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If you are looking for inspiration, check out the Sunrise Movement – a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs…
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For those of us who are trying to change the world – or even a small part of the world – acceptance is one of…
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Our global challenges demand ‘a little less conversation, a little more action’. But what can each of us do? I have this little mnemonic to…
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As the world braces itself for ongoing climate protests, we need to celebrate and support social and environmental activist movements. Women are often at the…
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Humans are nothing if not adaptable. In fact, adaptation is probably our evolutionary edge as a species. We see adaptation in action every day in…
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As COP26 draws to a close, climate anxiety among young people is reaching fever pitch. The Lancet climate change survey of 10,000 16-25-year-olds in 10…
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Are we wrong to keep arguing rationally for a sustainable future? Yesterday I spoke at the climate change conference in Vaasa, Finland. In between the…
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We could all do with taking a Bathtubs 101 refresher course. I know you know how bathtubs work. But weirdly, when they take the form…
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Sometimes, we need a boost – of energy, of encouragement, of hope. Joe Biden’s election as the new US President is just such a boost…
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At its best sustainability is like a bridge between the present and the future. It takes care of the present without compromising the needs of…
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Every day a woman fetches water from a river in two buckets, each suspended on the end of a wooden pole across her shoulders. One…
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I’ve been thinking about cathedrals lately. Not surprising, since Sagrada Familia got its building permit 137 years late and Notre Dame’s tragic fire raised €850…
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We are the champions my friends. Besides being a great Queen song, this is also how change happens. We recently celebrated our first cohort of…
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Are you living in a city that’s fit for the future? Depending on the index you choose, different cities top the tables: Oslo (UN City…
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The failure of sustainability is a failure to recognise our essential interconnectedness. We still see the world as a collection of islands – of countries…
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The biologist E.O. Wilson says that an ideal scientist must think like a poet, work like a clerk and write like a journalist. I believe…
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How can we navigate through complexity? This question emerged as an enquiry at the Globally Responsible Leadership (GRLI) AGM in Lisbon. In today’s world, it…
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We need positive conspiracies – but not in the way you think. Conspiracy – from Greek – literally means to breathe together. And now, more…
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We should consume less. But we won’t. This is one of the biggest dilemmas we face in sustainability. The economic and political system is geared…
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We are entering a perfect storm. A powerful convergence of changing economic models, societal norms, environmental conditions, technology advancements and human capacities are going to…
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Whatever you may think of Jeff Bezos, you cannot deny his business success. One of his leadership tips, revealed in his new writing collection called…
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62% of people worldwide in 2018 said they are satisfied with efforts in their country to preserve the environment, according to a Gallup poll. How…
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Science fiction often paints a dystopian picture of the future, a larger-than-life warning about where myopic, unsustainable action can lead us. That is certainly true…
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To create a thriving future, we need to make net positive choices easy. That means convenient and with no additional cost burden. A great example…
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Transforming learning for future-fit leaders will only happen if three things change: 1) We must integrate critical studies into management education, bringing multi-disciplinary perspectives that…
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We are in the middle of a climate emergency and (almost) no one is panicking. Why? Human nature. At the gym, a fire alarm went…
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There are leaders who blame, belittle and bully and there leaders who encourage, energise and empower. It seems strange that anyone would follow a leader…
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Rather than wicked problems, we should think of our global challenges as ‘entangled’. Wicked implies something evil and tempts us to look for villains. Instead…
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The best ideas are ones that capture the essence of something; a fundamental truth, or characteristic or aspiration. As Einstein put it, “everything should be…
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If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the sustainability agenda, you’re not alone. Nor is it surprising. As Sonia Bonus, Sustainability Manager for Danone, said the…
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