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An inspiring guest article today from Edwin Datschefski. Edwin is a product design consultant, speaker and author who helps people figure out how to make their products sustainable — good for people, profits and the planet. The following is reproduced with his permission: ********************* I was thinking about the basics of my perspective on the [...]
Why do so many people leave city life as a way of downshifting? Do you think the global recession is going to increase or decrease the amount of people downshifting to the coast or the countryside? It seems to me that this is mainly to do with wanting to reduce stress and slow down. Life [...]
At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional “take / make / waste” industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce. Notice the incredibly beneficial effect this company’s “Mission Zero” business plan has had on goodwill and [...]
Ever since discovering The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, I’ve been mulling over the idea of how this fascinating book can guide me in choosing further training opportunities to equip me for the next few years. I want my learning to be enjoyable and fulfilling. I also would like to feel that I’m equipping myself to [...]
When I first decided to go self-employed, about 20 years ago, one of the benefits I imagined I would get from working this way was more focus, greater clarity and fewer distractions. How wrong I was! Well, to begin with I wasn’t wrong. Since I started off with largely paper based business systems, with just [...]
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 [...]
As a small, sustainable business owner who operates internationally, much of my marketing efforts revolve around online networking. Whilst this can be an effective and sustainable method for promoting oneself, every so often I’m drawn to reassess the forums I’m using and how I’m managing my time. Maybe there are others of you too who [...]
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 [...]
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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