Greetings!
I hope this finds you well as we approach peak darkness here in the North. I love this time of year because I am reminded that it is also peak lightness elsewhere.
It’s also a time of gift giving for some people. I am kind of neutral on this topic. Well okay I’m exaggerating. I’m actually super curmudgeonly and not at all into gift giving at this time of year. I broke my Christmas spirit about 17 industrial supply chain projects ago.
BUT! I am embracing new ways of being, while reminded that homemade gifts are really the best. So although I am a bit behind in my sock knitting (understatement), I thought would remind you of some of the written gifts I already gave you.
Hopefully they’re more on the, “They fit! I love them!” side of things. But if they’re in the, “Hideous 70s colours... I have no idea how to use this...” camp, feel free to simply regift or compost.
Okay, speaking of regifting, (with a dose of compost – see #8 below).
Top 10 Things I Already Gave You
I’m going to list the “Top 10 pieces” (according to me...) I gave away this year. I shared lots more articles, but these ones stand out based on feedback, reader stats, or some other magical composite of things that matter to me.
I’ll organize these into Believe, Learn, and Act since I find that’s a useful order of operations for meaningful change.
There’s also the table of contents at the end, where you can access all of this and much more — all free to a good home. I hope you like them. :-)
Believe
See, experience, notice and believe in an economy that works in service of life
One. Before, after (+ after!) transformation: Pocket (Forests) Full of More Change
Two. Resilience in action: Adan and Toninho: Decolonizing Regenerative Agriculture
Three. Humour might help if it all seems too much: Yes, please send me my starter pack
Learn
Interrogate the “known,” stay your course, experiment into the unknown
Four. Noticing the wider context: Why I wish I followed my instincts as a climate denier
Five. Key motivation tips: How to stay motivated when everything feels bonkers
Six. Learning how to unlearn: [Un]learning: A Story of [Un]matched Socks
Act
Do something differently, and then another thing, and then another
Seven. Climate action: Three ways you can stop corporate climate insanity
Eight. Sample CEO letter for when words do not align with deeds: Dear Mr. Hagedorn
Nine. New methods to assess impact: “Regenerative” versus Actually Regenerating
And so, for example...
... when we put believing, learning, and acting together
Ten. Conversation with author Patty Krawec: “What kind of world do we want?”
Table of contents
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Thanks for believing, learning and acting with me as we go here – for your feedback, insights, support, encouragement, ideas, openness, curiosity, sense of humour, and all round willingness to walk alongside on this unmarked trail towards industrial healing. I wish you well as we turn toward the next season and I look forward to seeing you along the trail up ahead.
Yours in connectedness,
Lorraine
