Living my Sustainability Values
It's time for another house move and as I sort through 10 years of belongings, I realise that I've kept a lot of stuff that I don't want, purely because…
Ethical jewellry – looks great doesn’t cost the earth!
Thanks to Otter for connecting me to Zoe Pook, a great ethical jeweller who has turned my grannie's and mother in law's engagement and wedding rings into a beautiful new…
The Four Day Work Week – is it time?
I've been re-thinking the possibilities of a four day work week - the benefits being less stress, less time in peak hour traffic, more time with friends and family and…
5 things to increase well-being that don’t cost the earth!
Thanks to Rob Deitz and Dan O'Neill's book Enough is Enough for alerting me to the research from The New Economics Foundation. They've summarized the evidence and described five proven…
Sharing Sydney – join the move to collaborative consumption
Good to see the City of Sydney council is supporting the collaborative consumption movement - which is all about sharing stuff instead of owing or hoarding it. Having the council…
Sustainability – when less is sufficient
Three years on from first being introduced to Gayle Avery and her work on sustainable leadership and I still cannot easily explain what I mean by the word sustainability. Now…
Giving Voice to Values in paperback
Good to hear that one of my favourite books - Giving Voice to Values, by Mary Gentile - is coming out in paperback. Next month's task is to get the…
Time for a bit of courage and commitment
It was very timely to receive and read Joy Cushman's blog tonight. Speaking of activism, she tells us that the campaign plan is the engine but without the fuel of…
If we believe it we can achieve it
Now here's a headline I like to see: "100% Renewable Energy is not limited to our Wildest Dreams" . According to the researchers, it is possible in 20-40 years at…
Books that make the Business Case for Sustainability
Happy New Year. Over Christmas I read up on a number of books explaining the Business Case for Sustainability including: The Sustainability Advantage, by Bob Willard Sustainable Leadership: Honeybee &…
Passionate about efficiency, recycling and making less stuff
2010 has really run away from me, so I've only just read a 2009 article about Peter Drucker at 100 - from the editors of Harvard Business Review. They express…
Respecting our Mother Earth
Last night's WakeUp Sydney event was a heart-expanding exploration of what it means to connect with our Mother Earth. Jono Fisher and the team did a fabulous job and I…