"I really think that first conversation about thebirdsandthebees opened the door for her to feel that she can come talk to me about anything, " says Ms. Estes.
The small-but-steady approach of birds, bees, and ants offers a better model for changing human behavior than the hop-to-it top-down model used by many companies and governments.
Architect Igor De Vetyemy thinks Rio is suppressing its urge to talk about what birds do, bees do, and in the words of Cole Porter, even educated fleas do.