In order to take a stand, you need to make a stand. Who’s the first to get off their duff, and who’s the next up, right beside them? All too often our Environmental faiths have followed the same destructive paths as religious wars— attempting to worship green deities, yet ultimately producing competing warships (land trusts, riparian conservancies, habitat preserves, ..). We end up standing on one leg, protecting the crown jewel while neglecting our urban and rural battlefields. We aim to conquer instead of concur, distilling regional socio-economic complexities instead of instilling locally-grown confidence and competence.
Green Leadership must avoid fierce civility and chronic niceness. When something is planted, something else is supplanted. Keep Conservation Leadership on terra firma by vigorously championing local enviro challenges and cultivating a field of green leaders, serving throughout our vast and varied environmental field.
Stay thirsty!
As usual, some parting humor by our neighbor ThickShakespeare:
Ponce de Leon: “Dear Sire, can you kindly direct me towards the Fountain of Vermouth?”
Villager: (Chuckling): ‘You must be referring to the elusive Fountain of Youth’..
Ponce: “Many thanks, but it was Youth that drove me to drink in the first place!”
August 2025
‘Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.’ George Herman Ruth
Our world is chock full of cruel, merciless and ruthless people. Show compassion towards the misery of others, and utilize your leadership wisely. Don’t be afraid to step up to the plate and swing away! ‘Da more Ruth, ‘da betta!
Whatever happens, stay thirsty! Www.tonic-water.org
Newest humor from our resident contributor Thickshakespear:
”Sir, why is it that you have placed a mushroom in your cereal bowl of Wheaties?”
’Well madam, you should know that it is the breakfast of champignons..!’
July 2025
Black & White can be quite colorful, perhaps even dazzling. Colorful, mindful Enviro Leaders are full of it! Grasp, reach, stretch, extend.. brush off the rockets red glare of ignorance, and display your independence with vivid green leadership fireworks! Whatever happens, stay thirsty! Www.tonic-water.org
Summertime greetings from our pal Thickshakespear:
‘Dear Sir, what was it that the dyslexic worm was heard saying to that voracious largemouth bass?’
”Well madam, what I recall the creature saying was ‘Oh carp!!’
In order to take a stand, you need to make a stand. Who’s the first to get off their duff, and who’s the next up, right beside them? All too often our Environmental faiths have followed the same destructive paths as religious wars— attempting to worship green deities, yet ultimately producing competing warships (land trusts, riparian conservancies, habitat preserves, ..). We end up standing on one leg, protecting the crown jewel while neglecting our urban and rural battlefields. We aim to conquer instead of concur, distilling regional socio-economic complexities instead of instilling locally-grown confidence and competence.
Green Leadership must avoid fierce civility and chronic niceness. When something is planted, something else is supplanted. Keep Conservation Leadership on terra firma by vigorously championing local enviro challenges and cultivating a field of green leaders, serving throughout our vast and varied environmental field.
Stay thirsty!
As usual, some parting humor by our neighbor ThickShakespeare:
Ponce de Leon: “Dear Sire, can you kindly direct me towards the Fountain of Vermouth?”
Villager: (Chuckling): ‘You must be referring to the elusive Fountain of Youth’..
Ponce: “Many thanks, but it was Youth that drove me to drink in the first place!”
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
Things you should never have to pay for:
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
Cooperatives exist in order to meet local energy needs by pooling resources, delineating service areas and by being ‘utilitarian’—effective and pragmatic functioning of a service community. Unlike the warlords in a Mad Max energy wasteland, we try to promote sensibility and practicality via community kinetic conveyance.
It boils down to a choice between conduits and ‘can-do-its’… the executioner within you is waiting… www.tonic-water.org Whatever happens, stay thirsty!
What does our dear friend Thickshakespeare have to share this week:
"My dear lady, what was it that our roadside fish monger was heard saying to that starving street magician?"
