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Sustainability

Insights from my work on issues from equity to the environment

The secret to community buy-in

The secret to community buy-in

After 20 years of writing about energy and environmental issues, Jeff Biggers was frustrated by his lack of impact. Then, he stepped away to try something new – and (re)discovered a sure-fire way to engage communities in climate action that worked from San José to Appalachia.

How to be a storytelling entrepreneur

How to be a storytelling entrepreneur

Paka Apparel founder Kris Cody has an incredible story to tell. He not only designed a breakthrough adventure coat using alpaca wool - but he also field-tested it himself by summiting a major mountain in Peru. Without knowing any more details, I hear that and I'm already sold

Find new business ideas, with social purpose.

Find new business ideas, with social purpose.

Mary Ellen Schaafsma is a social purpose expert. As the founder of Purpose Pathways Consulting and former Director of the Social Purpose Institute, she's helped dozens of businesses develop and implement a social purpose that's good for society and the organization. While most resources on social

Bringing government science to Discovery Channel

Bringing government science to Discovery Channel

In the late 1990s, a producer hired me to do the impossible – tell stories about government science for Discovery Channel. What's so tough about that? The feds were paying, so they had final sign-off on the stories and wouldn't allow anything that might make them look

Re-inventing the holidays, for good

Re-inventing the holidays, for good

Are you reading this while stuck in some travel hell? I feel you. Like millions of others, I've lived far from my family most of my adult life. And struggle to continue to feel connected. So I go back as often as I can, and pay the price,

Inspiring climate action, with VR stories.

Inspiring climate action, with VR stories.

Like most scientists, Dr. Juliano Calil was frustrated by a lack of action to adapt to the impacts of climate change – until he was out flying his drone during a king tide one day and got his big idea. Now he's leading an elite team of scientists and

Finding peace, with General Roméo Dallaire

Finding peace, with General Roméo Dallaire

In 1996, I got the toughest gig of my career – make a film to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the Rwandan genocide for Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire. Though we could have focused on many things – like the failure of the UN to act, or the devastation of the Tutsi people