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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Three weeks from the start of spring, I'm happy to report that I have a piece, "Who You Callin' a Slumdog?: America sees its future in Oscar-winning film," on The Huffington Post. I hope you like it.
And regarding that excellent blog-which I feel absolutely delighted to write for, by the way-I'll now be posting there [...]

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 [...]

perfect storm (a) a particularly violent storm arising from a rare combination of meteorological factors; (b) (chiefly US) an especially bad situation caused by unfavourable circumstances.
- from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Sixth edition, Volume 2 N – Z
"But it would fair for the new administration to point out how conservative ideology, the belief that [...]

Worldchanging is one of my favorite sustainability publications.
Over the past five years, executive editor/co-founder Alex Steffen and his global posse of contributors have painstakingly built up a treasure trove of valuable insight into the politics, technology, strategy, and tactics of sustainability, and they are currently preparing to celebrate their five-year anniversary on October 1, 2008.
How? [...]