My guest this week is Dame Polly Courtice, DBE, LVO, who is the Founder Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Listen to Polly talk about:
- How her roots in South Africa shaped her thinking on sustainability -- and how issues of social justice remain close to her heart
- What has changed in the sustainability movement over the past 30 years -- and what we have to urgently focus on today
- Why so few leaders really understand systems thinking -- and how the principles of thriving can be like a lightening bolt of new consciousness
- Why sustainability is necessary but not sufficient as an agenda for change -- and how young people are refusing to accept the future we are offering them
- How moments of personal and professional crisis can bring clarity to the necessity for hope -- and what gives her hope now
In the episode, the following books are mentioned:
- The Top 50 Sustainability Books, by CISL and Wayne Visser
- Holism and Evolution, by Jan Smuts
- A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, by Sir David Attenborough
Key links:
Polly Courtice (LinkedIn)
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (website)
To Lead (poem)
Thriving (book)
Wayne Visser (website)
Wayne Visser (LinkedIn)