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…

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. And that must start…

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…

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. Here are some…

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…

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…