In early 2007, Sally MacKinnon, one of the Ethos Foundation’s founding team and former Ethos executive officer, decided to step back from some of the frontline sustainability activity she had undertaken for over 15 years and have a break. She spent a lot of time sitting on the verandah of her old Queenslander home drinking tea, listening to the wind and watching the shadows and light shift through nearby trees and forest. After some time in relative stillness and solitude, she began to write for herself, something she had longed to do since early primary school. She found her voice through poetry, short personal essays and finally discussion papers and she now integrates creativity throughout her life as a wellspring of personal sustainability and nourishment.
 A selection of Sally’s writing is provided here in these three genres.