Category Archives: Sustainability Leadership

‘Uncomfortable (environmental) Targets’ Necessary – Unilever’s CEO has message for governments

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

Can governments learn something from business?  I think that Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever  could  teach a thing or two to certain governments who hold the future of my children in their hands.  If the key messages in Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan Progress Report … Continue reading →

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Building Personal Capacity for Sustainability – Practice as the Wormhole for Transformation

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

“No transformation can take place without personal and collective practice.” -Toke Møller  What does it mean when you decide, “I think I am going to start a yoga practice?” I was listening to one of my favorite teachers, Caroline Myss, … Continue reading →

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From Me to We: The Five Transformational Commitments Required to Rescue the Planet, Your Organization, and Your Life

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

Do you have any unexamined assumptions that lead to unintended consequences?  I know I do.   I just wish somebody would point them out to me so they would be more transparent.  I mean - really, wouldn’t it be a better use of my … Continue reading →

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Are we following the “collapse” scenario predicted 30 years ago?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

Dennis Meadows, one of the original authors of the 1972 book The Limits to Growth, thinks it is far too late to achieve sustainable development as that term is commonly understood. Speaking March 1, 2012 at a joint symposium in … Continue reading →

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21st century leadership: the case for being more of yourself

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

(orignally posted at: 2Lead – Enabling the Next Generation of Sustainable Leaders) A post by Christopher Baan. We live in a time of exponential and disruptive change, significant risks and uncertainty on the horizon, and daunting challenges connecting energy, environment, … Continue reading →

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A generous way of being: holding paradoxes, ambiguities and multiple worldviews.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kathryn Cooper

These days, I think nothing could be more paradoxical than the way we live in this world.  We face the greatest environmental crisis in the age of human-kind, yet doggedly push on with massive fossil fuel and resource extraction projects … Continue reading →

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