The Literature of the Possible

The Literature of the Possible

In my recent mental wanderings in this blog, I’ve been exploring why, for those of us working for sustainability, it is crucial to take a long-term view, and I’ve been asking what it means to think about, plan for, and prioritize the future (e.g., “Deep...

In Defense of Community

In conservation, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and various other fields, community-based approaches have been very popular, bathed in a glowing light of all that is participatory, bottom-up and democratic.  But they have also attracted a widely...