Making the path by walking

Hiker walking through the grass

There’s no blueprint for bringing about sustainable development. As a species, we’ve never made the transformation from globalised unsustainability to a sustainable society—so we don’t, yet, know how we’ll do it.

We have to experiment. We have to take a leap of faith. We have to do something. And all the time, we have to be wonderfully and patiently alert to the impact our experiments are having. We have to just sit there.

How shall we do both?

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From the blog

One for the Dads

I’m not a great one for ‘top’ lists.  (‘To do’ lists are an entirely different matter.)

Perhap it’s a girl/boy thing: my life partner loves nothing better than to update his bird list,  flick through the cricket statistician’s bible…

About Penny

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Penny Walker facilitates change for sustainability, and is based in North London. About Penny »

Events coming up

  • 23 September 10: CrowdWise - AMED Sustainable Development Network

    AMED’s Sustainable Development Network in conjunction with the New Economics Foundation. Experience the CrowdWise consensus technique in action and discuss electoral reform. £15 / £10. 2pm - 4.30pm. Details »

  • 12 October 10: Change Management for Sustainable Development, Birmingham

    One-day workshop held with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) for people leading environmental and sustainability programmes, in-house or with clients. During the day, you’ll • Hear about some theory on organisational change. • Apply this to your own organisational sustainability challenge. • Share experiences with others in a similar situation. • Decide what steps to take. Details »