Alan AtKisson
@AlanAtKisson
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Author, songwriter, sustainability pioneer. See https://t.co/maHWJM5z7S
Stockholm
Joined February 2008
Why I wrote "American Troubadour" — and why the song feels more urgent than ever before. Please read, listen, and share. My blog: https://t.co/D7DRwjkIaa Substack: https://t.co/gV2FohT6O0
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New "Words & Music": Could learning to talk with whales change the world? Read at my blog or on Substack. Subscribe (free) and please share. Substack https://t.co/yk72Ufp8VW Blog https://t.co/pzEToAPRG4
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I am reviving my blog/newsletter under its most recent name, "Words and Music by Alan AtKisson." Links below. Read/subscribe on my website, or at Substack. My website: https://t.co/pzEToAQpvC My Substack: https://t.co/yk72UfpGLu
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New "Words & Music" newsletter on Substack: "I got sick and rediscovered Paul Simon"
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So I’m not exactly alone in criticising @BillGates for his framing of the climate agenda as a binary choice. Do a rewrite Bill. And get better advisors. (Not me - except maybe on editorial. And by the way, I don’t charge.) (See my previous post.) https://t.co/HPYvowHIxL
theguardian.com
Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say
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Some (unasked-for) editorial advice to @BillGates: please do a rewrite of your climate memo. https://t.co/2jP69CXszO
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"The Plum Tree – A True Story about the Power of Optimism". These plums, and this marmalade, are proof of the power of #optimism to create change — even when things look bleak. With a PS on overcoming perceived failure. At my blog >> https://t.co/j79bSBAI32
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"Baltic Futures = Europe's Future". Want to understand the future of Europe? Read this book. I just reviewed it on my blog. Well done, @olivernmoody
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Consider the Baltic Sea: Brackish. Beautiful. Highly polluted. Linking (or dividing) the following countries: Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark – and Russia. It …
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”One of the most important observations is that goodness is not closely related to intelligence.” Very interesting conversation between Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa on the times we’re living in. https://t.co/EotjSCHcDz
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From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future
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Did you see this news? The dodo has always been, for me, a symbol of stupid, human-caused extinction. I always believed we'd learn how to reverse it. Just not so soon. Next step (which I predicted in 1999): genetic uplift? It deserves to be made smarter. https://t.co/ls5agJBVl6
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Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’
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Uh, WHAT? “As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative.” File: Weird facts https://t.co/J2JUFVPoyU
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Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
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In case you missed my keynote on "Future Thinking," it has now been published as a commentary in the "ROSA Journal" (an academic journal).
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This is me. Talking. With two really interesting and powerful women who are leaders in Asia, on #sustainability and #systems change. https://t.co/K6A7MI81Uy
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Honored to be a guest on "The Mastery Effect", a fascinating podcast hosted by Ms. Poorani Thanusha and Dr. Ramesh Ramachandra. Focus: change, #sustainability, AI, and the human challenge making transformation happen in large organisations. https://t.co/6BSzSlztII
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The day after my post on #Hiroshima and plea/prayer/hope/demand that #nuclearweapons never again be used, I was so pleased to see this photographic essay on the city today, in the Guardian. Peace, in pictures.
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Aya Fujioka set out to shake the weight of history from her home city and capture her own relationship with it. But she couldn’t help picking up echoes from the past …
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Reactivating my account in recognition of the 80th anniversary of the first use of #nuclearweapons at #Hiroshima. 70000 died instantly. As many as 200000 in total including radiation victims. From the first primitive a-bomb. Now we have thousands. May they never, ever be used.
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Dear friends: I have retired. After 44 yrs in professional work, 36 dedicated to #sustainability, I left my role as Executive Secretary & CEO of GWP early due to illness. So proud of my team. So grateful for my career. Please stay in touch. More info:
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Letter and social media post sent 1 January 2025 To friends and colleagues around the world: I am retiring. After 44 years of professional work, 36 of them spent working to advance sustainability a…
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Attending #WorldWaterWeek, I am reminded by Prof Kenzo Hiroki of the Bandung Water Summit which linked peace and water in a call by heads of state, drawing on a 1955 summit that proposed a global “live and let live” philosophy. We need more of that! —> https://t.co/kXV0TMYoi8
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Day 1 of #WorldWaterWeek and GWP is ready! Check out our events, follow the hybrid ones online, info here: https://t.co/Vb4NaZSWAF
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