The Big Picture
The Great Transition: Mobility
Mobility Is Not a Car Payment The big picture: A transportation system should help people reach what they need: work, school, food, health care, family, […]
Design for Life
DESIGN FOR LIFE: HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
The Case for a World that Works for All
Human rights through whole-systems change: Restoring the health of people and planet Reality Check: We stand at a turning point in human history. The systems […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR HUMANITY
THE CASE FOR A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM FOR HUMANITY How to create the future when the world is upside down What happens when the systems […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: MEDIA & STORY TELLING
A NEW MEDIA ECOSYSTEM
Helping people see the world as it is — and what it can become What happens when the systems responsible for informing the public no […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FINANCE
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FINANCE
Transformed: Ethical Finance
THE CASE FOR A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM From extracting wealth to financing life, opportunity and shared prosperity What if we redesigned our financial system to […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
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 […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: 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 […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
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 […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FINANCE
From Public Transportation to Public Mobility
Why have we designed society so that millions of people must privately purchase an expensive machine simply to participate in daily life? The alternative […]
CIRCULAR DESIGN
Transforming Production: From extractive to circular design
THE CASE FOR A NEW MATERIALS AND RESOURCES SYSTEM From extraction, exploitation and dispossession to regeneration, shared prosperity and community ownership What if we redesigned […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FOOD
Transformed Health Systems
From managing sickness to creating health The future is ours to shape. Imagine a world where: Healthy choices are accessible, not privileges. Communities help identify […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FOOD
Bring Food Power Home
The big idea: The future of food should not be reduced to “buy local.” It should be about who owns the farms, processing, logistics, technology, intellectual property, […]
DESIGN FOR LIFE: FOOD
The Great Transition: Food
From Food Bureaucracy to Food Systems That Serve Life The big picture: The food system most people rely on was built around centralized control: industrial […]
Design for Life
Reimagining Media as a Solutions-Focused Commons
A Bridge to the Future. Media as a Public Service Media was built to report what happened. Today, change is constant—and that’s not enough. Goal: […]
Democracy
For real transition, small businesses must participate
The Small Business Transition Climate and sustainability coverage often focuses on governments, global corporations, investors, and major infrastructure. But most communities are held together by […]
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Participatory Democracy: It’s up to all of us
Democracy Is Not Just Voting. It Is Participation Design Digital Democracy That Actually Works Democracy coverage is usually dominated by elections, polarization, disinformation, authoritarianism, and […]
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What if life actually worked for all of us
Note: The hopes and dreams of those who are no longer with us reside in our hearts. The hopes and dreams of current and future […]
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Clean and Renewable Energy
How do we restore energy systems so they are clean, reliable, affordable, locally beneficial, democratically accountable, and designed to improve quality of life for everyone? […]
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Ethical Finance
From Extractive Economics to Health-Creating Economies How can residents, businesses, hospitals, universities, foundations, investors, banks, and local governments move money in ways that restore health, […]