September 1st, 2011 by Anna
Ray Anderson, Founder & CEO of one of the world’s largest makers of carpets, Interface, says he used to be a typical industrialist – a ‘plunderer of the Earth’.
In 1994 he was asked by a staff member to prepare a presentation on sustainability, and he went away and read Paul Hawken’s book, The Ecology of Commerce as research.
April 28th, 2011 by Nick
Over the Easter weekend, I read a compelling new book about our near future — The Great Disruption by Paul Gilding, a former head of Greenpeace International and top sustainability advisor to Dupont and Ford. Here’s my personal review & action plan. (Originally this was a personal Facebook note, but I’ve been asked to publish it for a broader audience).
April 27th, 2011 by Lily
Jennifer Correro, who Nick and Jarra worked with closely at TakingItGlobal, recently spoke at a conference where she asked the perennial question: how does change happen?
April 11th, 2011 by Josh
Lessons for progressives from change elections. Part 2: local engagement.
We looked at some lessons for progressives from March’s election weekend in this post. Let’s drill down now into what that means for campaigners on the ground in Australia.
April 6th, 2011 by Josh
Lessons for progressives from change elections. Part 1: building movements
Josh is Make Believe’s new intern. He’s a prodigious campaigner, dedicated young leader within the environment movement and all-around super lovely and smart guy. This is his first Make Believe blog.
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March 2nd, 2011 by Anna
A speech to Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival on a panel with Dr David Suzuki, Professor Ian Lowe, Senator Christine Milne, Clive Hamilton & Philip Sutton in February 2011.
The majority of the environment movement in Australia is failing—at least in so far as you define failing as not winning the things we need to win to preserve clean air, clean water, clean soil and a stable climate for my generation and those to come.
January 13th, 2011 by Lily
Women are the backbone of civil society. We’re the most active volunteers inside our churches, schools, cause-related organisations and local communities – whether online or offline. We donate. We volunteer. We influence. We spread the word to our friends, family and networks. We show up, time and again.
December 7th, 2010 by Rohan
It has somehow come to that time of year already and — being constantly on the move as we are — what better way to celebrate than to invite someone to join us for the incredible year ahead? We therefore present to you:
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November 12th, 2010 by Nick
I vividly remember, as a 17-year-old tourist in New York City with my parents, visiting the hallowed ground of the United Nations Headquarters. At the public tour point, our group was met by a guide out of central casting – a late 20s African woman so unspeakably exotic, self-assured and cosmopolitan, Nicole Kidman’s Interpreter had nothing on her.
October 25th, 2010 by Nick
It’s two years since we registered Make Believe, and a bit over a year since the company really got off the ground. In that period, we’ve worked with more than 40 clients on hundreds of projects of different shapes and sizes.
So as we move into the final months of 2010, here are some of the lessons, in the form of a mini “manifesto” for our coming year. If you run a consultancy or work in this space, we hope these lessons can be of value to you too.
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