Tag Archives: transition

Permaculture and Facilitation

I recently had occasion to facilitate a group of leaders in the Transition movement.  Local transition initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that builds community resilience in response to the challenges of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis.  Transition goes way beyond conventional environmentalism in its focus on building resilient [...]

Sustainable Leadership on Blog Talk Radio

I’ve now recorded two interviews with very interesting friends on Blog Talk Radio.  This is the beginning of a series of conversations with provocative thinkers, business leaders, activists and educators on Sustainable Leadership.  We explore  the idea that sustainability requires a deep personal and cultural shift in the ways we see, think, act and do [...]

Transition, Localization, and – gulp – Energy Descent

I’ve always tended to be a fan of globalization – maybe as much in a spiritual sense as an economic one. As a high school student, I loved reading Teilhard de Chardin’s idea of the emerging “noosphere”, a growing field of global consciousness. I was a huge fan of Arthur C. Clarke’s book, Childhood’s End, [...]