Stories & Reflections

What started as a simple search for an air fryer turned into an unexpected deep dive into climate literacy, health considerations, and the psychology of decision‑making. This post explores how coping styles, values, and solid information can transform an everyday purchase into an empowering, hope‑based climate action.

Amara is eight years old and she knows the names of clouds. This year the clouds have been wrong. On the other side of the world, a man orders coffee every morning on his way to work. He would have paid twelve cents more. Nobody asked.

Choosing sustainable food can feel overwhelming when affordability, nutrition, and environmental impact pull in different directions. This post explores how health and climate literacy can make everyday choices feel more manageable - and why clear carbon‑footprint labels would empower all of us to shop with confidence.

Hi! 😊. I’m not new to caring about the environment and being concerned about what has been happening environmentally in the world. I’m certainly not new to recycling, having a reusable coffee cup, and doing “what I can” to bring about positive change with regard to these matters. I have been a lifetime hiker, skier, water-sporter (if that’s a word) and from childhood until the end of my undergraduate degree, also a track athlete where much of my training and competition was

There actually is hope for our planet, and I am glad you have found us so you can be part of this community - it is good for you, and good for our world. My name is Debbie Clelland, and I am “The Counsellor Sister” (with the Possible By Design Founder, Lori, being “The Engineer Sister”). I am very proud to be on the Advisory Board at Possible By Design. I have spent my 30-year career in British Columbia, Canada as a Clinical Counsellor and Professor in a Master’s Degree pr

Why we built Possible by Design - and the five questions we're asked most about our origin story.