What Exactly Are They Building?
You cannot build sustainable systems without democracy. You cannot have climate action when autocrats control resources. This week, I show you the interconnectedness of one other major factor.
Tag Archives: good stewardship; lasting impact
Three Things Nobody Tells You About Goals
I’m six months out from hand surgery. Most people would be completely done and at 95% of what they used to be. As a member of the 1% outlier club, I can report that after a TON of work, I am finally at 75%-85%, with little upside remaining. AND I still have another six months […]
Possibilities: What We’ve Been Avoiding
Look Back; Look forward series. Facing the Gaps in Climate Stewardship
Something Useful When Everything Feels Chaotic
We’re barely two weeks into 2026, and I’m guessing your “fresh start January” looks more like “higher level of insanity.” Every conversation I’ve had lately – regardless of continent – lands in the same place: shell-shocked by world events, frustrated by rising costs, dealing with some crisis at home. Makes concentrating on what actually matters […]
But It’s Impossible! Do It ANYWAY!
What Actually Works for Systemic Change. Part Two of the Look Back; Look forward series
It’s Supposed to Feel Impossible
Looking back to look forward. A new three part series begins the new calendar year
New Year, Old Wisdom
Every January, they’ll sell you the same thing with a new label. New strategies. New frameworks. New ways to scale faster, optimize harder, extract more efficiently. The world treats each calendar flip like collective amnesia — as if everything we knew last year is suddenly obsolete. I fell for it for decades; I bet you […]
The Gift of Pause
Today, December 21st, the winter solstice arrives. It’s the darkest day of the year, when our ancestors had no choice but to stop. Not because they were lazy or unambitious, but because the world itself demanded it. Short days, long nights, and the simple biological truth that human beings cannot extract indefinitely without breaking. They […]
Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Transformation
Journey Through the Darkness of Collapse. Part Four in a four part series specifically geared to sustainability professionals, entrepreneurs, changemakers and business leaders struggling to keep positive, hopeful and focussed.