Inviting the kid with the crayon back into the boardroom

Inviting the kid with the crayon back into the boardroom

Reflections on creativity, discipline and sustainability leadership Early in my career, a colleague once described me as “a kid with a crayon” — someone who brought colour and creativity into complex projects. I wore that description lightly at the time. But...
100 Portraits from a Sustainability Career

100 Portraits from a Sustainability Career

Stories of the people and forces that shape our work  Author’s Note This post marks the beginning of my 2026 contribution to the global 100DayProject — a commitment to show up daily for a creative practice. For the next 100 days, I will write and share...
Postcards to my future self

Postcards to my future self

There are moments in life when you realise that the way you have been moving through the world is no longer sustainable. Not because anything dramatic has happened, but because something quieter has shifted. A kind of internal signal that asks you to slow down, to...
Portrait 10: The Shared Bowl

Portrait 10: The Shared Bowl

She saw them first with bowls of pale, squirming worms in their hands. Two young mothers walked slowly through the dilungu, toddlers trailing behind them. Cream-coloured sand clung to the fingers that held their dinner tightly. Their colourful kikwembes swished in the...
Portrait 9: The One Who Stayed

Portrait 9: The One Who Stayed

She always fancied herself a bit of a philosopher. A free spirit with an environmental degree and lofty plans. If she could just secure a role at a respected engineering consulting firm in Europe — ensuring infrastructure projects did not damage ecosystems beyond...