> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Widening Circle - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/the-widening-circle/ - Published: 1999-01-03T01:13:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-04T02:17:30.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **The Widening Circle (TWC)** was an international activist initiative hosted by the [Tellus Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Tellus-Institute) in Boston, Massachusetts.[\[1\]](#fn1) ## History In 2010, participants in the [Great Transition Initiative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Great-Transition-Initiative) (GTI) discussed the creation of “a more effective and cohesive” global citizens' movement.[\[2\]](#fn2) The idea was subsequently named “The Widening Circle,” which formally launched in September 2010 by a gathering of leaders from 12 organizations.[\[2:1\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3) The earliest available archived version of TWC's website is Corporation 20/20's homepage.[\[4\]](#fn4) ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Tariq Banuri | Coordinating Circle member[\[5\]](#fn5) | Stockholm Environment Institute-Asia Centre, United Nations Division for Sustainable Development | | Felix Dodds | Coordinating Circle member | Stakeholder Forum | | Rasigan Maharajh | Coordinating Circle member | Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) | | Paul Raskin | Coordinating Circle member | Tellus Institute, [Great Transition Initiative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Great-Transition-Initiative) (GTI), Global Scenario Group (GSG) | | Nancy Roof | Coordinating Circle member | *Kosmos Journal*, Kosmos Associates | | Kiran Chhokar | Circle of Representatives member[\[6\]](#fn6) | Centre for Environment Education (CEE), *Journal of Education for Sustainable Development* | | Rick Clugston | Circle of Representatives member | Earth Charter USA | | Candido Grzybowski | Circle of Representatives member | Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (iBase), World Social Forum | | Ashish Kothari | Circle of Representatives member | Kalpavriksh, Greenpeace, Greenpeace India | | Orion Kriegman | Circle of Representatives member | [Great Transition Initiative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Great-Transition-Initiative) (GTI) | | Gustavo Marin | Circle of Representatives member | Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG), World Social Forum | | Michael Narberhaus | Circle of Representatives member | Smart CSOs | | Robert Paehlke | Circle of Representatives member | *Alternatives Journal* | | Leida Rijnhout | Circle of Representatives member | Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) | | Veena Sikri | Circle of Representatives member | South Asia Women's Network (SWAN), Jamia Millia Islamia, South Asia Foundation (SAF) | | Jon Symes | Circle of Representatives member | Pachamama Alliance, Awakening the Dreamer (ATD) | ### Partners TWC's “circle of allies” includes:[\[7\]](#fn7)[\[8\]](#fn8) - Awakening the Dreamer (ATD) - Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (iBase) - Centre for Environment Education (CEE) - Committee for a Democratic U.N. (KDUN) - Earth Charter International - Forum for a new World Governance (FnWG) - Four Years. Go. - The Global Citizens' Initiative (TGCI) - Global Sustainability Solutions - [Great Transition Initiative](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Great-Transition-Initiative) (GTI) - *Kosmos Journal* - Pachamama Alliance - [Tellus Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Tellus-Institute) - Transition United States - Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology ## External links - [Website (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20181121233005/https://www.wideningcircle.org/) --- 1. *Contact Us.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Who We Are.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved June 18, 2017, from [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. Raskin, P. (2010, December). *Imagine All the People: Advancing a global citizens movement.* The Widening Circle; Great Transition Initiative. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170215090033/http://www.wideningcircle.org/documents/TWC Readings/GTI-Perspectives-Imagine\_All\_the\_People.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20170215090033/http://www.wideningcircle.org/documents/TWC%20Readings/GTI-Perspectives-Imagine%5FAll%5Fthe%5FPeople.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Home.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved September 7, 2011, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Current Members of the Coordinating Circle.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved May 21, 2017, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Current Members of the Circle of Representatives.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved September 12, 2014, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Circle of Allies.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Home.* The Widening Circle. Retrieved November 21, 2018, from [↩︎](#fnref8)