'Well Sir, I truly believe I heard him clamor “..pick a cod, any cod…”
Things you should never have to pay for:
Things you should never have to pay for:
*Cheap sunglasses*Toothpicks*Covid masks*Pens *Lip balm*Paper Clips*Mistakes
A quick caveat about this last one-- if you’re not making mistakes, then perhaps you’re already paying the ultimate price of timidity. Enviro Leaders can’t afford to dawdle—expect to flip, flop and flounder, or at least vacillate until you build up the courage to fail at least once per day. Recall your days’ falters while brushing your teeth at night and smile while foaming from the mouth. Consider it to be your mental flossing of menial miscues--Gargle, swish, spit and then repeat. Whatever happens, stay thirsty! www.tonic-water.org
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At long last, April humor from our uncle Thickshakespear:
Magellan the Explorer sailed up the Oregonian coast and sought respite at the Tourist Information office.
"Can you direct me towards the Gulf of Mexico?" , he asks.
The Information desk lady scratches her head and politely responds,..
"Hmmm.. Can you be a bit more Pacific??"
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
What’s brewing within our Green Leadership ranks?
Pass on the ultra-light approaches that are diluted and tasteless. Skip the skunky side dishes; step up, stand tall and order an imperial Leadership Elixir!
Initiate discussions…
Partake in thought processes..
Accentuate strategies & directives… IPA!!!
Whatever happens, stay thirsty!
Happy hour from our drinking pal ThickshakeSpear:
’My fellow citizen—in times of such economic and political turmoil, why is it that I find you constantly at this pub?’
”Well Sire, I’m doing my best at staying at the table and practicing my daily Litreship skills…”
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
Lastly, some funny fireworks from our Chief Humorist Thickshake Spear:
Customer in the footwear store:
“Sir, the number of flies in here is atrocious! Why don’t you shoo them away?”
Sales Rep: ‘Unfortunately, Madam, that won’t work. They will just return tomorrow for a different style and color..’
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
Enviro Leadership aims for sturdiness and solidity in an often unstable atmosphere--how do we pick up the sticks and put them together??
What’s brewing within our Green Leadership ranks?
Pass on the ultra-light approaches that are diluted and rather tasteless. Skip the spunky side dishes—step up, stand tall and and order an imperial leadership elixir: Initiate discussions… Partake in thought processes… Accentuate strategies & directives… IPA
Whatever happens, stay thirsty!
Happy hour from our drinking buddy ThickshakeSpear:
’My fellow citizen— in times of such economic and political turmoil, why is it that I find you constantly at this pub??’
’Well Sir, I’m doing my best at staying at the table and practicing my daily Litreship skills..”
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!
Willfully ignorant leaders may be obviously obtuse, so let us try another angle… there’s no need to be right from the get-go, but at least show some sensitivity along with a true, acute desire towards environmental intensity! Aim not for forced work, but an ultimate workforce!!
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025:
Where’s the control switch within your team connections? Are surges in your ideas and energy commonly protected or turned off? Who is the powerful one, and how do we fuse spurts of ingenuity throughout our transmission lines?
We are scared to death of throwing caution to the wind. We tremble at the mere thought of doing anything unscripted or unauthorized. We ignore the dynamic perplexity that humans are made of, switch to auto pilot whenever possible, and unintentionally bake bodies of tumult. It’s due time to bring on more ado about something!
Disheartened Pessimist: 'We're gonna get beat; scrambled, poached, whisked away, devoured..'
What’s up 2025?
Being an environmental leader is more complicated than tossing a salad or flinging toppings onto a pizza. Yet at last count, a shocking 32% of environmental and conservation organizations are content with their current conventional approach to program implementation—a ‘burger and fries’ approach that is not only mass-produced but delivers your sub-standard automated response. For the other 68%, there is still hope, but I hope it’s more than putting cheese on that burger!
“I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in…”— Kenny Rodgers and the First Edition
Is it possible that some of your networking efforts have inadvertently produced not simply links, but chains of refrain or areas of off-limits? Enviro Leadership through Tonic Water emphasizes some of the same leadership traits delineated in The Leadership Challenge: Model, Inspire, Challenge, Enable--it is these Mighty MICE, when immersed in valued nature & culture, that produce superhuman powers of thought, action and possibility. So what are we waiting for--come and save the day!! www.tonic-water.org Stay thirsty!