Sustainability Actions

Breaking Boundaries: Reimagining Sustainability For A Thriving Future

In a world grappling with environmental and societal challenges, the need to reimagining sustainability has become more pressing than ever. We have all we need to take the leap, but there is a prevalent factor which makes it unnecessarily complicated: our way of...

Practice Acknowledgement Of Country Beyond Australia: Global Significance

Disclaimer: It is important to acknowledge that as a writer from a privileged background, specifically growing up in a privileged country like Germany, my perspective may be limited in fully understanding the experiences and complexities surrounding Acknowledgement of...

Starting Small, Thinking Big: How To Begin Your Sustainability Journey

My sustainability journey... What impact can I create? I’m just one individual. Does this sound familiar to you?  Does it sometimes seem like you cannot see the forest because of all the trees? That’s how I feel often in the sustainability space. Reports, regulations,...

Sustainability Mindset For Leaders: Inspiration For Implementing Sustainable Business Practices

Sustainability is a critical aspect of every business, and the world is taking note. As a leader or manager, it is imperative to have a sustainability mindset and implementing sustainable business practices that ensure the long-term viability of the business and the...

My Top 3 Sustainability TED Talks You Need To Watch!

Shall I turn your world upside down? Do not worry. I mean it in a positive sense. I want to introduce you to different ideas on how to understand sustainability differently and better. Plus, I want to introduce you to people who inspired me to look at sustainability...

Sustainable Finance Action Plan: Doing More Good With Your Money

Money makes the world go round is a stubborn attitude. Nonetheless, the modern financial system is all we know, what we grew up with and daily use. Capitalistic systems benefit from us spending money on what we do not need. Even worse, you are supporting polluting...

Unusual Sustainability New Year’s Resolutions For 2023 You Need To Know

Just before a new year begins, we reflect on the past months and wonder about what the new year has in store for us. We imagine how we can make the best out of next year and not repeat the same decisions which impacted us negatively. Impact is a meaningful term for...

Sustainable Cleaning Tips For A Clean And Eco-Friendly Home

Maintaining a clean, fresh and tidy home has a lot of potential for sustainable urban living practices. Without noticing, we expose ourselves daily to chemicals hazardous to the environment and our health. In fact, most commercial cleaning supplies and household...

Sustainable Energy Living: Saving The Planet One Switch At A Time

Sustainable living refers to adapting our lifestyles to live within the Earth's means. You might have come across the term 'net zero living'  or  'zero energy balance'. Unfortunately, those terms do not serve well as a compass on HOW to live sustainably. Therefore, I...

World Kindness Day: Making An Impact By Being Kind

In 1997, World Kindness Day was founded during a conference in Tokyo by a group of teachers and parents who wanted to promote compassion and kindness to children. One of today's missions is to encourage individuals of different nations to follow The World Kindness...
Eco-Friendly Christmas Gifts For 2022: Splendid For Your Loved Ones And The Planet

Eco-Friendly Christmas Gifts For 2022: Splendid For Your Loved Ones And The Planet

During the Christmas season, our waste footprint can double. Christmas trees, food, toys, electronics, wrapping paper and ribbon bands contribute to joy under the Christmas tree, but they take an immense environmental toll. It comes as no surprise that increasingly eco-conscious people prefer to bypass the Christmas waste madness for the environment. That is why the question arises, are there any eco-friendly Christmas presents? Yes, and they do not cost the world. Although a more sustainable Christmas focuses on spending time with our loved ones, we can use the Christmas season to rethink how eco-friendly gifts can bring joy – to the people we love and the planet.

Right Here Right Now: Add This Inspiring Book To Your Sustainability Book List

Right Here Right Now: Add This Inspiring Book To Your Sustainability Book List

In this day and age, we need influential and meaningful calls to action. With her second book ‘Right Here Right Now’, Natalie Isaacs shares her and the wisdom of other women in fighting the climate crisis. She is the founder of the global climate action movement 1 Million Women. By introducing you to her book, I hope that it will be as inspiring to you as it was to me. Even better, I attended her book launch event in Brisbane. Hence, I want to share my impressions with you. So, let’s find your potential to lead the way to solve our societal challenges.

