Faith failed and it’s premature for despair. We need agency and HOPE! — When you realize that digging is only making things worse — it’s time to stop digging. If our strategies aren’t having the desired impact then we need to regroup and come up with a different approach. Faith We thought that our politicians and corporate leaders would see the threats and respond…

Either we unite to force policy change at the highest levels or we keep lying to our children It’s not easy to lie to your kids. What am I supposed to say when my son comes home from school and tells me with great excitement…

There’s no solution to climate change without the truth — It’s scary to think that a tiny group of ideologically driven psychopaths are unravelling our planet’s ecosystems to add to their already obscene wealth. But as difficult as it may be to comprehend, we must face this reality head-on, because quite simply, there’s…

If you incentivize a system to cause harm... then don’t be surprised when it causes harm. — PART I Responsibility In a recent conversation with a fellow sustainability strategist it was suggested that the efforts of sustainability and CSR professionals, while not perfect, are based on good intentions. That got me thinking. Are good intentions enough? What if those intentions are constrained from within a corporate culture that uses…

With better questions we just might get some additional insight into how urgent this crisis really is. — If you’re like me, you’re tired of anything that a politician or a corporate billionaire has to say about climate change, but maybe that’s because we continue to ask the wrong questions…

Are we ready to have “The Talk” with our families? — Listen to a reading of this article: In just 2 days this post on LinkedIn had nearly 70,000 views. People seem inspired by this brave young woman, Alizée. So what? Didn’t Greta inspire us too? And yet, look…

Somehow they always neglect to share the Big Picture — Listen to a reading of this article These days there are many articles that are designed to make you feel less terrified about how we can make a difference when it comes to climate change. But don’t let your guard down. …

No More Half Measures! — I’m seeing the tone change around climate change, and that’s a good thing! And yet, collectively, we keep ignoring the sign post that says “danger ahead”. Our foot is still on the gas, and in most respects, we’re speeding…

The sooner we escape the better our chances will be. — We squandered the greatest sweetheart deal imaginable. Nature was happy to selflessly provide us with everything we could possibly want but instead of nurturing it, we went in another direction. We bought into the lie of endless growth on a finite…