We are excited to celebrate the launch of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s @ONTO2050, and proud to have contributed to the process through our facilitation of resilience and energy-focused planning efforts. #onto2050 #planning

"Placated? --- Starbucks at Starbucks" What are you thinking about when you hit the café every morning? ow.ly/a9zQ30mfM4O

Process is as crucial as results: "This year’s [Economics] Laureates do not deliver conclusive answers, but their findings have brought us considerably closer to answering the question of how we can achieve sustained and sustainable global economic growth."ow.ly/EyOV30mfRK0

Peter Nicholson's weekly Forecast: The Root of the Matter? ---Ability v. Inability ow.ly/mgQV30mkDAh

Going beyond sustainability, the regenerative movement crafts new language and insights to address economic and technological barriers within food and other ecological systems. Check out this interview: ow.ly/MaD630mkCg3

Election Day is approaching. Remember, Divvy is free that day. You can use this bike-sharing system and pedal to your polling places! ow.ly/gcHW30mqWUR

“We are rapidly running out of time,” said Prof. Rockström, a sustainability expert at the Potsdam Institute in Germany. “Only by addressing both ecosystems and climate do we stand a chance of safeguarding a stable planet for humanity’s future on Earth.” ow.ly/ezQX30mrGmi

Illinois is building a solar industry almost from scratch. But the state's Future Energy Jobs Act is taking effect in the solar sector and we are expecting a 2000% jump in solar capacity in the next five years. ow.ly/GkU730mrJE7

Seizing opportunities when broken systems are open to change, even though the progress is still incremental: Puerto Rico recently set a goal of 100% renewables by 2050, but natural gas use is still part of the process before transitioning to all renewable. ow.ly/L8q130mAIl1

Here is Peter's blog of the week at Foresight Forecast: "Native Nutrition---from Akron to Duluth." foresightdesign.org/blog/2018/11/2…

I am an author now! Great teamwork of leaders in public health and health care, communities, housing and businesses about lessons learned in working for health for all. I partnered with Sandy Chappelle to write the chapter; Insight from National Experts:…lnkd.in/egHvWxC

What are your resolutions for a better 2020? Peter has 5 for himself. linkedin.com/posts/peternic…

Way to go, Dan! And we’re also hearing use of the principles of community engagement being forecast. ElevatedChicago.org/engage

Earlier this week Elevated Chicago made all 2020 community engagement grants ($250k) 100% flexible so #nonprofits can address #Covid_19 needs, from tech 2 deep cleaning. Less reporting, no deadlines. We r ready to do more & encourage #PhilanthropyPledge2020 2 do this too.SPARCC

We are proud to be included in an assessment of SPARCC’s first phase – an extensive analysis with some surprising lessons: bit.ly/2xTwXsL via RWJF | Enterprise Community Partners NRDC 🌎🏡 Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) @NRDCSolutions sharon fedorowsky KP WA Research

Join us next Friday for inspiring ideas from youth changemakers - mailchi.mp/foresightdesig…

Join us next Friday for inspiring ideas from youth changemakers - mailchi.mp/foresightdesig…

We invite you to join us as we launch our new, more *hygge* identity: foresightdesign.org

Join us next Friday for inspiring ideas from youth changemakers - mailchi.mp/foresightdesig…

Join us this Friday for inspiring ideas from youth changemakers - mailchi.mp/foresightdesig…