Why I'm Launching The Understory
And what you can do to support me
I’ve become convinced that there are two ways of building the scale of response needed to reverse the breakdown of our living planet 🔥🌏:
Informing and empowering masses of people to take action, and
Supporting those with agency and influence to make different decisions.
In surveying the landscape of other sustainability-centred newsletters, there were many of the former and few of the latter. So here we go.
The Understory inspires leaders to act on the courage of their convictions in defense of the living planet and those who inhabit it.
Great change can come from unsettling pursuits. My goal with The Understory is to inform the decisions of private and public sector leadership in these and other roles while deepening personal connections and commitments to sustainability. Each issue proposes unsettling questions and connects the letters, notes, essays, books, and speeches from great minds in management science, philosophy, literature, sociology, psychology, and the natural sciences with our present moment and desired future.
If you've already subscribed, I send a huge personal thanks 🌏. That means the world to me. Subscribing to the publication is free and incredibly simple. I’d also welcome your help in spreading the word to colleagues and friends who you think might be interested.
With gratitude,
Adam Lerner
More About The Understory
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You're always doing such interesting things, Adam! I look forward to reading The Understory and learning from the questions and insights you share. Thank you!
Adam, huge congratulations on launching this exciting initiative. I am excited about the opportunity that others will have to experience your insights, your capacity for illuminating connections and possibilities as well as your heart, deep caring for people this planet and our collective future.