Chapter 3

A personal story

The author’s journey to now

This chapter provides context for the reader, explaining the author’s journey into the subject of sustainability and his decision to become an advocate for the SDGs and to chair a branch of UNA dedicated to this purpose.

Why I wrote this chapter

I’ve taken a bit of a liberty with this chapter by writing a short biography about myself. It’s not that I want to blow my own trumpet or make this book a personal affair. I just think it’s relevant for you to know a bit about my life at headline level in so far as it is relevant to the SDGs.

We all have our own personal stories to tell and by telling you how I came to be writing this book, I want to encourage you to write the headlines of your own ...

Get Designing the Purposeful World now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.