NewWays for Environmental and Social Change

Lucy Garrick had been looking for a way to use her skills in leadership development to give back around the concept of peace. She was floating in the pool at her apartment complex last July with no consulting work in sight. She’d been reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, “Eat, Pray, Love,” She had just finished the part where Gilbert petitions the universe to finalize her divorce, so, Garrick decided to try a petition of her own. She petitioned the universe for consulting projects in exchange for a life devoted to world peace. Ten minutes later, my phone rang and when I answered, I heard someone say, ‘Hello Lucy, this is Riane Eisler.’ I was absolutely stunned”

So far the industry sector that includes clean, renewable and efficient energy has been holding up well under continuing bad news from just about every other segment of the US economy. Green energy stands out as a bright spot in an otherwise cloudy economic picture.
There’s a long list of good reasons for the strength of [...]