Helene, Author at Good Work Institute

Be like a Turtle

I was asking myself: Is this the first summer we have had to contend with air quality hazards from Canadian wildfire smoke AND catastrophic flooding in our local counties and neighbor states? Then I heard that the ocean temperatures reached 98 degrees off the coast of the Florida Keys…

Bringing it Back Home: Democratizing Where We Work

Busy cultivating new and deepening existing relationships with organizations and individuals that have a desire to bring a culture of shared leadership into their own workplaces.

GWI Welcomes Three New Board Members!

It is with gratitude and excitement that we welcome our newest board members, Allison Lamb, David Brownstein and Kate Cox!

Just Transition in Action – Poughkeepsie

From hands-on activities that gave us a taste of what cooperation and competition feel like to crafting stories of regenerative futures, it was energizing to retreat from our regular day-to-day lives to connect and learn in an inspiring community of co-learners.

Relationships We Build in the Sun

Last week climate change and strange weather patterns had a different idea in mind of what the start of summer means.

True Change Comes From the Ground Up: Fiscal Sponsorship

We see our fiscally-sponsored projects as partners in our mission to build collective power.

Emptiness and Germination

Death is on my mind a good deal lately. As part of a course I am taking, I have an assignment to plan the end of my life.

Surviving The Future – It’s about truth, love and solidarity

The overarching theme of the course, Surviving the Future, was collapse: the collapse of the systems that uphold our current societies, especially looking at climate change as the initiator.

Democratizing Work: From Doubt to Buzz

We spend most of our time at work, so what better place than our workplaces to learn to practice democracy and work toward a Just Transition?

DEMOCRATIZING work SHARED LEADERSHIP

Apply: Design a community fund for Kingston

We invite you to participate in a democratic process for designing a Just Transition-aligned pilot community fund for the city of Kingston! More info here.

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Community Fund Research and Resources

Starting today, we are hosting community forums on the Kingston Community Fund. This page is a growing resource vault for anyone who might like to explore info we are unearthing as we go on this learning journey together.

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