Cancer-Free Economy Network Systems Map
The Cancer Free Economy Network is a diverse group of medical and scientific experts, cancer survivors, and activists who share a common dream: to lift the burden of cancer within a generation.
To turn this vision into a shared plan of action, one that leverages the diverse strengths of CFEN members, the network embarked on a year-long dialogue involving more than 80 participants across 37 interviews and five stakeholder meetings. They brought together their findings using a systems map that centered on shifting the economy from one that is built on toxic chemicals to one of alternatives that are healthier for people and the environment.
The Network determined that this change cannot be made by any one individual, organization, or sector of the economy. Instead, it needs a public that chooses greener products and unites to make their voices heard by industry, government, and the medical profession. The vanguard of this movement would need to be inclusive and leverage the energy of allied movements in environmental justice and climate change activism, even as it pursued more research in cancer prevention and the development of green chemistry.
To turn this vision into a shared plan of action, one that leverages the diverse strengths of CFEN members, the network embarked on a year-long dialogue involving more than 80 participants across 37 interviews and five stakeholder meetings. They brought together their findings using a systems map that centered on shifting the economy from one that is built on toxic chemicals to one of alternatives that are healthier for people and the environment.
The Network determined that this change cannot be made by any one individual, organization, or sector of the economy. Instead, it needs a public that chooses greener products and unites to make their voices heard by industry, government, and the medical profession. The vanguard of this movement would need to be inclusive and leverage the energy of allied movements in environmental justice and climate change activism, even as it pursued more research in cancer prevention and the development of green chemistry.
