Catalyzing hope-filled climate action with regeneration as the goal (versus net-zero, sustainability etc) in and through elementary and secondary schools. I am after systems change surrounding schools - I see the potential, and am pretty motivated (fixated, obsessed??!!) with trying to drive this.

Leading this work - trying to build the movement, build a community of practice. There seem to be very few in the K-12 sector who are even pursuing more modest environmental / climate action. I keep thinking I will discover people who are already all over this, and yet I am not (save a tiny pocket here or there, I did just discover someone working on this in Singapore...), after researching and building this work since 2018.

I will take it as far as I can to redefine the goalposts for sustainability and climate action in the K12 sector - to reframe towards a solutions orientation and a focus on regeneration as the ideal 'end state'. I believe the real potential is the "contagious" aspect of the idea of regeneration and hope - and the potential of schools to connect parents, grandparents, the community at large with these ideas.

Continually balancing self care, keeping my equanimity and hope in the face of the deepening crises we are all facing.

Really excited about this program and deepening my ability to understand and facilitiate/lead systems change, related to all the points above.
Communication - particularly public speaking in larger settings. I need to be able to bring our work to groups, share lessons learned and find ways to inspire and motivate folks to consider shift their mindsets.
I am also growing as an entrpreneur - I have started this organization, just received charitable status, adding programs and offerings all focused on our mission. Lots of variables to manage, it is a huge challenge.

Personal commitment in energy, time, and money throughout my career (see #7).
Starting and running this organization has been all-consuming, with significant sacrifice of time, money and psychic space.

I have had a varied career, and it feels like everything I have done has led me to be able to do what I am now doing. From my very mainstream business degree in the '80s, my corporate work in strategy and organizational development, to my M. Ed in the early 00's where I formalized and deepened this work in adult learning and organizational change. Peter Senge and Peter Block continue to stand out amongst all whose work I studied. In this first phase of my career I was varied from roles in leadership, roles as in-house consultant and then also in private practices as a consultant in leadership, strategy and organizational change. I then became the lead administrator at an independent school for 10 years, where I led all kinds of changes, always trying to take a systems approach. This work was incredibly hard, and rewarding -- an intensive case study and test of my ability to apply all my learning from the first part of my career. The school was a Waldorf School, so I became immersed in the work of Rudolf Steiner and others in the anthroposophical movement.
In the most recent phase of my career, I have become immersed in the climate movement. What really captivated my interest was the work of Jason McLennan and all at the ILFI. I received my Living Future Accreditation in 2019, and have been building a movement towards regeneration in schools since 2018. I also did the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in 2019. Our current program with schools is building on the work of Brian Dunbar et al who developed the Whole School Sustainability Framework in 2012, Dr. Elin Kelsey and work on evidence-based hope, and Dr. Ellen Field who is researching and teaching climate change education.
I have been following Paul Hawken for many years, and use his work all the time, I have also followed Damon Gameau's approach to trying to create a movement around regeneration - a film maker and story teller, he is brilliant. See the movie 2040, or his TedTalk on Retelling the Story of Humans and Nature.
I appreciated the book Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency by Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn.
I have followed Bill Reed/Regenesis for a couple of years, your work is very much aligned with my work and continued learning. I worked with Bill a little last summer, and hope to continue to engage Bill and others from Regenesis in our work. Recently Roman Kryznaric (The Good Ancestor) and Kate Raworth (Donut Economics) have also inspired me. (I learned they are partners in life too - thought that was amazing!).

This question caught me. I don't have an answer at the ready. I believe we have very much become disconnected from our "kin" in nature. Taking the inspiration of someone a couple of years ago, I have started talking about "the rest of nature". We don't seem to understand our role in facilitating health and thriving for our species, the way other species do. I think humans have the power and potential to "create the conditions conducive to life" as Janine Benyus so eloquently described, but so many have lost their way in this regard. My choice 30+ years ago to enrol my children in a Waldorf school (and then I worked at it for 10 years!) speaks to my commitment to try rebuild this relationship with the rest of nature. I can still distinctly remember a kindergarten teacher at my first visit to the school in 1994 saying "how can we expect our children to save the earth if they don't have a relationship with it?". She went on to teach all of my children, and became a friend and colleague. And her words stay with me to this day.
I am going to hit "submit" but will stew on this question some more! Thank you!