From ripples to waves

Hi, Congratulations! You’ve made it! 30 days of sustainable change!

It really has been amazing to follow your journeys – to witness your courage, your creativity, your commitment, and growing consciousness around making sustainable an equitable change. We’ve seen you explore and shift background conversations in yourself and others, such as moving away from limiting either/or thinking and embracing asking questions and starting new conversations.

At the collective level, we’ve been reading how you have been influencing each other and people around you. When we at cCHANGE, thought about how many people may have been influenced by the Ripples of Change challenge, we are very inspired by the fractal of change that’s been started here.

It was also inspiring to read today’s article about Ripples of Change in the The Independent. Such a different story from the predominant storylines in the media at the moment as we prepare for the COP26 climate change meeting in Glasgow. The predominant narratives are about catastrophic climate change, politicians not doing enough, hopelessness, and activists calling it all out … and we need this. But we also need your stories, which are refreshing and authentic. They are stories of individuals being defined by more than their carbon footprints and negative environmental impacts, but rather by their courage, creativity, and ability to be in action and shift conversations and inspire people around them.

This week, Greta Thunberg published a though provoking video in The New York Times, she said “All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed.” Hopefully the politicians step up at this critical time, let’s see. But our faith in humanity’s ability to respond has been confirmed through seeing your achievements over the last month.

We look forward to watching the ripples you have created here, grow into waves.

All the very best,

The cCHANGE Team 😊