If you are a Change Maker who wants transformational change in the state of our world, the Change Makers Journal is for you. It offers naturally inspired insights and practical approaches to transformational change for sustainability.
Whether you are concerned about climate change, biodiversity loss, social justice or sustainable development, discover effective ways of catalysing transformational change. Drawing on our experience of working for change with clients at Natural Change, Realise Earth and elsewhere, we explore systems, behaviour or culture change in communities, organisations and wider society – every fortnight.
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Change Makers Journal Articles
We are part of nature: let’s act like it!
We are part of nature. But we think and behave as if we are not.
Why Sustainability Leadership is different
Five primary reasons Sustainability Leadership is different from most other leadership approaches.
25+ years of sustainability and economics. Has anything changed?
Often the messenger matters more than the message. I’m trying not to be annoyed by the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity.
25+ years of sustainability and economics. Has anything changed?Read More
Nature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?
The Dasgupta Review gives renewed prominence to pricing nature. Can this approach be restricted to domains where it might actually be useful?
Nature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?Read More
Do some sustainable development goals matter more than others?
Some people argue that implying any kind of hierarchy between the SDGs is against their very spirit. We disagree.
Do some sustainable development goals matter more than others?Read More
Mapping the Three Horizons
Essential insights for sustainability leaders into the relationships between innovation, system change and culture.
How can happiness and wellbeing be a bad thing?
Happiness and wellbeing initiatives can be a distraction from tackling the real problem. Discover how they can be forces for positive change.
Humanity’s kindness and cruelty
If people are naturally kind, how do we account for cruelty and heartlessness? And how should we respond?
Working towards a social tipping point from ‘me’ to ‘we’
How organisations can use their ‘heartprint’ to celebrate and reinforce the best in human nature
Working towards a social tipping point from ‘me’ to ‘we’Read More
Sustainability initiatives are missing a trick
By focusing on value rather than values, initiatives may be putting quick wins before long term success
Leading at a time of possibility
Change is possible like never before – but will it be a grab for personal, corporate and national power or working for a world where all can flourish?
How do we change the system?
First, we need to recognise that the system we live in is a human construct.
Community power and the climate crisis
Our intensifying climate crisis requires a political, economic and cultural revolution rooted in the empowerment of communities.
Turn eco-anxiety into climate action
The four step journey from despair to determination in the climate emergency
Climate Change Denial and Australia’s Devastating Bush Fires
Facing climate change deniers with scientific facts often strengthens their denial.
Climate Change Denial and Australia’s Devastating Bush FiresRead More
Why economic growth isn’t sustainable
Exploring one of the key issues of sustainability and how we address it
Why should we get out more?
We look at some of the ways outdoor experiences benefit us, society and the environment.
Get out more: Where? For how long? Doing what?
We look at the evidence and draw on our experience to offer some practical advice.
For Rachel Carson, wonder was a radical state of mind
We might inhabit and love our shared world more fully.
For Rachel Carson, wonder was a radical state of mindRead More
Being comfortable with discomfort - a key leadership skill of the climate crisis.
Exploring one of the most overlooked leadership skills that we desperately need.
Being comfortable with discomfort - a key leadership skill of the climate crisis.Read More
Five things to do about climate change (especially if you run a business)
Five (different) things to do about climate change, especially in your business.
Five things to do about climate change (especially if you run a business)Read More
Leverage points are points of power
If businesses can’t stop causing harm without going bust, what next?
What should you do when you are lost?
Perhaps the bravest thing any of us can do is admit we are lost. Only then can we start answering the question: what next?
Find direction with your inner compass
How to navigate the unfamiliar territory we explore as change makers.
The life-changing magic of (mentally) tidying
The transformative power of clearing out mental cultural clutter.
Time to demote the ‘business case’ for sustainability?
We should stop using the business case as a motivator.
Time to demote the ‘business case’ for sustainability?Read More
The Importance of Slow Travel, Sustainability and Rewilding in Scotland
Kelley Louise, executive director of the Impact Travel Alliance, found sadness and solace on her Natural Change retreat.
The Importance of Slow Travel, Sustainability and Rewilding in ScotlandRead More
Utopia isn’t just idealistic fantasy
Utopianism has inspired countless individuals and movements to change the world for the better.
A digital detox in the Scottish Highlands
Stefania van Lieshout, award winning travel blogger, didn’t want to go back to normal at the end of her retreat.
The Nature of our Health
James Scipioni of Go Barefoot, the award winning travel platform, found Natural Change transformative, rejuvenating, and stimulating.
Can A Week With Nature Change Your Life And Your Career?
Madeleine Cuff, Deputy Editor of Business Green, writes about the relevance of Natural Change to her professional life.
Can A Week With Nature Change Your Life And Your Career?Read More
Seeing the planet break down is depressing
Here’s how to turn your pain into action, writes Cameron Brick
Energetic, free and focused
Will Baldwin-Cantello of WWF writes about his encounter with a red squirrel on a Natural Change retreat.