coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
A while ago I tentatively broached the subject of what I saw as the link between terrorism and our materialistic lifestyle. What prompted this was my fascination with the simple phrase “Live more simply, so that others may simply live.” So, I suggested in the article that maybe living and working in a way that [...]
Just the word “activist” can conjure up all kinds of conflicting images in our minds from violent civil unrest to peaceful, cooperative dialogue. When we consider our need to live more sustainable lives, we are being called to face some very tough challenges, personally, in our local communities, nationally and globally. How can we follow [...]
I’m delighted to say that Morgan at Red Raven Circling has been kind enough to pass on a Kreativ Blogger award to me. Morgan’s blog is all about her Morgan’s musings on nature, poetry, writing, and the search for a sustainable life. On receipt of the award, I’m now obliged to do the following: 1. [...]
How do you host a productive meeting with a diverse group of people who you might not even have met before? How do you embrace the wide variety of different backgrounds, life experience, strengths, skills and expertise in a democratic and enjoyable way and still achieve useful results? By: “Awakening and engaging collective intelligence through [...]
The Paradoxical Commandments 1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. 2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. 3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. 4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. 5. Honesty and frankness [...]
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” Charles Caleb Cotton. This guest piece, kindly submitted by James Bradshaw, explains why friends, old and new, are a crucially important part of being human and of being happy: “A couple of TV news items caught my attention [...]
It was during a family camping trip several years ago that the idea hit me that downshifting might be a positive and beneficial thing to do. I realised, when preparing for our holiday, that the questions I was repeatedly asking myself were: “What’s the absolute minimum we need to take with us?” “What can we [...]
A couple of years ago, I coached an editor of one of the leading glamour magazines here in the UK and she subsequently wrote up her experiences of being coached in an article about Voluntary Simplicity. One of the challenges she faced in living and working more sustainably was cultivating a change in perspective on [...]
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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