Sustainability Mindsets

Understanding Acknowledgement Of Country As Non-Indigeneous

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...

Embrace New Beginnings: The Power of Starting Over

Are you yearning for a fresh start? You are not alone with the desire of starting over. From ambitious career changers and recent graduates seeking their true calling to those navigating major life transitions or simply craving new adventures, the...

Sustainability Thinking: The World Is Ending. What Are You Taking With You?

If you want to change the trajectory of the world, you need to change your thinking to sustainability thinking. Our global challenges are the consequences of poor leadership and decision-making and they have one source: the human brain. Although...

Fostering Ecoliteracy: The Love That Keeps On Giving

Fostering ecoliteracy helps me overcome my inner challenges while working in the sustainability field. Nature always amazed me.  Although I am an empathetic person and my compassion does not know many boundaries, I sometimes cannot help myself...

12 Short And Inspirational Sustainability Affirmations For A Positive Mindset

Sometimes all we need to lift our mood is a different perspective. One word or phrase can spark refreshing ideas. One word can literally change the course of the world. That probably explains the popularity of affirmations, a bundle of words that...

Do Your Sustainable New Year’s Resolutions Pass The Test? Find Out More…

New Year, More Sustainability. It will probably become my motto for commencing 2022 and starting into 2023. New Year resolutions help to wrap up the old year and are an opportunity to reimagine what the New Year shall hold for you. Although there...

Benefits Of Embracing Sustainability With Music

It is a lot easier to get discouraged than to take action. Every day, we get flooded with news about the terrible state of the world - yes, it does not look rosy. Does it even make a difference to do something? A lot is going wrong, but most of it...

Climate Anxiety First Aid Kit: Do Not Let Climate Panic Become The Norm

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional, the content of this article is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and should not be relied on as health or personal advice.   Climate anxiety is on the rise. It is not...

Make A Meaningful Impact: Alyona From Dobrosphera

Our world is getting out of hand. It is now more than ever important to take action. Obviously, this is easier said than done. It is all the better when we come across people who do exactly that: Making A Meaningful Impact. One of those beautiful...

7 Powerful Ways To Focus On What Is In Your Control

Life is overwhelming, and the pace of our lives is incredible. It is beyond our control. Trends such as 'quiet quitting' - setting work boundaries by sticking to contractual working hours and tasks - highlight the pressure to regain control in our...
Sustainability Wordlist Freebie

Usually, we underestimate the power of words. Words shape our beliefs, influence our behaviour and, basically, create our world.

We should increasingly use positive words which reflect opportunities and achievements to communicate Sustainability. I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel much motivated to read what’s going wrong in our world.

In contrast, inspirational and empowering messages motivate me to take action.

As a result, I created this Sustainability wordlist for you. To positively shape your Sustainability Mindset and engage in purpose-driven conversations and decisions.

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Challenging Your Assumptions And Beliefs: 7 Effective Approaches

Challenging Your Assumptions And Beliefs: 7 Effective Approaches

Nowadays, valid proof is more important than anything. It’s tough to avoid polarising messages as they seem to creep around every corner. Therefore, it’s essential to look at how you perceive the world. From questioning your thinking patterns to considering other people’s perspectives, there are many ways to challenge your assumptions. Those skills help you understand the world a little better and find the reasoning in a conflict-centred world. It’s not easy, but definitely worth your time to deal with how you perceive the world. I want to show you an easy shortcut you can apply every day. Enjoy!

Reimagine Sustainability: Create The Impact You Want To See In Our World

Reimagine Sustainability: Create The Impact You Want To See In Our World

Reimagine Sustainability is about creating the impact we need in our beautiful world. It’s not difficult anymore to find information about what’s going wrong, but it’s still not that easy to find useful and encouraging information about what we can do. Many of us want to become the impact and do something. But what? Where to start? Isn’t it already too late? Those are the questions you will find answers to in Reimagine Sustainability. In this article, I want to show you what Reimagine Sustainability is about – its purpose and missions – how it can support and help you on your sustainability journey.

The Power of Words: Why We Should Change The Way We Talk About Sustainability

The Power of Words: Why We Should Change The Way We Talk About Sustainability

Words are a wonderful way of bringing forward our ideas. Usually, we underestimate the power of words. Nonetheless, words influence our behaviour, feelings, desire and fears. The simple ability to communicate with words gives us the unique and powerful choice to change our life. We have the choice to either destroy or build our future; the choice to change the narrative for our benefit or disadvantage. Are we bringing our forces together to create the sustainable world we need? Are we going to give the decision-making power to those who don’t care about us or are we taking matters into our hands?

