ISSUE 2 KEEPING IT TOGETHER 
Conducive knows our readers want to create a purposeful, sustainable life, but face numerous challenges. That’s why it’s so important to find ways to overcome those obstacles and continue on. In this issue we launch our new section “Keeping it Together” to provide tips, explore ideas, and get your feedback on how activists, organizations, and movements can survive and thrive during these hard times.
The Little Guide to Beating Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Writer’s Blocks
BY HILLARY RETTIG
So you have a goal in life, a mission, and a strategy. Then you execute it and sail toward complete success. Right? Probably not. At some point stress, exhaustion, and even burnout can bring your project down. But, you can reel it in. Hillary Rettig argues that what prevents ambitious and idealistic people from achieving their goals are fears not of failure, but of success and change, which can lead to procrastination and life compromises. Read her solutions to these common problems.
Be a Lifelong Activist
BY NATALIE CHEROT
Conducive sounds off with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way. If you are tired and overworked, she has a plan for you.
Stop the Burnout! 20 Tips to Help You Fundraise for the Long Haul
BY MANISH VAIDYA
Fundraising is already difficult, let alone during a recession. How to fundraise during these hard times and meet goals without getting burned out? Program & Development Coordinator for the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) Manish Vaidya offers some tips.
How Do YOU Keep it Together?
Innovation is not the sole propriety of the experts. Grassroots tried and true solutions are abound. Tell us how YOU keep it together.
Departments
THINK TANK
Drowning in the Shallow End: Third Wave Feminism
BY HEATHER TIRADO GILLIGAN
In the 1990s a new generation of women heralded the dawn of a new feminist era. But did this “third wave” advance or co-opt the feminist movement? Heather Tirado Gilligan explores this question through interviews with feminist writers, scholars, and activists.
Video documentary Sisters of ‘77
SPACE STYLE DIALOGUES
Special Report Fall Womenswear Trend Alert
BY L.A. CORRALEZ
Many of us would like to be green and socially responsible shoppers, but it can be hard to know which labels are really practicing these values. L.A. Corralez helps comb through this perplexity, keeping us in touch with what’s in style and how to make it green and socially responsible.
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