WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 027 | July 1, 2026 Through The Willows Lessons from the Long Haul The willow arms stretched low toward the ground. It was late spring in Alaska, and the thinnest branches held the shape of a heavy winter, curved as if the weight of all that snow was still there. Buds had reached their second stage of growth, sides slowly splitting to reveal tightly wound green leaves. To us...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 026 | June 17, 2026 What Returning Makes Possible Lessons from the Long Haul My desk was cleared, everything in its place: Moleskine notebook, Sarasa pen, quiet keyboard, a blank Google doc glowing on the screen. All the tools were there. No words came. I shifted the desk to standing height. Still nothing. My attention drifted instead to the squirrel hopping along the...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 025 | June 3, 2026 In the Slow Making Lessons from the Long Haul The bar of ivory soap felt waxy in my fingers as I peeled back the paper. It was big enough to need two hands. Along our little row at the laminate table, each of us had set our soaps in front of us. Also at the table, in a chair sized for adults, was an Elder from up north who was showing us how to carve. He...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 024 | May 20, 2026 A Pause, A Laugh, A Bond Lessons from the Long Haul A shadow shifted in the dark corner of the downstairs living room. Imperceptible at first. Then it grew, emerging from the recesses of the stairwell, low to the ground. The light caught dark spikey strands rippling with each slouching movement. A flattened snout. Hollow eye slits. The first cousin to...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 023 | May 6, 2026 Time Builds Something Real Lessons from the Long Haul The first frost had come overnight. I remember the white film across the grass along the driveway, the weight of my metal lunch pail, white with a blue rim and smiley-faced bears friends crowded together in yellow and pink and orange and blue. My mother drove my sister and me across town and through the...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 022 | April 22, 2026 The Departure Board Read TBD Lessons from the Long Haul The corners of the windows kept filling with snow, building to the same point before the wind took it all away and started again. Standing inside the former juvenile detention center, now a guesthouse, our group had the place to ourselves. It was impossible to tell whether it was actually snowing or...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 021 | April 8, 2026 What Gathering Makes Possible Lessons from the Long Haul The phone call was always brief. "Come get some moose soup," my tsook'al (grandmother) would say, or "I baked bread." The click of her hanging up echoed in my ear before I could respond. Even as a young child, I understood: get over there quickly. There might be cinnamon rolls. Three blocks separated...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 020 | March 25, 2026 Tending What Grows Lessons from the Long Haul Something caught my eye just left of my shoulder. A canoe-shaped flash of green sailed through the air before landing softly in the dark soil a few feet ahead of me. I spun around. No one there. But I wasn't alone. The garden row stretched fifteen feet end to end, just enough space to disappear into if you...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 019 | March 11, 2026 Your Day, Your Way Forward Lessons from the Long Haul The reflected light in my office suddenly dims to a deep charcoal around 3:30 pm in January. Not dark yet, but changed enough to reach for the lamp. The inbox has quieted, east coast colleagues logged off, and the little red notification bubbles finally still. And there, on the sticky note beside my...
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