Local Initiatives Addressing the Global Goals

Do you know of a local community-led or for-community-beneft initiative that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals? We’re illustrating the efforts made accross Ireland for an installation that will feature in Convergence, our annual sustainable living festvial, and that will become an interactive exhibit to be showcased in the Global Green at the Electric Picnic and […]

Winning Hearts and Minds

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Summer Issue 2017 Humanity has entered a strange period, a time of immense opportunity but also of great turbulence. Around the world old institutions are breaking down, ecological limits are being exceeded and we have an epidemic of loneliness. Many new institutions more fitting to the complexity […]

Innovation for Transformation

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/ Spring Issue 2016. “In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer Innovation is a buzzword that is overused and increasingly misused. If we are to adapt to the […]

Restoring Community – Our Longing for Belonging.

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Winter Issue 2017 “The hunger to belong is at the heart of our nature. Cut off from others, we atrophy and turn in on ourselves.”  John O’Donohue Last September I travelled around the country hosting an event called ‘ Stories and Conversations for a Healthy, Happy and […]

Soil Matters – GROWING HEALTH AND WELLBEING

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Spring Issue 2017 In the ground beneath our feet, out of sight and out of mind, microscopic communities of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes are working away providing vital functions that our lives depend on. The health of the soil therefore is key to the health of […]

‘Transformation’

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Winter Issue 2015 “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”  Lao Tzu In this Good Life 2.0 column I have been exploring how we might become more effective change makers and play a part in the transition […]

Positive Disruption

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Winter Issue 2016 The climate is rapidly changing, but we are very slow to. The disruption we face as the world heats up will be hugely challenging, however it will also be an opportunity to accelerate a transition to a future that is more meaningful, decentralised, local […]

Stories for Change: Creating a Narrative that Matters

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Winter Issue 2015 We are hardwired to create and share stories; that is how we learn and is what shapes our identity. An authentic and well-told story helps us re-imagine our lives, gives us hope and offers us a sense of what could be possible. If we […]

Surfing the Waves of Change

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Spring Issue 2014 “Wave Riders are curious people possessed of an innate capacity to go with the flow, constantly seizing upon opportunity when others see no possibility, or even disaster.” Harrison Owen We are truly living in interesting times. Our economic system is broken, jobs are being […]

Spring Forward – Resilience Revisited

By Davie Philip – Published in Positive Life www.positivelife.ie/  Summer Issue 2014 “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”  Confucius In this column I have been exploring how, in the face of adversity, we might flourish as individuals and communities. Over the years I have introduced a number […]