Is Putin’s invasion the trigger that we’ve been waiting for? — Respecting the arbitrary rules of predatory capitalism, the system that created our climate emergency, serves no one, and it’s keeping the necessary climate solutions off the table. Since we can’t go back in time, we need to deal with the hand that we’ve been dealt. …

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…

Why is it so hard to imagine something better than capitalism? — Canada’s recent heat records, wildfires, and over 450 deaths are the tip of a quickly melting iceberg. And only a week earlier someone leaked an IPCC draft report which warns of just how close we are to a cascading failure of our precious ecosystems. So what’s the response from our…

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…

How did we get it so wrong? How did we miss who was sitting across from us at the climate negotiating table? — In hindsight, immediate regulatory change should have been the redline at COP26. And if our so-called “leaders” failed to deliver, it should have set off a global chain reaction to overturn a corrupt and suicidal system of commerce. So why didn’t that happen…

Agreements, promises, and targets, but no real change. — Is this the year when things finally change? Will our so-called ‘leaders’ come to their senses and set us on the path to a stable climate? Will they admit that predatory capitalism is the source of environmental and social harm and that it needs to be…

We need to stop tiptoeing around destructive corporations and speak the truth — There’s nothing intrinsic about capitalism. It’s not part of human evolution, it’s not embedded in our DNA and it’s not a law of nature. It’s just an economic system that was invented to exchange goods and services. But there’s a problem. The rules of the game encourage unethical behaviour…

If only we could find a way to remove inequality, climate change and human exploitation from our economic system. The “Wellbeing Economy” is the answer. — The reward system of capitalism is a mess. In the pursuit of capital, we’re encouraged to exploit people, animals and the natural world. The corporate backed media glorifies this as “good business” while praising the most effective predators among us. But the harm that this sociopathic system has caused…

Deep down we know that something is very wrong. We can see that we’re not actually making progress, to the contrary, we’re falling further behind. — It just doesn’t feel right. Everyday seems to bring some exciting news about a new innovative solution that will hopefully prevent us from experiencing devastating climate change. Sector after sector agrees to “do better” and sets targets, even Wall St., arguably the most predatory and pillaging of all the…