The Power of Coaching for Sustainability Change Makers, with Kristin Baja

In this episode, we are joined by Climate Resilience Officer for the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), Kristin Baja (‘Baja’). Baja and her colleagues at USDN are change makers to the core, dedicating their lives to some of today’s most critical challenges – namely, climate change, racial equity, and sustainability. With more than 249 local governments and 1,700 practitioners in its network, USDN is a members-led non-profit that continues to grow as these challenges increasingly gain attention on a global scale. Our discussion with Baja centers around a reframing of the way we view ourselves, our communities, our relationship to power, and our planet altogether. We explore how effecting change in a larger-than-life space like Sustainability comes with a unique set of obstacles – and why practitioners in this world have so much to gain from coaching, which offers the adaptability to address those obstacles in a way that meets each individual’s bespoke needs.