The Balaton Group aims to accelerate and deepen the world's general understanding of systems, long-term perspective and commitment to achieving positive change.
[1] The Balaton Group was founded in 1982 by Dennis Meadows and Donella Meadows, who are most widely known as co-authors with Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III of the 1972 book The Limits to Growth (commissioned by the Club of Rome).
It brought together 30 scientists and managers from international organizations and institutions, such as The United Nations University, UNESCO, the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, and the International Federation of Institutes for Advance Study, to review the state of the art of natural resource modeling and to identify ways to advance the theory and the practice of regional resource management.
[4][5] Funding comes from the members themselves, individual donations and grants from foundations and government agencies.
One of these reports is Donella H. Meadows Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development from 1998.