10 Simple Reasons Why It’s Not Too Late For Sustainability

10 Simple Reasons Why It’s Not Too Late For Sustainability

It’s not easy being a human in a world which seems to crumble around us. Finding encouraging and helpful support to tackle our world’s crisis is not easy. Many already say that we can’t achieve Sustainability anymore. What nonsense! In this article, I want to show you 10 simple reasons why we can still achieve Sustainability. Even better, it won’t be as difficult as you might think. Our world is complex, but not everything needs to be hypercomplex. Sometimes the simple things in life will bring us where we should be. Curious? You’re more than welcome to continue reading.

Why Systems Thinking Is So Useful To Achieve Sustainability

Why Systems Thinking Is So Useful To Achieve Sustainability

Systems thinking should become one of the number one approaches to solving societal challenges. It’s a problem-solving approach that looks at a system as a whole. Making sense of the complexity in our world is not an easy task, but mastering the principles of systems thinking can bring us one step closer to achieving sustainable goals. Rather than isolating parts of a system (like linear thinking does), systems thinking is the ability to understand systems as a whole and the dependent relationships. With systems thinking, we have a much better chance to find the solutions which fit.

Why Sustainability Is Not Outdated Or Boring

Why Sustainability Is Not Outdated Or Boring

We still try to define Sustainability and answer the “Why” although we are already in the tornado. It’s difficult to stay engaged or figure out our role in this chaoes of misinterpretation and misinformation. Wouldn’t it be easier if we agreed on asking only “How?” questions? How are we going to solve the climate crisis? How are we going to stop biodiversity loss? How are we going to change our exploitative economy? How can each of us find our purpose? I think we can do it! But firstly, let’s clarify that Sustainability is far from being outdated.

From Hardie To Softie: 7 Soft Skills Which Will Change The World For Good

From Hardie To Softie: 7 Soft Skills Which Will Change The World For Good

Soft skills are a resourceful set of traits to contribute to social sustainability. For too long, the positive effects of soft skills have been neglected, but now is the time to shine. The mix of social skills can tremendously contribute to a better sustainable transformation of our lives and well-being. Soft skills aren’t all about better work performance and ethics. We need to shift our focus away from keeping only our economies going, but keeping ourselves alive; emotionally and physically. Developing your soft skills abilities will bring you one step closer to dealing with the world’s challenges.

From A Carbon Tunnel Vision To A Holistic Collaboration Approach

From A Carbon Tunnel Vision To A Holistic Collaboration Approach

Sustainable development has a very carbon-heavy taste to it. It has already been recognised that we need to move beyond the carbon-only approaches; to achieve effective, sustainable outcomes. What we experience globally is a Carbon Tunnel Vision. It’s a clever play on words to highlight our selective attention on mostly Net-Zero Goals. The Carbon Tunnel Vision framework aims to open our eyes to other human and natural crises. Global warming is only one part of the interconnected crises. Let’s not get trapped and miss our chances to fight our challenges effectively. I want to show you how easy this can be by taking a more holistic and collaborative approach.

Abundant Thinkers In A (Resource) Scarce World

Abundant Thinkers In A (Resource) Scarce World

There is enough for everyone in terms of infinite resources like love, joy, money, and success. An abundant mindset allows for positivity and resilience to thrive and this attribute is urgently needed to achieve sustainable outcomes all over the world. We are consuming finite resources like there’s no tomorrow but are very frugal with abundant resources. Funny, isn’t it? Developing an abundant mindset in the right direction will allow us to become the solution providers we need. You can see them as real heroes. I bet you can become one of them. Let me inspire you to become an abundant thinker in a resource-scarce world.

Sustainability Mindset  – A Mindset For A Better World

Sustainability Mindset – A Mindset For A Better World

A Sustainability Mindset helps us to understand complex systems better. Through awareness about everything that’s going wrong, we create the ability to step one step back and reflect on the situation. A Sustainability mindset helps us to effectively analyse complex challenges and generate appropriate solutions. Embracing Sustainability has never been easier by applying the 12 principles of a Sustainability mindset. We don’t always need cutting-edge technology. Sometimes real change comes from within us; to create the impact we want to see in our world. Sustainability is not difficult nor hard, it’s everything good we want to create. For us, for others, for the planet.

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