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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

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Investment

Investment

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is investment in the current system fundamentally undemocratic and unsustainable? How would a Pluralist Commonwealth democratize investment? Where is investment managed in more democratic directions today? read more
Public Planning Democracy & Governance

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Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth: Introduction

by Gar Alperovitz

If the design of corporate capitalism is unable to sustain values of equality, genuine democracy, liberty, and ecological sustainability as a matter of inherent systemic architecture, what systemic ‘design’ might ultimately achieve and sustain these values? read more
Community & Place Democratic Ownership Democracy & Governance

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Ecological Sustainability

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is pluralism necessary to guarantee ecologically sustainable ends? What are the key strategies for environmental protection in the Pluralist Commonwealth? What are some promising on the ground developments that point toward an ecologically sustainable Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
Environment & Energy

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Prehistory

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is the idea of prehistory important for thinking about systemic change? Are we in the prehistory of genuine systemic change, the prehistory of a Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
Movement Strategy & History

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Commonwealth

by Gar Alperovitz

What does it mean to hold wealth in common? Why is wealth held in common and democratized at various scales, so important for the design of a next system? What are some examples of how “common wealth” builds a “commonwealth” today? read more
Community & Place Democratic Ownership

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Liberty

Liberty

by Gar Alperovitz

What is liberty? Why must liberty be a central part of the design for the pluralist commonwealth? Where is a renewed conception of liberty being developed on the ground today? read more
Democracy & Governance
A storm surge pushing waves onto shore, threatening a row of houses.

Climate action — at all scales — is more necessary than ever

by Gar Alperovitz, John Duda

The climate crisis demands that action be taken at the community, city, and state levels, but also that we not lose sight of the larger systemic transformations and interventions that will be necessary to avert catastrophe. read more
Environment & Energy
Marchers beneath a banner that reads "To Change Everything It Takes Everyone"

The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need

by Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan, Thomas Hanna

As climate catastrophe looms, we need to solutions that can truly keep carbon in the ground. What would it take to buy out the fossil fuel companies behind the crisis and shut them down? read more
Environment & Energy Democratic Ownership