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R. Bruce Hull writes and teaches about building capacity in sustainability professionals who collaborate at the intersection of business, government, and civil society. The views are his and are not endorsed by any organization with which he is affiliated.

Can This Old Lefty Find Common Ground with Trump?

Posted on February 23, 2017 by admin

I stand left of center on most every issue. I’m not the yoga practicing, opera attending, bird watching lefty Garrison Keillor describes, but I do commute by bicycle, use my passport, and stock my shelves with books. If we lefties … Continue reading →

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We Marched. I Cried.

Posted on February 23, 2017 by admin

I was in tears; many times. Tears of depression flowed because the nation had come to this: so mucked up. Tears of inspiration flowed because so many people, so willing, so motivated, so bright—such energy knows no limits. Tears of … Continue reading →

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India as Anthropocene

Posted on April 22, 2016 by admin

The choke points to global sustainable development are palpable here. The cities are already massive and choking, but 70% of the building stock needed to accommodate the hundreds of millions of rural poor immigrating to urban opportunity has yet to … Continue reading →

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Leadership for the Anthropocene

Posted on January 21, 2016 by admin

We are living through something so rare that its frequency is measured in millennia, the emergence of a new geological epoch. Times of great change present great opportunities and challenges. Those who practice leadership can make a difference. See my … Continue reading →

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Leadership 101 for Global Sustainability

Posted on December 21, 2014 by admin

2050 transitions require cross-sector leadership, collaboration and courage to fail Continue reading →

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Exxon Advocates Climate Adaptation

Posted on July 27, 2014 by admin

Exxon and Shell conclude that society get serious about climate adaptation.  Mitigation just is not working.  These two corporations—two of the largest economic entities in the world with access to the best science and analysts that money can by—now admit … Continue reading →

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Leadership as Simple as DAC

Posted on July 6, 2014 by admin

Sustainable development requires collaboration among diverse stakeholders—none with authority over others. Collaboration is as simple as DAC: Direction, Alignment, and Commitment.   These three outcomes are as simple in theory as they are difficult in practice. Direction: Leadership requires constructing … Continue reading →

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Response to Climate Skeptics

Posted on May 29, 2014 by admin

Organizations around the world are adapting to climate change, lending credibility to climate science. These organizations buy, study, and use the best available science to inform their multi-billion dollar decisions and strategies. They not only have access to all the … Continue reading →

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Conversations with Climate Skeptics

Posted on May 29, 2014 by admin

Climate is right up there with religion and politics as topics to be avoided at polite gatherings, but I still find myself talking with climate skeptics while passing time beside beer coolers at various events.  Regardless of the setting or … Continue reading →

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Leadership in an Age of Black Swans and Emergent Systems

Posted on May 2, 2014 by admin

Leadership for sustainability requires courage to admit we do not know what we do not know: that unknown unknowns exist. Socrates, the celebrated father of Western philosophy could admit it, “I know that I know nothing,” so perhaps the rest … Continue reading →

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