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    Transforming Health with Wellville
    stevehamm31
    • Mar 24
    • 1 min

    Transforming Health with Wellville

    It was a huge break for neighborhoods in the north end of Hartford, Connecticut, when the U.S. Department of Education last year awarded...
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    Let’s Put a Carbon Tax on Just About Everything
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Let’s Put a Carbon Tax on Just About Everything

    By Aneta Popiel The UN’s Climate Champions have dedicated the “built environment” as today’s theme during the COP26 climate conference,...
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    The World of Transport Is Quietly Pivoting
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    The 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...
    17 views0 comments
    Regenerating Society One "Cell" at a Time
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 5 min

    Regenerating Society One "Cell" at a Time

    By Steve Hamm Bridge Street in Humboldt (early morning) Ten years ago, Humboldt, Kansas, was a lot like thousands of small towns across...
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    Help Build a Cellular Economy
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Help Build a Cellular Economy

    Image by pollydot at pixelbay.com By Damian Costello One of the most fulfilling parts of my time as Economics and Politics lead in Pivot...
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    All We Have To Decide Is What To Do With the Time That Is Given Us
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    All We Have To Decide Is What To Do With the Time That Is Given Us

    By Chris Medary and Paul MacLean Among the many messages bestowed upon us by Tolkien, two in particular, from the Grey Wizard strongly...
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    River Teachers: A River Speaks
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    River Teachers: A River Speaks

    A River Speaks is a short documentary film that explores a small river in Connecticut and, more broadly, the complex relationship between...
    10 views0 comments
    It's Time to Set a Place for Grief and Loss at Our Community Table
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 13 min

    It's Time to Set a Place for Grief and Loss at Our Community Table

    By 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...
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    Let’s Use Biomimicry to Take on Climate Change
    Gamelihle Sibanda
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let’s Use Biomimicry to Take on Climate Change

    By Gamelihle Sibanda Certified Biomimicry Professional Gamelihle Sibanda with a termite mound The climate change issue has become so big,...
    191 views0 comments
    Let's Give Nature a Seat at the Table
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let's Give Nature a Seat at the Table

    By Bryony Bowman, Ian Abbott-Donnelly, R.. Peter Williams, and Jean-Francois Barsoum The rivers of Europe. Credit: Robert Szucs,...
    66 views0 comments
    Pivoting Agriculture & Food Supply
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Pivoting Agriculture & Food Supply

    By 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...
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    Micro Grids Could Have Macro Impact
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Micro Grids Could Have Macro Impact

    By James Cortada Tiny electrical grids supplying electricity are being set up by homeowners, businesses, and communities all over the...
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    Rethinking Food During an Energy Transition
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    Rethinking Food During an Energy Transition

    By Simon Ratcliffe Wheat harvest in the US midwest (Credit Oklahoma State University) During recent days the British media is full of...
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    It's Time to Rethink the Built Environment
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 5 min

    It's Time to Rethink the Built Environment

    By Kevin Bygate The location of the concept of homelessness in a Kumu ontology map of the universe The UK government has designated...
    52 views0 comments
    We Can Transform a Consumer Culture into a Sharing Culture
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    We Can Transform a Consumer Culture into a Sharing Culture

    By 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...
    12 views0 comments
    A Message to World Leaders: It’s Time to Pivot
    stevehamm31
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    A 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...
    41 views0 comments
    Come to the Museum of the Future Past
    stevehamm31
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Come to the Museum of the Future Past

    In an effort to awaken people to some of the crazy unsustainable stuff that we humans do, Pivot Projects has created a virtual museum,...
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    It's Time to Pivot
    stevehamm31
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    It's Time to Pivot

    Colin Harrison, one of the founders of Pivot Projects, reflects back on the journey the group has taken and forward to our live and...
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    Calling for the Voices of Youth
    stevehamm31
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Calling for the Voices of Youth

    Pivot Projects will be hosting an event, It’s Time to Pivot, on Nov. 6 during the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, as part...
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    It's Time to Pivot
    Steve Hamm
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    It's Time to Pivot

