I’m pleased to share that my birthday was this week (for those who know me well, you know this is a big deal).
I love birthdays in general, and I especially love mine. Why?
Well, my birthday is an important time for me for a couple of reasons. Yes, I love cake and presents and having an [...]

I’ve written before on The Changebase about my own journey to find sustainable, local food – including this post on defining what local food really is.
The big conclusion I reached after trying to define “local” was that what I really meant was eating seasonal.
By eating seasonally, we get a couple of benefits:

Food tastes better: Anyone [...]

When it comes to the crisis of Global Warming (what author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman says should actually be called “Global Weirding”), things can get pretty overwhelming fast.
Animal extinction, water scarcity, rainforest destruction – these are all pretty heavy topics requiring big picture thinking and action.
And if world governments can’t even build [...]

Anyone who knows me knows that food is a big part of my life – learning about it, talking about it, and especially eating it!
I’ve written about my interest in food in past posts, and today I came across a recent TED talk about food that I thought was worth sharing.
First, for those of you [...]

After a brief hiatus, I’ve recently taken up yoga again as way to inject a little clarity and exercise into my otherwise crazy daily routine.
For those of you not familiar with yoga, let me say first that it’s not just about stretching (although that’s a part of it). In fact, what we Westerners think of [...]

I wrote a post last week on The Changebase that seems to have hit home for some readers.
It was about the value of storytelling in CSR reports  as a way for companies to not only connect with various audiences but also to bring their sustainability stories to life.
Obviously, I’m a big believer in storytelling – [...]