Essays

Ideas on Sustainability, Systems, and Change

Thinking through the intersections of environment, climate change, and equity for practitioners navigating complexity.

A series in progress. This collection explores how a human life is shaped across time—by the systems we build, the environments we inhabit, and the cultural assumptions we carry. Essays forthcoming.

Health

February 2025

The World Within the World

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou

Anthropocene

November 2025

Birth

“Every journey begins with the first step.” – Chinese proverb

Biophilia

October 2025

Toddlers

“From infancy we concentrate happily on ourselves and other organisms. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy and religion, our existence depends on this propensity, our spirit is woven from it, hope rises on its currents.” – E. O Wilson

Equity & Place

December 2025

Middle Childhood

“As courageous, creative change-makers we have the opportunity and moral authority to change the social, political, and economic structures that cause injustice and climate chaos. Youth are standing up for our fundamental right to inherit a stable and survivable planet.” – Kelsey Juliana

Next Generation Stewards

January 2026

Teenagers

“US teenagers are at the perfect crossroads of childish naiveté and adult realism -- we still believe that problems can be solved, and now we also have the tools and knowledge to solve them.” – Adora Svitak

Futures thinking and foresight

February 2026

Young Adulthood

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein

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