Purpose Inspired #54

PICTURE OF THE WEEK - #SNAKE        

REFLECTION OF THE WEEK - #ACTION        

Our global challenges demand ‘a little less conversation, a little more action’. But what can each of us do? I have this little mnemonic to remind me how to take daily ACTION: A = Ask questions (of shops, restaurants, companies, brands, politicians, professors), C = Consume differently (fairtrade, circular, bio, plant-based), T = Teach others (what I know, what I’m learning, what others know), I = Invest wisely (in low-carbon assets, education), O = Own less (rather share, or lease), and N = Network solutions (linking resilience, access, regeneration, connection and wellbeing). What does action look like for you?

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK - #ACCOUNTING        

“Sustainability reporting has distracted us from a far more important trend, namely social and environmental accounting”

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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - CORPORATIONS WILL LEAD THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION        

An interview with Wayne Visser by Remotefulness. Questions include: Can you define sustainability? What is the future of sustainability? Do you think we can become a fully sustainable society? What role do you think sustainability should have in the educational field? Do you think there is a real change in companies and shareholders / investors on sustainability? What are the factors that, in your opinion, play or will play a more important role in the sustainable transition of companies? What role does remote work have in the sustainable transition? What role does the most advanced technology play in the sustainable transition? Do you think society is aware of the importance of the sustainable transition? What about companies? Who do you think should lead this sustainable transition? The governments, companies or society? Could you please leave us a final reflection?

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PODCAST OF THE WEEK - PATHWAYS TO DIGNITY AND REGENERATION        

My guest this week is Indira Kartallozi, who is a founder Director of Sustainability Leadership Kosovo and co-director of the Kaleidoscope Futures Lab. Listen to Indira talk about: How her own journey as a refugee brought insights into individual resilience and the challenges of diversity and inclusion in society; What is necessary to support migrants and refugees through their transition – and why ensuring dignity is so important; Why, in supporting mental wellbeing, we must move beyond treating post-traumatic stress to enhancing post-traumatic growth and thriving; How working with young people is key to advancing sustainability and social entrepreneurship, especially in developing countries like Kosovo; What we can learn from the data-driven movement to tackle deforestation and to protect and regenerate forests in Kosovo.

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POEM OF THE WEEK - MAGIC FEATHER        

I’m giving you this feather / To remind you of the endless sky / That even when you feel earthbound / You still have glorious wings to fly

I know life’s not all sunshine / And you won’t escape the aching pain / But like water off a mallard’s back / You too can shrug off driving rain

There’s power in this feather / To remind you of your magic flights / That even when you crash your landings / You still can rise to brilliant heights

I know love’s not all roses / And not all tales have a happy end / But like water from the sacred springs / You too can purify and mend

So hold onto this feather / To remind you that your future’s bright / That even when your feet are muddy / Your spirit’s always light

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BOOK OF THE WEEK - I AM AN AFRICAN        

This creative collection brings together Africa poems by South African poet and writer, Wayne Visser, including the ever popular “I Am An African”, as well as old favourites like "Women of Africa", "I Know A Place in Africa", "Prayer for Africa" and "African Dream". The anthology celebrates the luminous continent and its rainbow people. The updated 5th Edition includes new poems like "Africa Untamed" and "Land of the Sun".

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THOUGHT OF THE WEEK - #SILENCE        

How much silence do you have in your life? Do you relish the quiet moments when you get them? We live in a noisy world. From the instant we open our eyes we are battered by sound. But how much of this noise is a choice? Every day, there are countless chances to welcome silence back into our lives.

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THRIVING FEATURE OF THE WEEK - MECHANISM        

The statesman and philosopher Jan Smuts was a critic of the prevailing view of science, the legacy of Isaac Newton’s clockwork universe, which held that a system can be understood by reducing it to its component parts. Smuts saw this reductionistic view of reality, which he called mechanism, as a fixed dogma in which “there could be no more in the effect than there was in the cause; hence creativity and real progress became impossible … In its analytical pursuit of the part, science had missed the whole, and thus tended to reduce the world to dead aggregations rather than to the real living wholes which make up nature.”

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