Visionaries

Solving the world's problems requires vision, and not just one. We want to hear yours. Join our team of leading environmentalists and visionaries by sharing your vision for the future with us. By collecting your ideas, we believe we can channel our collective energy into action.

Featured Interview

Michael Pollan On How to Redefine Food

Michael Pollan is the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, named by The New York Times as one of the top-five nonfiction books of 2006. In his book, he explains how our food not only affects our health, but has far-reaching political, economic, and environmental implications. Michael Pollan is the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley and contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. Check out his more-recently released book, In Defense of Food.

1. In an ‘open letter’ to the new president that was published in The New York Times, you wrote your own advice on food policy. Do you think anyone in the Obama administration read it?

I’ve been gratified to see the ideas...

Visions

Vision Statement for the Planet in 2050

By Ajay Bhave,Anand Deshmukh,Jana Timm,Jessica Jewell,Silvia Ceausu,Wayne Pan

We are a diverse group and we envision a diverse world. Although we are outlining a vision for 2050, we are aware that places in the world will look very different based on history, culture, and perspectives. Our vision attempts to outline some guiding principles, values, and hopes and aspirations, but in no way do we envision a homogenous utopia. We believe, and we hope, that these principles will manifest themselves in diverse ways in...

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Other Visionaries

Envisioning a sustainable world

Robert Costanza

As ecological, economic, and social crises deepen, human societies are seeking new designs for a sustainable and desirable world. Although it is widely recognized that isolated initiatives will not form an adequate response to our interconnected...

Designing the Future of the Earth Co-operatively.