by Suzanne Whitby | Jul 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
Jane Hirshfield tells a story about a man who travels far to ask a wise teacher a question. When he finally asks it, the teacher slaps him. The lesson, his students explain later, is simple: never surrender a good question for a mere answer. I think about this often...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jul 5, 2022 | Notebook, To export
TLDR: on an extended trip to Italy, hotel and business owners told me time and again of the dramatically increasing electricity costs and their struggle to survive and thrive in challenging times. Italy is a country of glorious sunshine, so why isn’t the country...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jun 27, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
Place and space are often used interchangeably in everyday language, but in human geography, these terms mean different things. Without doing a deep dive into the academic literature around place versus space (something that I have been doing as part of my PhD),...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jun 23, 2022 | Notebook, To export
A short reflective post today. My husband and I have a conversation about transportation periodically. It goes like this: Me: “Why can’t we make all public transportation free in Tirol, and simply tax vehicle drivers so much (with exceptions for special...
