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Some guest tips today from Friends of the Earth. They include how to: Set up a Green Action Team, Establish a project team of 3-5 staff members. Agree a realistic target, such as increased recycling rates or switching off monitors and lights. Secure management support through one-to-one meetings. Launch your initiative with a green quiz or fun [...]
Photo from Cornell University Library We might think of crisis as: Something undesirable Something that needs fixing – fast! Something to be feared Something to avoid at all costs A sign of gross failure It might seem like an impassable abyss. But perhaps, if we look a little deeper, we can see that there is [...]
I wonder what your take is on the significance of particular events in your life. Perhaps you can remember certain challenging or breakthrough situations that turned out to be turning points for you. For me, when there are unusual patterns in events in my life, I tend to stop and take a closer look at [...]
“To find our Calling is to find the intersection between our own deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger.” Frederick Buechner. The news pages are filled with details of two major overwhelming events this week – the civil unrest in Libya with attempts to overthrow Gadaffi’s regime and the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. If [...]
Courses in South Yorkshire and Somerset “Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.” Patanjali Every so often, I am asked to coach someone who aspires to set up a coaching, mentoring , therapy or counselling practice of some kind. Many of those who are inclined towards providing this type of personal service are [...]
“There is more to life than increasing its speed” Gandhi. One of the most enjoyable and eagerly anticipated aspects of downshifting is the opportunity to spend less time earning a living (especially when it’s wearing us down) and more time on other aspects of our lives that we find more meaningful and less stressful. When [...]
Other than friends and family who live in London, the number of households I know of personally where no-one owns a car I could probably count on the fingers of one hand. Sadly, ours is not among them yet either, although the plan is for us not to replace our rather senior vehicle once it [...]
A fusion of 2 subjects dear to my heart today – food and sustainable small business – in a presentation from Arthur Potts Dawson. In this short, yet memorable, video he demonstrates clearly how to engage our hearts and hands together at work with his quest to provide delicious meals with zero waste and maximum [...]
This site seeks to explore the heart and soul of downshifting to a more sustainable, ethical and holistic way of living and working, in keeping with the needs of the planet, humanity as a whole and ourselves as individuals. (read more)
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