“Unless one makes a conscious effort to engage in dialogue with perspectives that are unfamiliar, disorienting, or even threatening, it is difficult to shed light on that which is partial and unexamined in one’s own understanding.” – Carol Sanford, … Read on >

As part of my master’s thesis on the qualities and traits of sustainability leaders, I, of course, have been studying up.  One thing I’m paying attention to is whether sustainability leadership is really that different from exemplary, pre-sustainability awareness, leadership – and, if so, how.  What strikes me so far … Read on >

“I think we exaggerate the degree to which the sexes are mired in conflict.” – Nicholas D. Kristof

Americans, with help from “the media,” tend to exaggerate problems due to a) tradition – such thinking is embedded in our DNA,  and/or; b) sexy “sound byte-itis” – such thinking makes … Read on >

So, why did I undertake the exercise of polling my readers/Twitter followers on the question of who the “women at the forefront of sustainability” might be? Because, I’d noticed a gender imbalance in the names of those who have written the majority of the books and articles I’ve come … Read on >