-Mar 241 minTransforming Health with WellvilleIt was a huge break for neighborhoods in the north end of Hartford, Connecticut, when the U.S. Department of Education last year awarded...
-Nov 11, 20213 minLet’s Put a Carbon Tax on Just About EverythingBy Aneta Popiel The UN’s Climate Champions have dedicated the “built environment” as today’s theme during the COP26 climate conference,...
-Nov 10, 20214 minThe World of Transport Is Quietly Pivoting By James Cortada There has recently been a great deal of pushback and criticisms about how governments and corporations have performed in...
-Nov 9, 20215 minRegenerating Society One "Cell" at a TimeBy Steve Hamm Bridge Street in Humboldt (early morning) Ten years ago, Humboldt, Kansas, was a lot like thousands of small towns across...
-Nov 9, 20214 minHelp Build a Cellular EconomyImage by pollydot at pixelbay.com By Damian Costello One of the most fulfilling parts of my time as Economics and Politics lead in Pivot...
-Nov 8, 20213 minAll We Have To Decide Is What To Do With the Time That Is Given UsBy Chris Medary and Paul MacLean Among the many messages bestowed upon us by Tolkien, two in particular, from the Grey Wizard strongly...
-Nov 7, 20211 minRiver Teachers: A River SpeaksA River Speaks is a short documentary film that explores a small river in Connecticut and, more broadly, the complex relationship between...
-Nov 7, 202113 minIt's Time to Set a Place for Grief and Loss at Our Community TableBy Rose Diamond With COP26 in full swing in Glasgow, Scotland, I invite you to join me in these few pages to take a look at why it is...
-Nov 6, 20214 minLet’s Use Biomimicry to Take on Climate ChangeBy Gamelihle Sibanda Certified Biomimicry Professional Gamelihle Sibanda with a termite mound The climate change issue has become so big,...
-Nov 6, 20214 minLet's Give Nature a Seat at the TableBy Bryony Bowman, Ian Abbott-Donnelly, R.. Peter Williams, and Jean-Francois Barsoum The rivers of Europe. Credit: Robert Szucs,...
-Nov 5, 20213 minPivoting Agriculture & Food SupplyBy Colin Harrison Like air and water, food is essential to sustaining our lives. As such, it should be sold at very low cost, so that...
-Nov 4, 20214 minMicro Grids Could Have Macro ImpactBy James Cortada Tiny electrical grids supplying electricity are being set up by homeowners, businesses, and communities all over the...
-Nov 4, 20215 minRethinking Food During an Energy TransitionBy Simon Ratcliffe Wheat harvest in the US midwest (Credit Oklahoma State University) During recent days the British media is full of...
-Nov 3, 20215 minIt's Time to Rethink the Built EnvironmentBy Kevin Bygate The location of the concept of homelessness in a Kumu ontology map of the universe The UK government has designated...
-Nov 2, 20214 minWe Can Transform a Consumer Culture into a Sharing CultureBy Stephen Hinton Is that feeling getting to you? You know, the one where you start to feel that our human civilization, with its 7.8...
-Nov 1, 20214 minA Message to World Leaders: It’s Time to Pivot Credit: Anders Hellberg By Prof. Peter Head CBR FREng As you arrive in Glasgow for the COP 26 meeting, you have an opportunity to grab a...
-Oct 29, 20211 minCome to the Museum of the Future PastIn an effort to awaken people to some of the crazy unsustainable stuff that we humans do, Pivot Projects has created a virtual museum,...
-Oct 28, 20211 minIt's Time to PivotColin Harrison, one of the founders of Pivot Projects, reflects back on the journey the group has taken and forward to our live and...
-Oct 19, 20211 minCalling for the Voices of YouthPivot Projects will be hosting an event, It’s Time to Pivot, on Nov. 6 during the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, as part...
-Oct 14, 20213 minIt's Time to PivotBy Steve Hamm The onrush of COVID-19 in March of 2020 was terrifying because of the speed of its spread and how little we knew about it....
-Sep 24, 20211 minNo Human Being Is IllegalHip Hop and Storytelling on the theme of immigration, in New Haven, CT, USA.
-Aug 21, 20211 minHow to Make the Hotel Industry GreenBruce Becker, a Connecticut architect and real estate developer, is making over the long-abandoned Pirelli Building alongside I-95 in New...
-Aug 19, 20211 minWHAT IS POWER? A Pivot Projects conversation explored via KumuBy Bill McKenna The image below is a link to a Kumu map. Through it, you can listen to excerpts from that conversation or the whole...
-Aug 9, 20211 minTwice a RefugeeThe world is awash with refugees, and this is just the beginning. Climate change is likely to create a global refugee crisis the likes of...
-Aug 6, 20211 minWhere AI and Mysticism MeetOne of the Pivot Projects workstreams is considering the intersection of artificial intelligence and mysticism. Turns out they might be...
-Jun 18, 20211 minThe First Net-Zero Hotel in the USADeveloper Bruce Becker is saving the iconic Pirelli building in New Haven and making it an icon of sustainability.
-May 14, 20214 minProject World StageSparkBeyond's AI Engine Is Used to Spot Potential Climate Change Clusters One of the major frustrations among those who want to address...
-May 13, 20211 minTime to Reckon with Sea Level RiseSea level rise is coming, and it's going to impact everybody who lives in a tidal zone. This short video tells how Jonathan Waters and...
-May 8, 20211 minPivot Projects and The PivotI'm Steve Hamm, the self-appointed chronicler of Pivot Projects. I explained my own journey as an environmentalist, the journey of Pivot...
-May 6, 20216 minHow to make progress when polarisation is accelerating disaster Co-authored by John Alderdice For decades, scientists have been warning of the dangers of climate change, but the masses don’t seem to be...
-Mar 26, 20214 minLet’s Go Cellular!Ever since Damian Costello, head of Pivot Projects’ Economics, Law, and Politics workstream, coined the term Cellular Economy, I have...
-Mar 11, 20216 minThe Cellular Economy – bringing democracy back to capitalismIn the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, there’s a chance for society to pivot toward a more sustainable and resilient future
-Mar 10, 202111 minSwarm Leadership IHow to Organize without Leaders? The question what kind of movement is needed, to save our planet from industrial destruction, is...
-Jan 21, 20215 minWe Can Learn from Our RiversWe humans love our rivers. We love to walk along them, sit beside them, fish in them, swim in them, skate on their frozen surfaces, write...
-Dec 8, 20201 minSeptember report publication five years since the Paris AgreementPivot Projects is pleased to recognise the fifth anniversary on 12 December 2020 of the Paris Agreement in which 196 Parties committed to...
-Oct 19, 20201 minCities: What makes the wheels go around?I have studied this question in the context of cities for several years. I will present my thoughts about this work
-Oct 6, 20206 minCreating a global Built Environment PivotA conversation with Peter Head 7th October 2020 12:00 EST In 2008 I was working for Arup and spending a lot of time in China. It was the...
-Sep 20, 20203 minLaunching our collaboration with SparkBeyondNew collective, Pivot Projects, to help policy makers solve global issues caused by COVID-19, using SparkBeyond AI-powered problem-solving
-Aug 7, 20201 minWhat it’s Like to be Embedded in Pivot ProjectsThis story is available here on Medium