Amazing news on super-short notice!
In this time of unstable economies and growing climate impacts, I’m facilitating a workshop this coming weekend called “Resilient People: Building strength in a time of economic and climate change.”
“Resilient People: Building strength in a time of economic and climate change” is a workshop for our time. Facilitated by Resilient People co-founder [...]

Great news! As of May 2010, Alpha Yaya Diallo’s song “The Climate Is the Heart,” whose lyrics I co-wrote, has debuted at #19 on the Worldbeat Canada Top 30 chart.
Balkan Beatbox is #1 with the song “Look Them Act.” Angelique Kidjo is at #5 with “Move On Up.” Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso at #17 with “A base [...]

Last year, just prior to the UN Climate Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen, I enjoyed the immense privilege of collaborating with four-time Juno Award*-winning world musician Alpha Yaya Diallo on the lyrics for a song about climate change-induced drought in Africa.
In describing the kind of lyrics he was looking for, Alpha, who grew up in [...]

The following is a translation of an article in which I’m quoted by Norwegian reporter Thomas Paust in Nettavisen.no, an Oslo-based online publication. I used Google Translate and massaged the text slightly to capture meaning. Am happy to receive corrections – the original article in Norwegian is here.
Climate change could lead to mass psychosis
“We know [...]

I was interviewed on OneClimate TV, part of the One Climate Network, during the Copenhagen climate summit in December 2009.
Anuradha Vittachi, the show’s accomplished presenter and new media pioneer, was part of a broad-based civil society partnership that took on the superhuman task of live-streaming interviews around the clock from within the Bella Centre, helping [...]

Happy 2010.
I find it hard to believe that the last time I posted to the Realistic Sanctuary blog was May 2009.
Here’s why. I started writing exclusively on HuffPost between June and December 2009 as well as traveling to conferences like the Tallberg Forum and the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen, pursuing journalism as a way [...]

On this recent post I wrote on The Huffington Post, I parse a pithy line that Bruce Sterling, sci-fi author, blogger, design critic at large, etc., delivered at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009. He said,
"In times of trouble like today, pessimists die quickly."
Enjoy my attempt to unpack, and kindly let me know what you [...]

To viewers of "Chai Time" on Omni TV who might have followed the link on the show to reach my blog, I thought I'd (a.) link to the article the host Tarannum referred to and (b.) say a little bit more about my background.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was awarded a scholarship [...]

Colin Beavan, a.k.a. "No Impact Man," cites an article on the BBC web site written by Joanna Benn, who, as a "journalist, writer and consultant specialising in environmental issues," writes: "When I see babies, not only do I see the beauty, joy and miracle of life, I also see nappies, landfill waste, vast amounts of [...]

I was surprised and humbled to be included among 100 or so thinkers whom leading sustainability publication Worldchanging asked the following question just prior to Obama's historic presidential victory:
In 100 words or less, what should the next president do in his first 100 days to address the planet’s most pressing problems?
My two cents?
Coordinated Nationwide Public [...]