Following a sabbatical in New Mexico and British Columbia, I am back at work helping clients shape their futures and delighted to share a few updates. This includes a new visual identity and two recently published RSI Playbooks that reimagine the future with scalable strategies and solutions to impacts of the converging crises of climate change, the economy, technology and social disruptions on individuals, organizations, communities and cities – that can be acted on today and into the future.
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New Visual Identity and Website
Faith Seekings designed a visual identity and yasminglanville website that highlights my provision of world-class future and innovation strategy and implementation advisory services, executive coaching and facilitation services. In my practice, I help leaders, organizations, philanthropists and stakeholder groups to shape, transform and build business, environmental and social resilience. I go to market independently and in collaboration with private and public organizations, associations and NFPs, in North America and abroad.
Reimagined Futures & Action Focused Playbooks
The St James Journey– A Playbook for Climate Change Action in Urban High-Rise Communities
(published March 2022)
The Reimagined Future of Food Security and Climate Resiliency
(published June 2022)
The climate action playbook was part of a 13-month COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION (CCA) project, funded in part by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Developed and led by RETHINK SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES (RSI) in partnership with Dr. Michael Seaman of The New Common in St. James Town, plus a diverse group of corporate and individual sponsors and expert collaborators from the Americas and Europe – complemented with evidence-based research, educational workshops, public forums, knowledge exchanges, mentoring and reports.
MY ROLES
Project Lead, Chief Strategist, Speaker and Co-author.
TEAM
Project and Playbooks partners and collaborators are noted below.
Community Climate Action Project/Playbook Collaborators (Partial List)
Julia Baranovsky, Visual & Graphic Designer | Creative Strategist | Developer
RSI Playbooks designer
Yannick Beaudoin, PhD, Wellbeing Economist, Director Climate Change Nature Positive Solutions (formerly David Suzuki Foundation Economist and Director of Innovation for Ontario)
Philippe Bernier, Vice President, Strategy, Operations, and Sustainability at JLL Canada
Darla Campbell, Associate Sustainability & Asset Management, Dillon Consulting Limited, Chair RETHINK SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
Nigel Etherington, Founding Principal of PLANET&COMPANY (focus: sustainability, renewable energy and technology innovation), RSI Board Director
Kirk Johnson, President, Eco-Efficiency Consulting, Agile Program Design and Delivery
Alexander (Alec) Hay, PhD, Founder & Principal of SOUTHERN HARBOUR LTD (focus: the built environment and infrastructure), and Senior RSI Advisor
Selva Jayan, Community Climate Ambassador, Master’s in Environmental Studies
Wen Li, Zero emissions through data-driven actions and education (Focus: Buildings-Energy Sustainability)
Peter Love, Founder & President, LOVE ENERGY, Board Member of INTERNATIONAL SOLAR SOLUTIONS , a Founding Board Director of RSI
Minsoo Pak, Partner/Principal of EY, Americas Business Reinvention Solutions Owner; Americas Digital and Innovation, Power & Utilities Leader, Certified Futurist
Vivian Patel, Urban Planning and Land Development (formerly: JLL)
Mark Rabin, Founder & CVO, PORTABLE ELECTRIC
Habibur Rahman, PhD, Economist; Local Economic Development, DELTA Family Resource Centre
Michael Seaman, PhD, head of TrinityLife / THE NEW COMMON in St. James Town and an RSI CCA partner 2021-2022 and contributing author and speaker throughout the 2021-2022 project.
Norman Shippee,PhD, Climate Scientist at STANTEC (focus. Climate Trends and Risks on the built environment)
Kevin Michael Smith, PhD, Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark
Joe Tankersley, Writer, Futurist and former Walt Disney Imagineer
Cindy Tse, Manager, Partnership, Community and Stakeholder Engagement (St. James Town Community Corner) at TNO - The Neighbourhood Organization
Madelyn Webb, Climate and Environment Education Specialist
Aidan Grove-White, Vice President at STRATEGYCORP specializing in municipal services, Indigenous consultation and engagement, infrastructure, land use planning, and community outreach
Jenn Olympia Yim, Brand Design and Digital Strategies for RSI and SparkGrowth
FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY Collaborators (partial list)
Yannick Beaudoin, PhD, Wellbeing Economist, Director Climate Change Nature Positive Solutions (formerly David Suzuki Foundation Economist and Director of Innovation for Ontario)
Dihan Chandra, Founder, Managing Director, THE SPENT GOODS COMPANY
Sylvain Charlebois, PhD, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Aka “The Food Professor”
Mike Carter, Founding Director, FIRST GREEN ENERGY LTD,(book focus: Agrivoltaics)
Patrick Gossage, Managing Partner at First Green Energy Ltd, RSI Director
Matt Hammond, PhD, Senior Scientist, Biologist, RSI Advisor
Neil Hetherington, CEO, DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK
Sam Kashani, General Manager, TOO GOOD TO GO
Rod MacRae, PhD, Food Policy Analyst, Associate Professor, YORK UNIVERSITY
Kate McMurray, Education Outreach, certified nutritionist and healthy food systems advocate THE BIG CARROT
Jess Newman, Senior Director of Agriculture and Sustainability at MCCAIN FOODS
Urvil James Villaruel, RSI Digital Communications and Social Media
Tammara Soma, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Research Director and Co-Founder of Food Systems Lab
Kim Zeuli, PhD, Founder & Managing Director at THE FEEDING CITIES GROUP
Gratitude and Opportunity
As we ease into a new season, many thanks to clients and colleagues around the world with whom I've worked in 2021 and 2022, individually and through many of the strategic collaborations noted above.
If you want help in reimagining and shaping the future for yourself and/or your organization to drive and bring your strategic priorities and change goals to life – versus waiting for it to happen – please let me know.
In the meantime, best wishes for a healthy, prosperous and resilient future, starting today!