Ryan shares his experience approaching people to share in his joy. The task is not easy anywhere, least of all the Bronx, where he doesn’t live but was visiting. Do people in the big city want to hear why some guy is walking around looking at trees and the sky? They wouldn’t know he was bird watching until he told them. Do you think they’d welcome him or consider some[…] Keep reading →

Rob starts by sharing his experience from leadership coaching in the context of a hospital with people in intensive care as well as their families. Situations are often emotionally intense. Treating just facts doesn’t work, or can work against you. It can be “terribly ineffective” (not unique to medicine). He recounts learning to lead through emotional awareness, using social and emotional skills he developed through practice in our coaching. He[…] Keep reading →

Reading Mark’s recent piece We’ll Never Have an Energy Transition in Manhattan Institute’s City Journal prompted me to write my recent post, When they say “transition fuel,” they mean “more polluting and depleting,” not less pollution or depletion. Read them both and you’ll see he inspired what I wrote and he wrote a lot more, with more research and editing. I recommend reading it and listening to his podcast episode there, but[…] Keep reading →

This recording went far beyond my usual preference for recording with guests in person when I can. We met in Prospect Park on one of the peak birding days of the year. Tons of people were out with powerful binoculars and cameras. You’ll hear lots of birds chirping in th background and even people who knew Ryan coming up to talk to him. Nature is everywhere. We can enjoy it[…] Keep reading →

If “transition” means we stop using the old fuel then there has never been an energy transition. You can hear more details when I post my next episode with Mark Mills, but it deserves more publicity. I recorded with him again after reading his recent piece We’ll Never Have an Energy Transition, in City Journal from the Manhattan Institute. I find his results compelling, as always. Every fuel we’ve ever[…] Keep reading →

Rob is one of my coaching clients. I asked him to be a guest here since many people perceive leadership and learning it as different than I mean. His work in medicine may not be at the center of sustainability, but I work in leadership, which I apply to sustainability. Listen to this episode to learn what changes to your life you can expect when you take my workshops. Listen[…] Keep reading →

Are you thinking about acting more but concerned about feeling guilty or judged that you aren’t doing enough? If so, you’ll love this conversation. I feel honored to work with people with Andy’s background and community, which you’ll hear about in our conversation. Despite his working with prime ministers and across Europe and the world, and acting in many ways already in his life, he was also worried about feeling judged[…] Keep reading →

This Sustainable Life appeared on the rankings of many lists, including #1 Environmental Leadership podcast, by Million Podcasts. #6 in Sustainability I couldn’t fit the header and listing for This Sustainable Life in one screen shot, but This Sustainable Life ranked #6 for Sustainability overall, a bigger group than Environmental Leadership. #6 in Environmental Stewardship This Sustainable Life ranked #6 in Environmental Stewardship. #5 in Sustainable Leadership This Sustainable Life[…] Keep reading →

This last recording in the series brings together the opportunities. We can’t fix all the world’s problems or to go back in time and change history. We can’t change that people are already dying by the tens of millions annually from environmental problems, a number projected to increase by factors of ten or more. But we can do the best we can. The best we can is all we ever[…] Keep reading →