Balaton Group is Donella H. Meadows Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development from 1998. Balaton Group The Balaton Group (The International Network of Resource Information Centers) is a global network of researchers and practitioners in fields related to systems and sustainability. The name “Balaton Group” refers to the Lake Balaton region of Hungary, where the Group was first constituted, and where most of the Group’s annual meetings have taken place. The Balaton Group aims to accelerate and deepen the world’s general understanding of systems, long-term perspective and commitment to achieving positive change. The Group believes that these factors are fundamental to
Lake Country southernmost portion of Kalamalka Lake are encompassed by it. Lake Country was incorporated in 1995. The previously unincorporated communities of Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Oyama, and Carr's Landing were united to form the new municipality, and they remain as separate wards within it. In the municipal government, one councillor is drawn from each of these wards, while the mayor and two additional councillors are elected by the people at large. Lake Country is the only municipality in the province of British Columbia to have the ward system. The four wards of Lake Country are: Population: 11,708 (2011 Census Profile) Population Change