Visions of a Sustainable World

Dear Friends, I’m delighted to share with you the online video launch of our new “Visions of a Sustainable World” lecture series.

Dedicated to inspiring visions of a sustainable world and practical strategies to achieve it, the lecture series was inaugurated this Spring by Dr. Paul Raskin, the President of the Tellus Institute and a Director of the Great Transition Initiative. Dr. Raskin presented a provocative “history from the future” – a look back at how global sustainability was achieved, from the vantage point of the year 2084.

Our second speaker was Alex Steffen, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Worldchanging and Editor of Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century. He spoke about "Building a Bright Green Future That Works," on the emerging tools available to create sustainable, prosperous communities.

Both lectures are available via Yale's YouTube channel:

Each full lecture is over an hour in length and includes questions and answers from the audience. Later this year, we will make available distilled movie "shorts" of less than ten minutes each, focusing on the critical elements of each speaker's views. Please stay tuned for an announcement about their forthcoming availability.