Today is Buy Nothing Day, “an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists”, largely in response to Black Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season. The blogosphere is a-blog, the Twitterverse is a-twitter. I...

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” — Henry Ward Beecher Thank you for reading. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for commenting. Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your...

My recent challenge to coin the one rule of sustainability yielded more than 100 responses. The Wordle of all the submissions revealed a slant among the definitions toward energy. Sustainability, meet lovability A few days later, I read this passage...

Participatory involves and engages community members and other stakeholders in creating something they will use or benefit from or in making decisions about something that will impact them. Participation crowdsources from the community the design or...

Republished posts (oldies but goodies) “Applying the product evolution model in sustainable marketing”, 3BL Media Blog and Green Plus “What you do is not interesting: Say what you love”, 3BL Media Blog “The 5Ws of buying local”, Part 1 and Part 2,...