To metamorphose is to transform. This site is an exploration of change (why we avoid it, how we can achieve it, who inspires us along the way) and the conditions required for transformation. Founded and curated by Simran Sethi.
This is a placeholder for a much longer, deeper commentary…
I was sitting in a nice cushy chair at the University of British Columbia attending the International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The reason sustainability has not taken off is because our three-legged stool - the common sustainability paradigm of caring for people, planet and profits - is wobbly and unstable. It has left out a critical component that would actually help activate the imagination and engage people in what they care about: cultural sustainability.
My dear colleagues Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken wrote with Amory Lovins the book Natural Capitalism - a seminal text about new business models and the need to value the incredible resources our ecosystems provide.
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