Thought poking

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

Maintenance 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

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

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