Food for thought: sustainability perspectives

These blogs are complimentary to my book Leadership for Sustainability: Saving the Planet One School At A Time and explore aspects of sustainability in greater detail. The first one is a direct link from the text of this book. Others explore themes which influenced my thinking or which I found of particular interest. Sustainability really is Life the Universe and Everything!
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You are free to use them, but please credit me if you do.

Blog 4 - Schools, simple arithmetic and circularity (November 2022)
A Sustainable School can encourage others to 'unleash' their minds from what is 'normal', for example, a 'take-make-use-dump' linear model of resource use and economy. 

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Blog 3 - Individualism and Sustainability
This blog explores how a desire for individualism may have unintended consequences if we don’t think through what it really means. 

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Blog 2 - Reality and Fantasy
This blog shows the value of stepping back and questioning whether the prevailing view of how our society and economy is running is sustainable in the long-run. If not, what should we do about it and does this mean adopting an ‘alternative reality’ to ensure our survival, rather than tinkering with the present one?

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Blog 1 - Building for the Future
At Bowbridge Primary school, Nottingham, we worked to develop a sustainable new building for the school. Read our process in depth, in this blog post.

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