Many of our resolutions, personal or professional, are about things that we’d like to DO. Some are about things we want to STOP doing. I rather like this little piece by Jeff Haden at Inc. on ten things to stop doing in order to be happier at work: blaming, impressing, clinging, interrupting, whining, controlling, criticizing, […]
Tag Archives: Sustainability
>On Friday, about twenty GoLocal business members met for breakfast. The GoLocal campaign is all about promoting the benefits of purchasing local products and services, and of course we all want local consumers to patronize our businesses. We also need to examine our businesses’ buying behaviors, and maximize our own opportunities to Shop Local. We […]
>I started my facilitation & consulting practice working with cohousing communities scattered around the state, doing a LOT of driving. Over the past year, I have been working to grow my business locally. Some facts about going local: Buying from locally owned businesses keeps money circulating in the local economy THREE TIMES longer! Small businesses […]
>Author Vicki Robin (Your Money or Your Life) was in town for a lecture and stayed here at FrogSong last night. Today she facilitated a meeting of representatives from local sustainability organizations with the theme “Accelerating the Transition.” I graphically recorded the session and will post photos as soon as I get copies from the […]
>My cohousing community, FrogSong, is mentioned on p.85 of Sunset magazine’s October 2009 issue!
>A colleague sent me a notice about an upcoming showing of the documentary film In Transition: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. I went online to watch the trailer. What struck me was how somber and gloomy everyone looked, even while their words were talking about creating a new, wonderful culture that people would want […]