"How on earth can we live together? In search of the common sense" Between June 26 and June 29, 2008 the Tällberg Forum gathered thinkers and leaders from seventy nations for four days of conversations and workshops related to the opportunities and challenges of global interdependence.

What began “in concert with nature” at the Church of Siljansnäs, ended with a memorably impromptu jam session on the stage of the Earth in the Forum tent in Tällberg. In between were four very special days. Participants worked hard, consistently pushing the envelope of our common understanding of the new global realities that have us bound and bounded together.
This year's Forum illustrated that Tällberg conversations are increasingly focused on the systems problems emerging from the growing imbalance between nature and human activity. Can we design, govern and manage the sustainable interaction between natural systems and the systems of human activity? Can we negotiate among ourselves the resolution of the planetary crisis? Can we find better ways to integrate the work of governments and institutions with the actions of other actors from civil society, business, finance, philantropy or technology when tackling sustainability? The Forum explored boundary conditions and generated many concrete ideas and proposals for policy, strategy and institutional development that work in the interests of the whole.

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