Which self needs changing?
If we are to adapt to ecological change, we need to change ourselves. But what is my ‘self’? Read more→
The National Centre for the Mountain Environment rises from the ashes.
Last week I got an email from Bob, now retired. He told me that there was a “new” plan to create ‘The National Centre for the Mountain Environment’ at CairnGorm. I was - and still am - stunned by this news. Read more→
The unknown game: sustainability leadership development in the 2020s.
The shift that needs to be made is to move from trying to integrate sustainability into the game, to understanding that it changes the game altogether. Read more→
Dancing the biomes: movement improvisation and the mystery of connection.
Ultimately, the solution to our problems lies in two things: realising, deep in the fabric of our bodies, that we are part of nature and; our imaginations. Read more→
Viral Lessons
Ten lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more→
Towards an Ecopsychotherapy: a new book by Mary-Jayne Rust.
A new book by Mary-Jayne Rust. Read more→
Normal, abnormal & hypernormal
There has been a lot of talk recently about getting back to normal... but what does this mean in a hypernormal world? Read more→
Climate Grief
Since the publication of the most recent IPCC report, I’ve been asked three times about 'climate grief'. The frightening reality of inaction on climate change has once again flooded the mainstream psyche. The hope that it will unearth a fresh narrative that might finally compel the more reticent audiences to act, flares briefly. And then... Read more→
The wilderness solo: a touchstone for sustainability leadership.
The solo and story-circle undoes our everyday way of being and thinking. It rattles the cultural architecture which we've learned to accept, exposing fallacies and unearthing new possibilities. Read more→
The Allegory of the Pit
One of the joys of coaching is that I meet some amazing people. I also feel that I learn as much from them as they might from me. A client recently sent me a link to a quite incredible article about the Allegory of the Pit, written by Bayo Akomolafe and published by the Emergence... Read more→
Why being outdoors heals us #2: Do the Evolution
We know being outdoors can heal us - but why? How does it work? What is it about being outdoors that is therapeutic? Read more→
Why being outdoors heals us #1: A Hitchhiker’s Guide.
We know being outdoors can heal us - but why? How does it work? What is it about being outdoors that is therapeutic? Read more→