Above: Masters students at University of Iceland completing an AtKisson "Pyramid" workshop. This article was originally published in my "North Star" column series on Greenbiz.com Just how central are universities to advancing the practice of sustainability? Most professionals would say, "Very." Universities create knowledge relevant to sustainability, they train sustainability practitioners and they often act … Continue reading How universities are using our tools to accelerate sustainability
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Happy World Oceans Day … Seriously
From my personal Facebook page today: Dear Friends, As you know, lately I've been investing a lot of my time on raising ocean awareness (together with many thousands of other people). My firm sponsored the "Out to Sea" exhibit on ocean plastics (also known as the Plastic Garbage Project). We launched SDG14.net. I keynoted European … Continue reading Happy World Oceans Day … Seriously
In Sweden, corporate sponsors did not “show up”
This is the original Facebook post from Jan 9, 2017, that made us realize we should try crowdfunding for our exhibit on ocean plastic waste. UPDATE 25 JAN 2017: WE ARE HALF WAY THERE! THANKS TO SWEDISH, JAPANESE, USA AND OTHER SPONSORS. Can you help? Click here to read more and contribute ... [Translation of … Continue reading In Sweden, corporate sponsors did not “show up”
For 2017: Short video about the long term
For New Year 2017: short video thoughts about the long-term nature of the challenges and opportunities we face. Five minutes, please watch, and feel welcome to comment. It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Natalie & Mikkel of Thought Leader Global. They do an excellent job of bringing out deeper issues in a gentle … Continue reading For 2017: Short video about the long term
To the President-Elect: A Confidential Briefing
To the President-Elect of the United States: Considering who your closest advisors are, it is a fair guess that no one else is going to give you a briefing on sustainability. So I offer you one. I will keep it short, because you have a lot of information to absorb now. (People say that you … Continue reading To the President-Elect: A Confidential Briefing
Post-Election Statement
As a dual citizen of the USA and Sweden, I am determined to keep working for the vision and reality of sustainable development for all, here in my beloved Sweden and Europe where I live, in my beloved USA where I have both family and business ties, and around the world. That imperative does not … Continue reading Post-Election Statement
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
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