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

Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom on Why Climate Change Solutions Work Best When They're Local

By Christina Asquith

1. Dr. Ostrom, congratulations on your award. Thank you for taking the time to talk to Solutions. The Nobel judges cited your work as challenging the conventional wisdom that there are only two options when managing resources: for the state to be in charge or privatization. You’re credited with showing how the solution more often lies within the local community and that individuals can and do cooperate and share scarce resources. Tell us: when and where did you first begin to notice that this was the case?

I got started doing my dissertation on groundwater in the early 1960s and didn’t know I was studying the tragedy of the commons. I saw a very tough problem of groundwater management slowly but surely being worked through. I went on to study...

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.