10 Meaningless Actions You Can Implement Right Now For Sustainability

10 Meaningless Actions You Can Implement Right Now For Sustainability

What we perceive as meaningless actions can be far from reality. Too often, we underestimate the impact we can make. Don’t forget that one word can change the course of the world. What is really meaningless are words without actions. Call to action will determine our future because every impact we try to achieve matters. So why refer in this article to meaningless actions? Because you are not alone in your doubts about the impact you can make. Therefore, I want to present to you all the meaningless actions which have the potential to make the world a better place.

Did The Patagonia Founder Pave A Way To A Sustainable Future?

Did The Patagonia Founder Pave A Way To A Sustainable Future?

In our fast-moving world, it is easy to jump from news to news. Unfortunately, it means that we often neglect important information. In that context, I feel like the news about the Patagonia founder was swept under the rug too quickly. Do you remember what happened? Don’t worry if you don’t because I want to bring up this old news again. Non-billionaire Yvon Chouinard decided to give away his company, Patagonia, to tackle the climate crisis. It is a significant decision because perhaps we are dealing with a pioneering act that might shake up the business world. If we don’t let it fall into oblivion.

How To Easily Apply Systems Thinking In Your Life

How To Easily Apply Systems Thinking In Your Life

Applying systems thinking doesn’t have to turn into rocket science. The simple basis is to understand the concept of systems then you’re sweet to go. Systems thinking provides new opportunities by understanding the situation and scope of a problem. It is a holistic approach to developing solutions that fit. How to intervene and achieve the best outcomes by incorporating all aspects of a system is one of the many strengths of systems thinking. It builds a base for continuous improvement and makes it easier for us to achieve our Sustainability goals. I’m looking forward to showing you an easy approach to applying systems thinking!

Sustainability Podcast: WHO’S GONNA SAVE US

Sustainability Podcast: WHO’S GONNA SAVE US

The WHO’S GONNA SAVE US podcast is about the heroes who will enable the world to avert the worst impacts of a climate disaster: people like you and me. Questions about “Why do we have to do it?” are changed to “How are we going to do it?” This podcast provides you with inspirational stories from people who simply want a better future. A future where we are not threatened by the climate crisis. How they are doing it is wonderfully discovered by the host Jo Lauder and her team.

Climate Tech Startups: Nailing It With Diversity

Climate Tech Startups: Nailing It With Diversity

All around the world, startups are emerging to tackle the climate crisis. Startups have all what it takes to minimise the consequences and impacts of global warming. Brilliant minds, create brilliant solutions spot on. That’s what the world needs: solutions which are spot on, taking the system they operate in into account. In Brisbane, Australia, more than 30 startups pitched their ideas to potential investors and collaborators. I attended this event and in this post, you will learn about those startups and their unique solutions: to inspire you and to take action for a better world. Together we can achieve it!

Repurposing Urban Spaces To Finally Make Them Liveable And Enjoyable

Repurposing Urban Spaces To Finally Make Them Liveable And Enjoyable

Over half of the world’s human population lives in cities. It’s expected that by 2050 68% of people will live in urban areas. Urban spaces matter tremendously in the light of sustainable development. There are many challenges to make cities more sustainable, but in this article I want to focus on the opportunities. I discovered that designing urban spaces to be more sustainable can be a very fun experience. Repurposing spaces fuelled my imagination. Therefore, instead of only one example you will get two which show how easy it is to make an underutilised space more livable and enjoyable.

Green Pressure: The Global Sustainability Trends To Follow In 2022

Green Pressure: The Global Sustainability Trends To Follow In 2022

Trends come and go. But Sustainability trends will have a lasting impact on our societies and the planet. Finding new ways of meeting basic human needs is a prevalent red thread. Citizens become increasingly more aware of bad practices which result in pollution, global warming, biodiversity loss, social injustice etc. Governments as well as industries are experiencing waves of pressure from citizens who are fed up with bad leadership. We all have our contributions to make and luckily, a lot of awesome global citizens have figured out different solutions to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges. The following Sustainability trends will give you an idea in which direction we are heading. You’re more than welcome to join us!

Create An App And Contribute To Sustainable Development

Create An App And Contribute To Sustainable Development

Contributing to Sustainability has never been easier. With the world wide web, we have access to almost any resource we need to support a sustainable transition with apps for example. Apps are super convenient because we always have our smartphones with us. It’s also not so complicated anymore to develop an app. There are so many different apps to help us be more sustainable. It doesn’t matter if you want to be more environmentally conscious, eliminate your waste habits, purchase environmentally and socially responsible products, etc. There is an app for everyone. If not, maybe you can develop one in your underserved niche.

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