featuring submissions from over 30 water and climate experts, e... [más]…

LEAD Canada Fellow Velma I. Grover’s co-edited book, “Great Lakes: Lessons in Participatory Governance”, looks at the management of the Great Lakes basin of North America. Commenting on a poorly documented area, her aim is to highlight the succes... [más]…

A sustainable cities course developed by LEAD staff and Fellows has won the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) public vote and will be showcased at the Rio+20 conference in June 2012. LEAD's proposal, entitled 'Putting People ... [más]…

LEAD has submitted a proposal to run a course on sustainable cities at the Rio+20 Conference in June 2012. The course will form part of SD-Learning: a capacity building event that aims to provide participants with practical knowledge and hands-on train... [más]…

The Environmental and Social Studies Group, a Civil Society Organisation co-founded by the late LEAD Fellow Jasmine Aguilar, has been awarded the 2012 UNDP Equator Prize. The Equator Prize recognises and celebrates outstanding local initiatives that ar... [más]…

A number of LEAD India Fellows have been presented with honours or awards during the past few months. [más]…

LEAD was established by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1992 to inspire a new generation of global sustainability leaders. In the past 20 years, more than 2400 outstanding leaders have undergone our intensive Fellowship training programme and become part... [más]…

LEAD International has been awarded a grant worth nearly £500,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to transform the lives of tribal communities living in Orissa, India's poorest state. The 'Securing Tribal Livelihoods in Orissa' project will target India's mos... [más]…