ENERGY
Updates: Energy
Clean and Renewable Energy News and systems upgrades: July 11–17, 2026 The energy transition is moving from renewable generation toward complete clean-power systems. The week’s […]
Year: 2026
Interviews
World Renown Ecologist, Allan Savory on Holistic Management
There have always been individuals in all parts of the world that have realized that something was wrong with the way things were going. […]
Democracy
FOOD
Updates: Food Systems
Food Production, Precision Fermentation and Plant Proteins News and systems upgrades: July 11–17, 2026 Food innovation is moving from isolated products toward diversified production […]
INSIGHTS
When News Isn’t News
The formula for successful entertainment is short and sweet… conflict. Without conflict movies and television would have no viewers. By Michael Caporale When news […]
CIRCULARITY PRODUCTION
The Benefits of Circularity and Whole System Design
Circularity and Whole-System Design What is wrong? The dominant economy remains based on extraction, short product lifespans, excessive consumption and disposal. Waste is treated as […]
Democracy
Enabling Personal and Digital Democracy
Transforming Towards Personal and Digital Democracy What is wrong? Democratic participation is often limited to elections, while major public and technological decisions are made without […]
ENERGY
Towards Affordable and Renewable Clean Energy Systems
Transforming Towards Clean and Renewable Energy What is wrong? Energy systems remain centralized, polluting and vulnerable to price volatility, supply disruptions and extreme weather. Communities […]
I.C.T.
Enabling Media, Communications, Technology for Public Service
Transforming Information and Communications Technology and Cybersecurity for Public Service What is wrong? Essential digital infrastructure is increasingly controlled by a small number of corporations. […]
Designing for Life
Introduction: Transforming from fragmented solutions to whole system design
From Fragmented Solutions to Whole-System Change Discussion Why existing institutions struggle with interconnected challenges Why single-sector solutions often create unintended consequences How local action can […]
FTS PUBLIC AND PLANETARY HEALTH
Improving Public and Planetary Health
What is wrong? Health systems frequently treat illness after it occurs while overlooking the environmental, economic and social conditions that create poor health. Air, water, […]
Economics
Transforming Towards: Ethical Finance
What is wrong? Finance is commonly designed around maximizing short-term financial returns rather than supporting human well-being, resilient communities and a healthy planet. Money often […]
SMARTER CITIES
Enabling Smarter Cities and Communities
What is wrong? Cities are often managed through separate agencies, disconnected plans and outdated infrastructure. Technology may be added without improving affordability, public health, access, […]
FOOD
Enabling healthier Food Production and Distribution
What is wrong? Food systems are concentrated, resource-intensive and dependent on long, vulnerable supply chains. Farmers often receive too little, consumers pay too much, healthy […]
Design for Life
Transforming Food Production and Distribution
Transforming Food Production and Distribution What is wrong? Food systems are concentrated, resource-intensive and dependent on long, vulnerable supply chains. Farmers often receive too little, […]
The Latest
Communities Are Beginning to Set the Terms for AI
The physical infrastructure behind AI has become a major community issue. Governments and municipalities are restricting data-center construction because of concerns about electricity prices, water […]
The Latest
The Strait of Hormuz Is No Longer Just an Oil Story
The renewed disruption around the Strait of Hormuz is the most consequential whole-system story right now. It affects oil and gas supplies, shipping insurance, diesel, […]
The Latest
Brewing a New Food System
The big picture: For thousands of years, producing milk, eggs and meat proteins required raising animals. Precision fermentation changes that equation. By programming microorganisms to […]
The Latest
How Innovators are taking on Big Tech
The New Digital Independence Movement How innovators worldwide are taking on Big Tech—and building technology that serves people instead of controlling them The big picture: Around […]
ENERGY
Renewable Power Is Growing Faster Than Ever.
Now the World Must Upgrade the Systems Around It. Solar and wind are transforming global electricity generation—but grids, financing and access must advance just as […]
Uncategorized
NEWS WITHOUT THE NOISE
AT A GLANCE DAILY PRESSURE POINTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health: People & Planet
The Core Signal: Coverage: July 4–10, 2026 Health risks are increasingly being generated by conditions outside clinical care. This week, extreme heat strained communities and […]
Uncategorized
What If Humanity Designed Its Systems Around the Laws of Nature?
Nature already knows how to sustain life. Forests do not create landfills. Rivers do not ask permission to cooperate. Soil does not grow health by […]
A matter of fact
Democratic Socialism is NOT communism
That does not mean the two ideas have no historical relationship. Both emerged from critiques of capitalism, inequality, exploitation, and concentrated wealth. But they are […]
A matter of fact
The Conference needs a reboot–and redesign
The Summit System That Must Connect Negotiation to Daily Life Global climate events matter because the climate crisis is planetary. Governments, institutions, scientists, advocates, businesses, […]