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Taking Back Power: Public Power as a Vehicle Towards Energy Democracy

by Johanna Bozuwa

How can public ownership of electric utilities help build towards energy democracy? read more
Environment & Energy
A blue globe with solar panels and windmills and forests on its edges floats in a pink sky

Episode 7: Why Climate Change Necessitates System Change w/Gus Speth

by Adam Simpson, Gus Speth

Environmental leader James Gustave Speth joins the Next System Podcast to discuss his own journey toward system change as well as the past, present, and future of the environmental movement. read more
Environment & Energy Movement Strategy & History
Aerial photo of many flooded houses in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.

After the Storms: Defeating Trumpism, Rebuilding America

by Gar Alperovitz, Ted Howard

White supremacists in the streets. Climate catastrophe unfolding on our coastlines. America is broken—how are we going to rebuild it? read more
Movement Strategy & History Race & Ethnicity Environment & Energy
A blue and green sphere hangs in space, the sphere is divided down the middle with a human face on the left, a world on fire on the right.

Episode 5: Toward Climate Justice w/ Jacqueline Patterson & Basav Sen

by Jacqueline Patterson, Basav Sen, Adam Simpson

The NAACP’s Jacqueline Patterson and IPS’ Basav Sen define and discuss climate justice on the Next System Podcast. read more
Environment & Energy Race & Ethnicity
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Episode 3: Carbon tax & Social Dividends w/ Jeremiah Lowery & Camila Thorndike

by Jeremiah Lowery, Adam Simpson, Carla Skandier, Camila Thorndike

Can tax and dividend strategy simultaneously combat inequality and climate change? read more
Environment & Energy Community & Place

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A delicious donut with pink frosting is used to depict the basics of Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' model.

Episode 2: Kate Raworth on ‘Doughnut Economics’

by Adam Simpson, Kate Raworth

How can a doughnut help us understand what outdated economic narratives leave out, and help us build the economics we need for the 21st century? read more
Environment & Energy Health & Wellbeing Public Planning Community & Place Gender & Sexuality
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Ep. 1: Gar Alperovitz & Gus Speth on the Next System

by Adam Simpson, Gus Speth, Gar Alperovitz

NSP Co-Chairs discuss the current political context and the pathways toward transformation. read more
Democracy & Governance Environment & Energy Movement Strategy & History

Economic Growth

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is growth a challenging problem? How Would the Pluralist Commonwealth Manage Growth? Where can we see on the ground efforts to tackle the growth question today? read more
Environment & Energy Public Planning

Climate Change

by Gar Alperovitz

What are the challenges presented by global climate change? How does the Pluralist Commonwealth tackle ecological threats such as climate change? What are some promising on the ground developments that point toward an ecologically sustainable Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
Environment & Energy