Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a social psychologist and humanist philosopher who concluded that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

A person who has not been completely alienated…

Optimism, Pessism & Hope

Personal responses to the professional challenges of sustainability

It’s going to be a climate-disrupted world

and only a shift from Me to We will increase personal and…

Pathways to Sustainability

Different paths or different destinations?

I’ve been working and living ‘for sustainability’ for years, so why is all the attention that the Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh is getting making me so uneasy?

Raj Patel at Expo West

How to feed 10 billion people by breaking the rules.

Optimism, Pessimism & Sustainability

Do you understand the data? Do you have a pulse?

Do you need a new bike?

7bn reasons why technology wont fix the environment 

Developing the ISM tool for communities

The ISM (Individual Social & Material) Tool was originally developed to help policy makers engage people and influence their behaviours to deliver improved outcomes, strengthening low carbon policies and delivery. I’ve been commissioned by the Scottish…

Living in a green bubble?

It might be bigger than you think

Some field notes on Natural Change Hungary

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Natural Change Hungary at Kisújbánya — September 2105.[/caption]

It was an honour and a joy to co-facilitate a week-long Natural Change course…