Matt invited me to his podcast, A Climate Change. We stayed in touch after recording. He shared that he ran for President, including supporting sustainability. A goal of this podcast is to bring elected officials of all stripes. While he didn’t get that many votes, he ran for several reasons, including to run as a Republican opposing Donald Trump. Listen to our conversation to learn more of his motivation. I[…] Keep reading →

Christopher may be the most direct, accurate reporter on sustainability. Our last conversation treated his helpful and accurate reporting on the book Limits to Growth. Today we start from his (in my opinion) excellent article The Green Growth Delusion, in which he reports on the futility and false promise of chasing growth. It’s tempting, alluring, and seductive to believe technology, growth, or economic trickery will save us, but wanting to[…] Keep reading →

The spiciest parts of this conversation come at the end. It’s possible listeners may think we were annoying each other, but I think I can speak for both of us that we enjoyed the repartee. Anyone who has talked to me about my work since I started watching and listening to Daniel’s What Is Politics? videocast knows it’s shaped how I view politics, meaning how groups make decisions. If we[…] Keep reading →

I’ve been recommending Oliver’s book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals a lot. When people ask about it, I have a hard time explaining what it says, only that it’s valuable. He has a way of communicating important things about values, time, intent, decision, and related concepts that are hard to express otherwise. In this conversation he shares more. One thing I can express that I value: what he[…] Keep reading →

This podcast and my mission are about changing culture. The Color of Law compiled our culture’s practices that I can only see as cruel and unfair. As long as they’re hidden, we can’t do much about them. Listen to my episode with Richard and read that book if you aren’t on top of America’s history of cruel and unfair housing policy. Once you’re outraged, then what? In this episode, Leah[…] Keep reading →

Can Learning to Lead Sustainability be fun, inspiring, and effective? Yes! I just finished leading my first workshop in leading oneself and others effectively to act more sustainably: enduring systemic change and immediate personal change. Best of all: it was FUN! . . . both the workshop and the action it led to. Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the participants results. Today’s post is the audio from[…] Keep reading →

Some context leading to my conversation with Maya: When I first thought of a constitutional amendment to protect us from pollution, I thought the idea was crazy, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The more I did, the more it made sense. Since learning about the Thirteenth Amendment prompted me to think of it, I first spoke to previous guest James Oakes about it. Since it involved constitutional law,[…] Keep reading →