Our vision is of a world where society manages its economy equitably, in harmony with its  life-supporting environment and within the available renewable natural resources.

Our mission is to help people and organizations enhance insight for decision-making in complex systems towards the development of a global sense of shared responsibility about our common future.

We accomplish this mission through:

• Developing and disseminating advanced analytical tools that support prospective strategic planning dialogues at community, national and global levels.
• Building a network of supporters and partners across the globe to inspire, promote, endow, and implement rational, integrated planning.
• Increasing capacity among a broad range of partners to promote sustainable development using all modern tools and means of communication and establishing centers of excellence in System Dynamics and Threshold 21 around the world.
• Applying the lessons learned to improve the efficiency of our activities and capacity to serve.