    By 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....
    152 views0 comments
    No Human Being Is Illegal
    Steve Hamm
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    No Human Being Is Illegal

    Hip Hop and Storytelling on the theme of immigration, in New Haven, CT, USA.
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    How to Make the Hotel Industry Green
    Steve Hamm
    • Aug 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    How to Make the Hotel Industry Green

    Bruce Becker, a Connecticut architect and real estate developer, is making over the long-abandoned Pirelli Building alongside I-95 in New...
    13 views0 comments
    Steve Hamm
    • Aug 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    WHAT IS POWER? A Pivot Projects conversation explored via Kumu

    By 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...
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    Twice a Refugee
    Steve Hamm
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Twice a Refugee

    The world is awash with refugees, and this is just the beginning. Climate change is likely to create a global refugee crisis the likes of...
    6 views0 comments
    Where AI and Mysticism Meet
    Steve Hamm
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Where AI and Mysticism Meet

    One of the Pivot Projects workstreams is considering the intersection of artificial intelligence and mysticism. Turns out they might be...
    31 views0 comments
    The First Net-Zero Hotel in the USA
    Steve Hamm
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    The First Net-Zero Hotel in the USA

    Developer Bruce Becker is saving the iconic Pirelli building in New Haven and making it an icon of sustainability.
    12 views0 comments
    Project World Stage
    Steve Hamm
    • May 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Project World Stage

    SparkBeyond's AI Engine Is Used to Spot Potential Climate Change Clusters One of the major frustrations among those who want to address...
    108 views0 comments
    Time to Reckon with Sea Level Rise
    stevehamm31
    • May 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Time to Reckon with Sea Level Rise

    Sea 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...
    79 views0 comments
    Pivot Projects and The Pivot
    Steve Hamm
    • May 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Pivot Projects and The Pivot

    I'm Steve Hamm, the self-appointed chronicler of Pivot Projects. I explained my own journey as an environmentalist, the journey of Pivot...
    60 views0 comments
    How to make progress when polarisation is accelerating disaster
    Damian Costello
    • May 6, 2021
    • 6 min

    How 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...
    16 views0 comments
    Let’s Go Cellular!
    Steve Hamm
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let’s Go Cellular!

    Ever since Damian Costello, head of Pivot Projects’ Economics, Law, and Politics workstream, coined the term Cellular Economy, I have...
    31 views0 comments
    The Cellular Economy – bringing democracy back to capitalism
    Damian Costello
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Cellular Economy – bringing democracy back to capitalism

    In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, there’s a chance for society to pivot toward a more sustainable and resilient future
    252 views1 comment
    Swarm Leadership I
    Floris Koot
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 11 min

    Swarm Leadership I

    How to Organize without Leaders? The question what kind of movement is needed, to save our planet from industrial destruction, is...
    347 views0 comments
    We Can Learn from Our Rivers
    Steve Hamm
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    We Can Learn from Our Rivers

    We 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...
    56 views0 comments
    September report publication five years since the Paris Agreement
    Colin Harrison
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    September report publication five years since the Paris Agreement

    Pivot Projects is pleased to recognise the fifth anniversary on 12 December 2020 of the Paris Agreement in which 196 Parties committed to...
    80 views0 comments
    Cities: What makes the wheels go around?
    Andre Head
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Cities: 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
    102 views0 comments
    Creating a global Built Environment Pivot
    Peter Head
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 6 min

    Creating a global Built Environment Pivot

    A 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...
    270 views0 comments
    Launching our collaboration with SparkBeyond
    Andre Head
    • Sep 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Launching our collaboration with SparkBeyond

    New collective, Pivot Projects, to help policy makers solve global issues caused by COVID-19, using SparkBeyond AI-powered problem-solving
    357 views0 comments
    Shaping a Post-COVID-19 World
    Colin Harrison
    • Sep 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Shaping a Post-COVID-19 World

    This story is available here on Medium
    21 views0 comments
    What it’s Like to be Embedded in Pivot Projects
    Steve Hamm
    • Aug 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    What it’s Like to be Embedded in Pivot Projects

    This story is available here on Medium
    59 views0 comments

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