I ran an assessment to find out: does the company contribute to—or undermine—the future we want? Here’s what I learned. — What’s this all about? After twenty years of sustainability consulting, including conducting a lot of materiality assessments where I felt like we were side-stepping the real conversations — e.g., about business models and economic structures that incentivize harm — I launched a project called Matereality. It’s a twist on the materiality assessments done for…

What if we look at an old tool in a new way? — What if we look at an old tool in a new way? I propose a variation on a materiality assessment, as an alternate way to understand a company in relation to the future we want. This new approach asks the question,“What if ‘materiality’ was based in reality?” Those of us working in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space, encounter materiality assessments…

Carolyn McAlpine — McA as some of us called her — was the youngest member of the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild when she died a… — Carolyn McAlpine — McA as some of us called her — was the youngest member of the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild when she died a decade ago from an aggressive brain cancer. She was 33 years old. She was the most joyful, fun person I have had the pleasure…

This is an article about big concepts affecting the global economy. — This is an article about big concepts affecting the global economy. This a story about four balls I made out of felt. This is a letter written in an alphabet that doesn’t exist. These are some feelings I have on the relationships between abundance, scarcity, partnership and domination. 2 x 2 Matrices are Dumb I tried…

Dear sister and brother white settlers, — Dear sister and brother white settlers, (FN friends, I sense you have way better things to do than deal with the endless task of educating white people so I hope you don’t waste your time and energy here; having said that, anything at all that you wish to correct, criticize…

What follows is a transcript of the above recorded dialogue featuring Adan Rodrigo Trolesi Pereira and Antonio (Toninho) Mates Pereira… — What follows is a transcript of the above recorded dialogue featuring Adan Rodrigo Trolesi Pereira and Antonio (Toninho) Mates Pereira. This is part 2 of a 3-part speaker series piloted by the Global Regeneration CoLab in 2021. (More on this to be posted soon.)

Dear Canadian tax payers (and anyone clinging to the fantasy of Canada as a vast wilderness and solid democracy built on human rights), — The information below discusses residential schools and survivors, and may be triggering to some readers. Support is made available to survivors and their families 24 hours a day at the Indian Residential School Survivors Society’s crisis line at 1–866–925–4419.

When a team global team of agronomists are guided by tomatoes, amazing things can happen. — [You can listen to the full audio version of this story HERE. (Note: working on the sound quality issues at SoundCloud…)] This is a rough draft of a story about events that take place in the year 2035, inspired by what’s already happening in 2021. There’s a lot more I…