Integral North

I so agree!

It’s Time For Commercial Landlords and Cities to Face the Music Op-ed: Big corporate tenants are in the past. As our downtowns hollow out, investing in small, local businesses is the only realistic path forward.

"If you do the job in a principled way, with diligence, energy and patience, if you keep yourself free of distractions, and keep the spirit inside you undamaged, as if you might have to give it back at any moment- If you can embrace this without fear or expectation-can find fulfillment in what you're doing now, as Nature intended, and in superhuman truthfulness (every word, every utterance)-then your life will be happy. No one can prevent that.

Marcus Aurelius- Meditations 3.12

This is a very interesting article. At United Way East Ontario, we are very big on "Collective Impact" as a strategy or process for achieving lasting change. I wonder how different this approach is?

Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy - FSG Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the broader ecosystem of stakeholders necessary to sustain lasting change.