Evelina said she’d avoid plastic for a month before she could think twice about it. Did she complain or back out? You’ll hear in this episode, but the big picture is that instead of giving up, she worked harder. I’ve spoken to…
Since appearing on his podcast, he and I have become friends. You can’t hear it in this recording, but since meeting on line, I’ve met him in San Diego, where I stayed in his guest bedroom, meet his family, and cooked my…
In our second conversation, Geoffrey and I continue to pursue his unique approach to viewing the environment. I find it fascinating because he approaches the environment from a different direction, but he arrives to the same conclusion—the need for leadership to change…
Many who serve in the military become leaders in business, politics, entrepreneurship, sports, and many other places. Why? What does the military teach so well? Few people can answer better than Everett, as the head of West Point’s leadership department. To say…
I’m posting this conversation today because Seth just launched his book, This is Marketing, already a #1 bestseller. As he points out, his marketing is close to what I call leadership: how to influence people, to discover your passion, and such. Helping…
Michael is the Executive Director of an organization that inspired me as much as any—The Story of Stuff. They continue to inspire me to think bigger and to focus on the details it would be easier to ignore but that matter. If…
Stewardship is Jethro’s core message, as I heard—of his community, especially children in it, his country, and the natural world we share. This world is a beautiful, abundant gift we could wreck if we don’t steward it as we know we can.…
Imagine you were born into a slave holding family. You didn’t ask to be born into it. You didn’t create the system. You didn’t make slavery legal. Every landowner around you would own slaves. You would inherit yours. Would you free your…
Tim Smit is the co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Eden Project in Cornwall, in the southwest of England. He turned a lifeless, poisoned abandoned mine into a bountiful green world-class garden people love to visit. Eden has attracted millions of visitors…
Chris Bailey shares how to focus and create intention—how to become more productive on the outside and live with more meaning and purpose on the inside by focusing on what is important to you. Focus isn’t necessarily easy, but Chris shares from…
I want to differentiate between telling people facts and what to do or what they should do on one side, and leading them on the other. I see a lot of people telling others what to do. Not a lot of people…
Many people think if you just reason enough, you’ll get to what’s right and wrong in a way everyone will believe. This happens in the environment and many other places in life. In the environment, you may believe we should pass a…
How do we elect people, including a United States President, who act on and steward the environment? I’m going to present a plan that I believe can win the next election that transcends the usual divisions that led to today’s political situation,…
First world people pollute hundreds of times more than third world people yet the material prosperity doesn’t translate to greater happiness. Specifically, according to the National Academy of Science, “The striking thing about the happiness—income paradox is that over the long-term —usually…
People ask if I think we can make it out of our environmental mess. I don’t know, but I act on my values. Many examples of cultural change suggest we can make it, including Smoking Drunk driving Seat belts Leaded gas and…
How we treat our bodies is how we are treating our environment. How we treat the environment is how we are treating our bodies. The fat and CO2 concentrations aren’t the cause of the problem. The are the effects. The cause is…
Evelina Utterdahl travels more than most. She writes travel columns. She loves travel as much as anyone, maybe more. Yet she chooses not to fly, as she wrote in Why I have chosen to travel the world without flying. If you’ve had trouble aligning your life with…
Bea has become a role model, maybe even a hero to me. People keep saying they’re impressed with my waste. It’s easy to allow your standards to slide. One problem: my fellow Americans waste more than nearly anyone in human history. I…
Why do I think about the United States Constitution when my pressure cooker finishes cooking? Or when I leave a room? The U.S. Constitution guides my environmental behavior and has since I learned it in elementary school. Today is U.S. Constitution Day…
Neither the environment nor your life responds to your awareness. They respond to your behavior. People who speak the truth say, “I’m telling the truth.” People who lie say the same thing. People who are aware say they are aware. People who…