Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
VFA credos:
There is no courage without risk
Value creation is how I measure achievement
I will act with integrity in all things
I will create opportunity for myself and others
My career is a choice that indicates my values
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
-Steve Jobs
Applied to biology in this article, but this could be applied to many other things!
... See moreMaintenance is what keeps everything going. It’s what keeps life going.
Every living thing spends a great deal of time and toil in maintaining its own life and the life of the systems it depends on. Plants tend the life of the soil they grow in. Beavers maintain their dams and thereby the pond that protects them. Humans maintain their bodies, their
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Keys to a story:
Invoke wonder
Make the audience care
Give 2+2, not 4
There must be change
Think about things not in terms of more/less sustainable,
but in terms of more/less damaging
adapted from Tanja Gotthardsen, Living in the Anthropocene webinar
A sustainable lifestyle will have a bigger impact than only using “sustainable” products
Ex: reusable water bottles are more sustainable long-term than their single-use plastic counterparts (generally). But—having 10 reusable water bottles per occupant in your home isn’t necessarily a sustainable lifestyle
adapted from Tanja Gotthardsen, Living in the Anthropocene webinar
Any form of communication can—and should—be a story