Making the path by walking

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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

Real-life facilitation : dancing with ‘preparation’ and ‘responsiveness’

Frequently, my work involves large group workshops and teams of willing volunteers acting as support facilitators.  They may be drawn from the client team or from the wider consultant team.  They are often technical specialists or traditional communications specialists, and sometimes – but not always - they have facilitation experience.

In a recent workshop, I was faced with quite a challenge…

About Penny

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

Events coming up

  • 22 April 10: Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

    and 23 April in London, and 26-28 May, 15-17 September in Cambridge. This is a Masters level programme of workshops, individual case studies and tutored project groups. Run by the Cambride Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Forum for the Future, now in its twelfth year, it mixes expert contributors from business, academia, public and voluntary sectors with real-life examples. Penny Walker is one of the tutors. Details »

  • 28 April 10: Change Management for Sustainable Development

    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 »

  • 20 July 10: Change Management for Sustainable Development

    One-day workshop for environment, sustainability and CSR specialists. See London event for description. Details »

  • 12 October 10: Change Management for Sustainable Development

    One-day workshop for environment, sustainability and CSR specialists. See London event for description. Details »