coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
I couldn’t help noticing it’s lift share week on 4th -8th October and this reminds me that I still haven’t managed to actually do a lift share by advertising my willingness to participate online. This is partly because no-one has ever responded to a lift offer or request that I’ve posted, but also, if I’m [...]
“Life, rather than money, is the appropriate standard for evaluating economic choices and performance.” David Korten (www.davidkorten.org) As a parent, a small business owner and a coach, the theme of competition features regularly as an antagonism. When my children compare themselves unfavourably to others, I want to remind them of their strengths and beautiful uniqueness. [...]
Michael sounded perplexed when I asked him what first steps he wanted to take to get his sustainable small business started. “Well, ideally, I’d like to do a,b, and c” he said “…and that’s all very well, but there’s a problem with this plan.” “What’s that?” I asked. “Well, I never do what I say [...]
A guest article today from Joe Rolle of Rapanui, an inspirational, young, sustainable clothing business. “It’s a question that’s not asked enough – where does clothing come from, and how is it made? The clothing industry is notorious for the proliferation of child labour, disregard for the environment and the more practical challenges – such [...]
It can be a chaotic and challenging undertaking to be self employed or running a small business in these unprecedented times of climate change, peak oil and global economic crisis. What does it mean to “surf” the recession? How do we perform this complex balancing act? Surfing any waves of change and transformation involves: • [...]
Having worked from home for the last 21 years, I’ve experimented with several modes and environments for working in. Here’s a guest article from Dawn Kubicek, who is an advocate of the benefits of working from an office or studio in your garden: Working from home is something we are hearing more about at the [...]
In the old “business as usual” paradigm it’s ok to exploit others for your own gains. Ethical, sustainable business seeks to challenge this perspective and to encourage a more responsible, caring and sharing attitude to those with whom we work and collaborate. Anil Gupta is on a mission: to support grassroots innovators, who are rich [...]
“When you are competent, you can do your work at high standards. When you are a master, you invent the next level of your work, craft or business, which is a lot more attractive, especially to better clients and customers.” Thomas Leonard. Autonomy: the opportunity to choose for ourselves a form of employment that suits [...]
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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