What is a Bright Green Future?
Avoiding the worst effects of climate change is an enormous challenge.
However, if we get bogged down by narratives of catastrophe, then we may never get a chance to work towards the world we want and deserve.
The authors of Bright Green Future interviewed over 200 innovators, activists, and community builders who are creating a future that heals the planet and enhances human prosperity.
These changemakers aren’t just targeting carbon reductions. Their true aim is a global renaissance.
It’s a future where…
Clean power grows wealth for all
Electricity flows through a symbiotic grid in the same way that nutrients pulse through a forest.
Communities take back control of their energy resources.
The descendants of coal miners revive their own local economies.
Resources replenish themselves
Ancient bacteria turn greenhouse gasses into plastic that can biodegrade in the ocean.
Buildings rise and fall like trees in a forest, as concrete and steel regrow in endless cycles.
The well-being of people and planet mutually enhance each other.
City planning is driven by the people
Ordinary residents use guerrilla tactics to revive neglected thoroughfares into walkable mainstreets.
Locals use grassroots, cooperative real estate to evolve neighborhoods around community needs.
Native American urban planning inspires the next generation of city growth.
Farms heal land, body, and soul
A living infrastructure of fertile soil grows stronger with every harvest.
The wisdom of the rain forest expands income for half a billion farm workers around the world.
Community farms reconnect us to nature, health, and ourselves.
Even in the biggest crisis of our time, these changemakers are reclaiming control of local resources, returning economies to the wisdom of natural systems, and making all of us the heroes of our future.