In training courses, workshops, and in books — including a forthcoming new book with my friend and business partner Axel Klimek — I teach people working on sustainability how to clarify and improve their “theory of change”: their mental model of how they are driving change toward sustainability, in their specific context. At the level … Continue reading The World’s Theory of Change
Why a “one-man musical” on sustainability, you ask?
First and most truthful answer: because it's fun. Now, here's the longer and more nuanced answer. Years ago, in the early 1990s, I discovered that music was a great way to deal with the emotions that come up around overwhelmingly huge global problems. Key people in my life — most notably Donella Meadows, lead author … Continue reading Why a “one-man musical” on sustainability, you ask?
A Brief History of Self-Sharing
On a recent ski-vacation, we bumped into one of my wife’s old school-friends. My wife was a little surprised, but not her friend. “Oh, I knew you were here,” she said. “I saw Alan’s posting on Instagram.” Unwittingly, by sharing a photo on social media — just a nature scene, shot from a moving train … Continue reading A Brief History of Self-Sharing
Compass Education takes flight – Please donate!
For years, my friends in SE Asia have been patiently building a Wonderful New Thing. It's called "Compass Education," and it's a program that is changing schools all around the region ... and helping them become models for sustainability. We're talking solar panels on roofs, kids learning systems thinking in the classroom, community action programs, … Continue reading Compass Education takes flight – Please donate!
New Sustainability “Model Calendar” for 2015!
If you are expecting photo-models, think again. This wonderful 2015 wall calendar — produced by the folks at Stockholm Resilience Center and Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics — is about conceptual models, the kinds of diagrams and think-pieces that help us understand the world. And it is a gem. Here you will find twelve essential … Continue reading New Sustainability “Model Calendar” for 2015!
My 2014, by the numbers
For me, 2014 was a particularly busy, productive, and satisfying year of work for sustainability. The account below covers the year from my personal perspective, but on most of these assignments I was joined by wonderful group of colleagues, partners, and associates. More about them at the end of this post. First, here's the report: … Continue reading My 2014, by the numbers
Music & Gratitude
Here you go, world. With the recent public announcement about Ancient History, and the release of American Troubadour, all my songs (or most of them anyway) are finally "out there," available, part of the digital universe. Six albums, sixty-five tracks. I've been making music and writing songs professionally for a long time, over 35 years. … Continue reading Music & Gratitude
AtKisson releases second “surprise” album
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2014 Contact: Cassandra [ at ] AtKisson [dot] com Tel: +1 917 226 2057 AtKisson releases a second “surprise” album just two months after American Troubadour Alan AtKisson surprised his fans and the music world by releasing a second, “surprise” album just two months after the release … Continue reading AtKisson releases second “surprise” album
How we made American Troubadour
“There’s a story behind every song” (see AmericanTroubadour.com) ... but there’s also a story behind the album. And it’s a good story. In June of 2001, in Stockholm, on Midsummer Day, I got married. Nine months later, Kristina gave birth to our first child. To say that everything changed in my life, in and around … Continue reading How we made American Troubadour
Inside Llewyn Davis: Not the Greenwich Village I Knew
You might expect that I should love the film “Inside Llewyn Davis,” about the folk scene of Greenwich Village in the 1960s, seen through the eyes of a young folk singer, who is a reinterpreted version of the young Dave van Ronk. Van Ronk was a legend by the time I hit that scene, as … Continue reading Inside Llewyn Davis: Not the Greenwich Village I Knew
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