Most people are aware of bad things happening, but they think it’s someone else’s fault, and someone else’s responsibility to do something about them. And they are not always wrong. Mass consumer behavior is designed and engineered to support over-consumption. But the problems of micro plastics, PFAS, and other toxic wastes are created by industries trying to sell us things… Read more →
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Conclusions: A Foot in Two Worlds
Driving around in small-town America, it’s hard to imagine that this all could collapse. The momentum of modern culture is enormous. But as Buckminster Fuller reminded us, there is often a trimtab that can enable the giant rudder to alter the course of a large ship, and if we know how to move that trimtab we can eventually change the… Read more →
Chapter 6: Rethinking the Economy: From Extraction to Regeneration
The economy as we know it is not a law of nature. It is a human construct, based on a set of assumptions, incentives, and institutions that have evolved over time. Yet today, these assumptions no longer serve the wellbeing of humanity or the living systems on which all life depends. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality converge… Read more →
Preface: Our Journey (original)
Our journey has taken us to many places over the course of our remarkable lifetimes. Over the last dozen years, our focus has been on solutions to the climate crisis and to the accelerating loss of biodiversity, which may prove to be more harmful to us in the short run. In 2012, following Superstorm Sandy, we established the Center for… Read more →