Cities are making a comeback in the United States. After half a century of disinvestment and suburban white flight, city-center living is “in” again. Across the country urban revitalization follows a similar pattern: often well-intentioned but ultimately exclusionary, frequently leading to displacement. However, in some cities folks are successfully working together to disrupt the familiar […]
US News Op-Ed: Can 2019 Be the Year of the Climate Pivot?
READ OUR US NEWS & WORLD REPORT OP ED 2018 brought record-breaking extreme weather events: drought, floods, hurricanes, and the deadliest wildfire in California history, all exacerbated by man-made climate change. Beth Sawin of Climate Interactive and Nathaniel Smith of Partnership for Southern Equity propose that 2019 could be the year when cities turn the […]
Warm Up New Zealand is Multisolving with Home Insulation
A government program in New Zealand demonstrates how health, economic vitality, and climate protection can all be enhanced via investments in energy efficiency. A radical move What would it look like if, in the middle of an economic crisis, your government invested in a program aimed at keeping vulnerable households warm? What if this action […]
Media Profiles Climate Interactive: Building Momentum around Climate Action
The Citizen-Times (US) interviewed Ellie Johnston, Beth Sawin, and Drew Jones of Climate Interactive as well as our partner Tom Fiddaman and took photos of the role-playing World Climate game. Check out their article “Climate change models inform negotiators, engage regular folks” to learn more about how Climate Interactive got its start and what we do. Read […]
What I Learned about Mentoring from My Mentor, Donella Meadows
Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Director of Climate Interactive recently delivered a keynote speech at the Heroes & Leaders celebration of mentors, focusing on what she learned about mentoring from her mentor Donella (Dana) Meadows. Meadows was the founder of the Sustainability Institute (now the Donella Meadows Institute) and a co-founder of Cobb Hill Co-housing. Elizabeth worked with […]
Beth Sawin on how City Efforts can Improve our Climate
Yesterday, Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin took some time away from the Paris COP meetings to join a panel on the San Francisco radio show Your Call discussing the roles cities can play in mitigating climate change. Cities are influential areas, where many sectors and many solutions can potentially work together to multisolve using the […]
Innovate Podcast Features Climate Interactive, Impact of Systems Thinking
“Not only are problems interconnected, but often solutions are interconnected as well.” -Beth Sawin In the latest edition of the bi-monthly Innovate Podcast, which features interviews with influential social entrepreneurs and transformative thinkers, host David Castro sat down with Climate Interactive co-director Beth Sawin to talk climate change and sustainability. Tackling climate change can be intimidating. […]
Moving Into Action With Climate Change
Make it fun! Make it interactive! Leave people inspired! And gracefully interconnect the need to adapt to unavoidable climate change with the imperative to prevent any climate change we can. These are easily four of the biggest challenges involved in helping people find ways to act to address climate change. That’s why, less than a […]
4 Steps to New Project Insights at the Ashoka Future Forum
What do women’s health screenings; increasing the number of science, technology and math teachers; building the infrastructure of African countries; building the client base for projects with a social benefit; and creating a shared office space for social entrepreneurs have in common? All of them involve efforts that can be strengthened by systems thinking. That’s […]
Systems Thinking for Changemakers at Ashoka Future Forum
To put system thinking techniques into the hands of changemakers, Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin will be joining David Castro of I-LEAD Inc. to lead a workshop at the Ashoka Future Forum. This event is pulling together 400 top leaders in social innovation, business entrepreneurship, philanthropy and media to wrestle with the biggest problems and share […]