Columns and Features
Help Promote the New Worldchanging Book
It's been seven years in the making, but the new Worldchanging book is finally here. Now we need...
Worldchanging 2.0: Abuzz with New Solutions
The future of green is orange: within the 600 pages of the new Worldchanging book, you'll find the...
Urban Futures Speaker, Alex Steffen
Looking for a speaker for your upcoming conference, meeting or lecture series? Alex Steffen (Worldchanging's co-founder and...
Future City Videos
As promised, here is the video footage from our recent Future City event. Thank you to Seattle Event...
Future City: Seattle on the Threshold
In preparation for our Future City event this Friday, we're comparing progress towards urban sustainability in Portland and...
Future City: Portland & Networked Urban Sustainability
In preparation for our Future City event this Friday, we're comparing progress towards urban sustainability in Portland and Seattle. When cities first stepped up as leaders in climate action, a few simple projects would get you noticed. For a good...
Sustainability Speaker, Alex Steffen
Alex Steffen (Worldchanging's co-founder and editor, for those just joining us) is well known as a writer, editor and blogger, but he also is a popular public speaker, giving many talks a year at leading companies (including Nike, IDEO...
Bright Green Cities Speaker, Alex Steffen
Looking for a speaker for your upcoming conference, meeting or lecture series? Alex Steffen (Worldchanging's co-founder and editor, for those just joining us) is well known as a writer, editor and blogger, but he also is a popular public...
The Most Important Political Battle of the Year: No on Proposition 23
It may be the most important political fight on the planet, this fall: the battle over California Proposition 23. Baldly put, Prop 23 is the epitome of anti-climate reactionary politics in America. An astroturf effort financed by oil companies and...
A Week of Biking Joyously: An American Delegation Learns from the Dutch
On a fact-finding mission to the Netherlands, a delegation of California public officials marvel at the promise of bicycles for 21st Century transportation I joined a team of latter-day explorers in the Netherlands this month on a quest to discover...
HafenCity: A Case Study on Future-Adaptive Urban Development
Cities need to plan for the future now by developing infrastructure and communities that make them resilient, rugged and adaptable to planetary changes. Coastal cities are particularly vulnerable to increased flooding from larger storm surges and sea level rise. And...
Collaborative Democracy: Beth Noveck on Reengineering Civic Life
The following are remixed highlights of Beth Noveck's talk "Transparent Government" that she gave as part of the Long Now Foundation's Seminars about Long-Term Thinking. As with Noveck's original talk, these highlights, as remixed by Hassan Masum, are made available...
Austin's Energy Conservation Gem: A Worldchanging Interview with Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins has been an environmental activist and consumer advocate since 1977. He has worked on many issues related to the environment, including clean energy, recycling, and air pollution. He is currently based in Austin, Texas, where he publishes, and...
The Next US Climate Strategy: Celebrate the EPA
I have a few thoughts about what's next for climate action in the U.S. In the wake of yesterday's devastating announcement that the U.S. Senate will not be advancing a climate bill, of any kind, there's been a crash of...
Ethan Zuckerman on Global Media
Global media thinker, writer and former Worldchanging board chair Ethan Zuckerman just gave a TED talk on the importance of seeking out global information in order to be better able to think about global issues: Way to go, Ethan! Below...
