Giving Compass' take:

• Conscious Company Media profiles environmental author and philanthropist Lynne Twist, who shares her thoughts on living a life committed to a cause.

• How can we emulate advocates such as Twist? She emphasizes the importance of seeing the possibilities of change in the world and taking action always with empathy in mind.

• In search of fresh ideas about the environment? Check this out.

We get to meet a lot of amazing, powerful leaders in our work here at Conscious Company  —  and yet some people stand out even more from that rarified group.

Lynne Twist is one of those standouts. She’s a rare combination of driven and playful, flexible yet clear. She brings a laser-sharp focus to living her values. She’s relentless in her pursuit of changing the dream of modern society, and it’s not all talk  —  she’s authentic about living it day to day. She sees the core worth of every person she’s with, whether they’re a billionaire or a poor orphan (and she’s spent plenty of time with each). If you’re with her, she’s with you, and she wants to know you.

"I call myself a proactivist," says Twist. "By that I mean an activist for, not against. I’m drawn by a vision. I like to call myself a person who’s living a committed life, a life where my commitments have shaped me  —  commitments that I could never accomplish in my lifetime, ways of being and living that move us all forward. When you’re living a committed life, your own small desires start becoming petty. They move to the background and your commitment wakes you up in the morning and tells you what to wear, who to meet with, why to go here or there."

Read the full article about environmental changemaker Lynne Twist by Rachel Zurer and Meghan French Dunbar at Conscious Company Media, via B the Change.