Starting With Me – An Introduction
When life ticks by without a hitch, we have a tendency to just get on with it. It seems to be within our human nature to have a little moan if we’re not entirely happy, then carry on regardless. Perhaps when things get boring or leave us down in the mouth...
How Would You Define Sustainability?
You’ve heard of the butterfly effect? The concept that a tiny flap of wings can create huge and unpredictable turmoil at the other side of the world. This isn’t the typical definition for sustainability, but bear with me. I suppose we could visualise the...
The Symbiotic Town – An Introduction
The Symbiotic Town is a series all about relationships. I’m wanting to explore our towns as though they were ecosystems that we are all a part of. The people and services that we connect with in day to day life have a huge influence on the lifestyles that we...
Strength From Variety
Today I want to compare us to bacteria. It’s not to insult anyone, I promise. I actually think that they can teach us about the value of diversity. Bacteria get a bad wrap. Urgh… we just think of germs, dirt, disease. But you may not realise that we depend upon...
The Power Of An Open Mind
The issues in our lives get reported to us each day in worrying headlines. And it seems that an excess of being blasted with problems has led many of us to asking questions, rather than just being satisfied with reading about what’s wrong. It doesn’t...
