Remember Dr. Dolittle? He was a vet who could talk to animals. One of the rarest was the "pushmi-pullyu," a llama with two heads (one head was where the tail ought to be). The pushmi-pullyu was a gentle creature that did not like to be stared at. And yet the other animals in Africa convinced … Continue reading “Conservation” meets “Green Growth”: The Push-Me-Pull-You problem
The Anthropocene: how “frightened” should we be?
Be afraid. Be very afraid ... of the Anthropocene. This is the message from Clive Hamilton writing in Nature, the preeminent science journal, in his recent editorial (see sources below). Humans are unequivocably a planetary force for change, and a group of scientists with the authority to decide such things now agrees that this new … Continue reading The Anthropocene: how “frightened” should we be?
New Book: “Parachuting Cats into Borneo”
"Fascinating" (Paul Polman, CEO Unilever) ... "Highly Recommended" (Maureen Hart, ISSP) ... "Indispensable" (Michael Kobori, Levi Strauss) The Center for Sustainability Transformation and the AtKisson Group are pleased to announce the publication of a new book by our co-founders, Axel Klimek and Alan AtKisson. Parachuting Cats into Borneo - and Other Lessons from the Change … Continue reading New Book: “Parachuting Cats into Borneo”
About Those Parachuting Cats
On September 1, my latest book — written together with my dear friend and business partner Axel Klimek — hits the shelves, both physically and digitally. Parachuting Cats into Borneo distills our many years of working together into very readable little book on how to make change happen, and also how to avoid the common … Continue reading About Those Parachuting Cats
Wake Up: We Have a Long, Long Way to Go
Reprinted from Greenbiz.com, 16 Feb 2016 People like me — professional optimists in the field of sustainability — are fond of pointing out the positive. And lately there have been many positives to point out, such as the global adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. However, sometimes even … Continue reading Wake Up: We Have a Long, Long Way to Go
Seven Pieces of Joan – and a Song about Water
My dear friend Joan Davis passed away on Monday, 11 January, 2016. She was a unique and inspirational person, a top scientist who also believed strongly in the spiritual dimension of human life, the "non-quantifiable variables" as she liked to say. Her extraordinary life is being remembered, in English and German, on a special website … Continue reading Seven Pieces of Joan – and a Song about Water
New Single: “We Love the SDGs”
I am happy to announce the release of my new single, “We Love the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)”, on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and all major streaming services. Video coming soon. Produced in Stockholm with Andreas Bauman, with Torbjörn ”Tobbe” Fall on guitar, Ulric Johansson on bass, and Magnus Fritz on percussion — many thanks, guys! … Continue reading New Single: “We Love the SDGs”
An Open Letter to Future Generations
Dear Future Generations, I’m sure this is obvious to you — you can see things better than we can, in hindsight. But I want to report to you that we are living through a time of dramatic change. Historic change. The kind of moment where everything seems to be balanced on a knife edge, and … Continue reading An Open Letter to Future Generations
The “Nobel Prize” in Sustainable Development goes to …
I'm sitting on a train, on my way home from moderating the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, one of the world's top prizes in the field (I call it Sweden's Sustainability Nobel Prize), awarded this year to Jeremy Leggett, Peter Hennicke, and Beate Weber-Schuerholz, three pioneers who were ahead of their time in starting the … Continue reading The “Nobel Prize” in Sustainable Development goes to …
Coming Soon: An SDG Song
If you have visited this blog recently, you may have noticed a password-protected page marked with a "Preview" sign, and titled with the phrase "We Love the SDGs". That's the title of my new single. Yes, a song about the SDGs. And to make it even more interesting: it is highly dance-able. When will this … Continue reading Coming Soon: An SDG Song
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