This is a follow up to a previous interview with Joyce LaValle of Interface.  After grad school, her daughter, Melissa Gildersleeve, spent 20 years as an environmental regulator.  I recently interviewed her…  It took several tries… but we finally managed to connect.  Listen to her incredible story here. *** Early Exposure to Paul Hawken ht...

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With much-needed help from friends… I was finally able to track down an amazing interview about an inspiring chain of events that led to Ray Anderson’s famous “spear in the chest” awakening.  An  experience that led him to challenge his company to reach Mission Zero by 2020. And an experience that was made possible by the passion ...

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Two weeks ago, I was fortunate to re-connect with a friend and mentor of mine, Bob Willard.  He was kind enough to let me record our conversation to share with those of you following this blog — and I have no doubt that what he shared will make a HUGE impact in your life as an environmentalist.  Read on. I met Bob at a talk he gave in Des Moines, I...

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In my previous two posts, we reviewed all of 2016… and then defined our lives’ ideal future. After that… setting goals for 2017 gets much easier.  (Disclaimer: for this post to “work” for you, you need to read the previous two posts.) These aren’t resolutions. They have very little to do with regrets from last year, or...

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In my previous post, I talked about getting complete with your past before anything.  So, throw out your traditional New Year’s Resolutions and do this 3-step process instead. Understand & Appreciate 2016 – previous post Describe Your Ideal Future – this post Goals that Inspire & Align for 2017 – next post The Future We...

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