Principle 9. Yin-Yang

As part of Youth in Evaluation Week, this event will bring together perspectives, stories and lessons from our collaboration working on the Food Systems Summit to explore how intergenerational evaluation can be informed by, and inform, the principles of Blue Marble Evaluation. In particular, we will explore the following principles and questions: 

Under a massive and slowly spinning earthen globe in the SSE Hydro in Glasgow Scotland, I joined a meditation circle of 12 people led by two monks from Plum Village Monastery in France. The Monastery, founded by Thich Nhat Han, has become a spiritual lifeline for several of the leaders of CoP26. This makes sense when you consider the stakes of the event well named as the “last best chance” to get it right.

In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit aims to support transformation of the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food.