BOLD IDEAS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

"At this critical moment of history, with a pandemic raging, we have the rare opportunity for a Great Reset – to choose a different future. This series of books provides a platform for pragmatic thought leaders to share their vision for change based on their deep expertise. For communities and nations struggling to cope with the crisis, these books will provide a burst of hope and energy to help us take the first difficult steps towards a better future."

- Tim Ward, publisher of Changemakers Books and creator of the Resetting out Future series

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WHAT IF SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS SIMPLE?

Tom Bowman, President of Bowman Change, Inc

An inspiring and practical narrative that will leave readers feeling uplifted and empowered to create a future they are eager to embrace.

The premise of this book is crucial: though climate change is complicated, the most important solution is very clear. We have to stop burning fossil fuels, and do it fast. Stated that way, we can get to work. - Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

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ZERO WASTE LIVING, THE 80/20 WAY

THE BUSY PERSON’S GUIDE TO A LIGHTER FOOTPRINT

Stephanie Miller, Founder of Zero Waste in DC, and former Director, IFC Climate Business Department

Many of us feel powerless to solve the looming climate and waste crises. We have too much on our plates, and may think these problems are better solved by governments and businesses. This book unlocks the potential in each "too busy" individual to be a crucial part of the solution. Stephanie Miller combines her career focused on climate change with her own research and personal experience to show how a few, relatively easy lifestyle changes can create significant positive impact. Using the simplicity of the 80/20 rule, she shows us those things (the 20%) that we can do to make the biggest (80%) difference in reversing the climate and waste crises.

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A CHICKEN CAN’T LAY A DUCK EGG

HOW COVID-19 CAN SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Graeme Maxton, (former Secretary-General of the Club of Rome), and Bernice Maxton-Lee (former Director, Jane Goodall Institute)

Vast swathes of the current economic system have to be dismantled to secure humanity’s future. Until recently that was thought impossible. Covid-19 proves this wrong. It is possible to shut polluting businesses overnight and pay people during a transition. Because Covid-19 has done half the job for us, a sustainable future is finally within our grasp. This book explains how societies can embrace this unique chance to build a future where people live with decency, and in balance with nature

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A GLOBAL PLAYBOOK FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC

Anne Kabagambe

The health and economic devastation caused by COVID-19 has revealed that most countries’ national health systems are inadequate to cope with pandemics. These are global challenges that call for global responses. At the heart of this book is a bold new proposal to create a global pandemic playbook that can be quickly deployed when the next pandemic strikes. Countries and their experts must collaborate to create early warning systems, preparedness, prevention, responses and containment.

But who should pay the cost? Anne Kabagambe, a former Executive Board director for the World Bank Group, explores the options, and argues that to fail to learn from COVID-19 and neglect to create a global playbook now would cost far more when the next pandemic strikes.

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POWER SWITCH

HOW WE CAN REVERSE EXTREME INEQUALITY

Paul O'Brien, VP at Oxfam America

Is it actually possible? - that we might emerge from this pandemic with a peaceful global power switch from those who have too much to those who don't have enough? With billionaires able to decide the fate of nations, private corporations more powerful and less accountable than ever, and political autocrats around the world shaking our confidence in democratic institutions, power resides in all the wrong places. And so our world is in crisis. In such moments, activists find opportunities. Not to restore the pre-crises order, but to transform it. Paul O’Brien argues that progressive activists may never have a better opportunity to rewrite economic rules, systems and outcomes in favor of those who don't have enough. His book offers practical action steps for activists who want to drive a power switch that overcomes extreme inequalities in our world.

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IMPACT ED

HOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CREATES

EQUITY AND PROSPERITY

by Rebecca Corbin, Andrew Gold & Mary Beth Kerly

This book provides leaders with insights into how entrepreneurial thinking and action can put local communities on the path to recovery from the economic devastation induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship offers a roadmap to the future; leading to recovery, hope and a more caring, creative, and equitable society.

'If we want to have a more just and equitable economy, we have to empower more Americans not just to get a job, but to create jobs. -- 'Thomas Kalil, Chief Innovation Officer, Schmidt Futures

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EMPOWERING CLIMATE ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Edited by Tom Bowman and Deb Morrison

An ACE National Strategic Planning Framework for the United States is a game changer for climate action. After decades of inspired but fragmented efforts, 150 highly diverse Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) leaders joined forces in 2020 to build a strategic roadmap for encouraging, informing, and empowering the public to tackle the climate crisis. Their goal: push the United States and other nations to meet - and exceed - the targets of the Paris Agreement in the fastest and most equitable way possible, namely, by empowering the people. This book presents the ACE Framework, including in its historical context, including expert commentaries.

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LEARNING FROM TOMORROW

USING STRATEGIC FORESIGHT TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BIG DISRUPTION

Bart Édes

COVID-19 wrecked the plans and strategies of organizations everywhere, while injecting greater uncertainty into a world already undergoing disruptive social and technological change. Strategic Foresight can help us navigate through the recovery and beyond. Strategic Foresight is a systematic, intelligence-gathering, vision-building process that broadens our perspectives, exposes opportunities and risks, and opens our minds to innovation in a post-pandemic world. This book essential reading for organizational leaders and those responsible for developing strategies, scenarios, policies and plans.

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CUT SUPER CLIMATE POLLUTANTS NOW!

Alan Miller, Durwood Zaelke &
Stephen O. Andersen

We have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points that will lock in catastrophic climate change. The good news is that we know how to slow global warming enough to avert disaster. explains how a 10-year sprint to cut short-lived “super climate pollutants”—primarily HFC refrigerants, black carbon (soot), and methane—can cut the rate of global warming in half, so we can stay in the race to net zero climate emissions by 2050.

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LONG HAUL COVID
A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE

Dr. Joseph Trunzo and Julie Luongo

Overwhelmed, frustrated, and suffering from long haul COVID symptoms and the fallout of the pandemic? This practical guide will help you transform your struggles to lead a fulfilling, vital life right now. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a scientifically based therapeutic approach, offers a way out - not when you’re feeling better, but right now.

'A much welcomed and needed book that not only addresses the severe emotional impact of COVID-19 but more importantly, offers a unique method for living a fruitful life once again.' Andrew J. D'Amico, PhD, Psychologist

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SMART FUTURES FOR A FLOURISHING WORLD

Dr. Claire Nelson

Has the COVID-19 pandemic derailed the global community’s commitment to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Are we heading for environmental collapse? Can we avert a climate catastrophe and enable peace, justice, and shared futures for humanity? These questions call for transformational change. This book explores the root causes of today’s failures and lays out a plan for real-world innovation labs using a SMART future design paradigm to achieve the UN’s 17 sustainability goals and 169 targets. With lively storytelling and thought-provoking analysis, Dr. Claire Nelson opens a doorway to the future, and a vision of what success might look like.

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