Published articles

Following are some recent articles published by Incite Sustainability. Most of these have appeared in MindShift, a quarterly publication seeking to challenge traditional mindsets. Jonathon Hanks is an associate editor of MindShift and MindShift editor Monica Graaff is an associate with Incite Sustainability.

• Go on, tell it like it really is – Monica Graaff urges the media to be more proactive in raising the quality of discussion around the global crisis and opportunities we face (Sunday Times, 07 June 2009) (PDF, 280 KB)
  

• Fighting climate change makes business sense – Jonathon Hanks impresses the business imperative of climate change (Cape Times, 27 May 09)

• We are enriching ourselves to death – David Le Page surveys the policies of South Africa's different political parties in respect of climate and sustainability (The Weekender - Business Day, April 09)

• Which is the greenest party of them all? – David Le Page considers which of South Africa's political parties is the greenest to vote for in the elections on 22 April 2009 (Project 90x2030, April 09)
  

• Can our laws fix the world? – Monica Graaff compiles a collection of articles to review how effective are South Africa's progressive environmental laws and policies (MindShift, Winter 08) (PDF, 1.2Mb)

• Put Earth under liquidation and pay the shareholders – Monica Graaff speaks to prominent ecological economist Robert Costanza (MindShift, Winter 08) (PDF, 214Kb)

• ISO Tackles a Standard for Sustainability – Jonathon Hanks reviews recent developments relating to ISO 26000 (MindShift, Feb 08) (PDF, 475Kb)

• Global SWOT Analysis – Monica Graaff does a SWOT analysis of the world and comes to sobering conclusions (MindShift, Feb 08) (PDF, 2.8Mb)

• Ancestors of Innovation – Nicola Robins argues that appreciating the inherent innovation of prehistoric organisms could hold the key to climate change (MindShift, Nov 07) (PDF, 200Kb)

• The Business Case for Sustainability: Is it Bad to be Good? – Monica Graaff questions whether it makes business sense to behave ethically (MindShift, Sept 07) (PDF, 650Kb)

• Thoughts on African Leadership – Nicola Robins examines what an African version of inspirational leadership may look like (MindShift, Sept 07) (PDF, 180Kb)

• The Age of Sustainability – Monica Graaff reviews what sustainability means and why it has taken so long for the idea to catch on (MindShift, July 07) (PDF, 405Kb)

• African Incite: Tradition, Resistance and Change – Nicola Robins shares her insight into the valuable tools that African traditions can offer for embracing resistance as a force for change (MindShift, July 07) (PDF, 250Kb)

• Do you Work for a Psychopath? – Jonathon Hanks edits a special feature in which South African thought leaders debate whether the modern corporation is a psychopath (MindShift, May 07) (PDF, 2Mb)

• The Dark Side of Ubuntu – Nicola Robins discusses the use and meaning of "ubuntu" in the workplace (MindShift, May 07) (PDF, 100Kb)

• SA's Most Sustainable Company? – Jonathon Hanks reflects on the challenges and paradoxes of South Africa's "most sustainable" company (MindShift, May 07) (PDF, 500Kb)