by wg | Jul 1, 2025 | Hopeful, sustainable futures, Short. Honest. Human.
Amber Howard’s talking about affordable homes in Amsterdam. Innsbruck, where I live, is (apparently) now Austria’s most expensive city to live in. So what makes a place livable, for the people who already live there? More homes? Better use of small spaces? Ethical...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 12, 2025 | Hopeful, sustainable futures, Sustainability & Climate
Some thoughts on Mel Robbins’ “Let Them” theory and how we can apply it to climate communication. I’ve recently finished reading Mel Robbins’ new book, “The Let Them Theory”. When it comes to climate communication and co-creating hopeful, sustainable futures, it feels...
by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 30, 2024 | Hopeful, sustainable futures, Notes
Thought-provoking. Evidently, children must be protected from stories about wolves in fairy tale forests (that may have been used to warn young women in factories to be wary of wolf-ish men). Obviously, no need to worry about guns. The text below the two girls says,...
by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 5, 2022 | Hopeful, sustainable futures
I came across an article by Professor Jim Bendell in which he critiques the mainstream narrative on climate change. He argues that this narrative serves to maintain the status quo by promoting a false sense of hope and obedience. This encourages the public to trust...
by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 4, 2022 | Hopeful, sustainable futures
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...
