Are you curious by default? Are you comfortable with uncertainty and do you, deep down, think the world is simply too complex to understand fully? If this strikes a chord you might be a systems thinker at heart.
But what does this mean - systems thinking? What is this mysterious term that most likely conjures up an abundance of connotations coloured by our backgrounds, world views and beliefs.
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I was very excited to be featured as blogger of the week by Eluxe Magazine a little while ago. If you haven't checked them out, do! They are all about living luxuriously on a planet with finite resources, which fits perfectly with my view that sustainability is not about doing things less, its about doing them differently. On top of that, it can be both stylish and fun!
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With Christmas around the corner, many of us will be considering whether to get a tree or not. But how many of us will think about where the seed for that tree came from and the conditions of the worker who harvested it in the first place? Probably not many. Fair Trees is on a mission to change that.
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Sustainability is impossible, a utopia, without peace and I think it's good to remind ourselves that the reasons behind war are as complex as people are different. What we all have in common is that we are human and sometimes peace can be built by focusing on this in unusual ways.
Last year Sublime Magazine (print) featured a special highlighting the inventive and courageous work done by a selection of peace building organisations around the world. They are an inspiration and I wanted to share their stories with you.
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