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By applying Resilience thinking
in co-creative processes
Aimed at seeking meaning & Beauty

Dalbert Sustainability can support you
in contributing effectively
to the SUstainable Development Goals (UN) &
the Great Transformation (WBGU)

one community & Ecoregion at a time

Dalbert Sustainability`s
co-creative processes
in three steps:

ASKING POWERFUL QUESTIONS
TRANSFORMS RELATIONSHIPS
and leads people to
CO-CREATE BEAUTY

Meet Us

Dalbert Sustainability works with a diverse network of specialists and practitioners.

Leander Dalbert is the founder of Dalbert Sustainability. He holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, a BSc in Physical Geography and a HD in Physical Geography from the University of Otago (New Zealand).
He studied at the University of Otago, the Free University Berlin, the University of Potsdam and the University of Heidelberg.

His network in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and Oceania encompasses specialists and practitioners from fields such as regenerative agriculture, ecological housing, renewable energy, social business, transdisciplinary research, politics, facilitation and community organising.

I

Research

Dalbert Sustainability's current strengths in research lie
in the area of market research,
participatory action research, resilient food systems and agriculture,
climate analysis and simulations.

Past project: Climate change impacts in Sri Lanka
Current project: The future of the land-city relationship

II

Consulting

Dalbert Sustainability provides consulting and project management across various fields of sustainable development such as energy efficient housing, low-carbon mobility, regenerative agriculture
and social business.

Past project: Transforming the worst flat and a platform for rating rental properties in New Zealand
Current project: Community interventions in districts across Zurich

III

Practical Work

Dalbert Sustainability walks the talk and contributes hands-on practical work in the area of regenerative agriculture, low-carbon logistics,
co-founding companies and community organising.

Past project: Recultivating an abandoned rubber plantation and planting a coconut plantation for a Sri Lankan school
Current project: Work on an organic farm for chestnuts, hazelnuts and hazelnut trees.

What past clients have to say
about Dalbert Sustainability`s work in
Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand, Egypt and Sri Lanka:

"Leander struck me as a strategic, relationship-oriented and enthusiastic doer. He is a listener with the ability to integrate diverse points of view. He will generate very fresh and creative ideas, and he will truly listen for feedback and shift his thinking based on others’ input so that the ideas are pragmatic and achievable, while still being bold. The interviews with Leander on Radio New Zealand, in the Otago Daily Times and on TV3 really speak for themselves; showcasing the leadership and fresh energy Leander brings to complex issues. He really understands how to build trust with people. No matter where Leander is he finds the right specialists to advise him and the right people on the ground to make magic happen with."
- C. Robinson, Embassy-Network (initiative for housing commons)
& Generation Zero (climate change youth network)

"Wir interessierten uns besonders für eine Zusammenarbeit mit Leander aufgrund seines Gründergeistes, seiner wissenschaftlich fundierten Herangehensweise, seiner Erfahrung mit innovativen Projekten im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit und seiner starken Fähigkeiten im Netzwerken. Leander bewies über seine bereits beschriebenen Fähigkeiten hinaus einen ansteckenden Enthusiasmus, Überzeugungskraft, Kreativität, strategisches Denken und große Ausdauer in der Projektentwicklung."
- S. Lee & A. Grindhammer, CRCLR (center for circular economy practices)

"Es war fachlich super spannend, sehr inspirierend und zugleich eine richtig schöne freudvolle Zeit - Vielen Dank Leander und Dalbert Sustainability für die professionelle Orga dieser tollen Tagung!"
- P. Hoffmann, Agroforstkampagne (promoting regenerative agriculture)