by Omega | Apr 24, 2025 | Books, Nonfiction
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results Systems Thinking for Social Change enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what systems thinking is and why it...
by Omega | Apr 24, 2025 | Books, Nonfiction
One City’s Response to a record-breaking drought  Day Zero is an opportunity to capture some of the perspectives and experiences of the various sectors as the water crisis played out. It explains the different roles, responsibilities, and responses in a way that...
by Omega | Apr 24, 2025 | Environment
National security is not just a matter of military strength. It also depends on the ability of a nation to maintain productive and stable ecosystems, resilient biological communities and sustainable access to natural resources. Sovereign nations already develop and...
by Omega | Apr 18, 2025 | Polycrisis
Imagine a row of dominoes where knocking over one piece triggers a cascade that topples them all. This is systemic risk – when a single failure can bring down an entire system. Now imagine several such cascade failures happening simultaneously at a global scale...
by Omega | Apr 15, 2025 | Economy
I think it’s time for a shift away from the approach that some larger U.S. foundations and key infrastructure organizations have taken to operating in the second Trump administration. That approach has been based on assumptions that may have made sense in mid-November...
by Omega | Apr 14, 2025 | Resilience
By the time Heidi Larson launched the Global Listening Project GLP), she had spent years talking to people across the world about their attitudes to immunization. Through the Vaccine Confidence Project, which she established in 2010, Larson found that behind vaccine...
by Omega | Apr 11, 2025 | Environment
Environment is the tangible and intangible surroundings and the complex ecosystem that humans share with all beings, human and non-human, living and non-living. It is both visible and invisible. This includes the land, water, and the air, and all that live in them. It...
by Omega | Apr 10, 2025 | Resilience
If resilience is to have real and lasting utility, we need models for it that can guide action, that can be rigorously characterized, implemented and measured and that are portable (within reason) from one circumstance to the next. Andrew Zolli Read full essay by...
by Omega | Apr 9, 2025 | Worldviews
There’s a new battle taking place on your computers and your phones that will shape how you use technology for years to come. Google is leading the charge—albeit it’s not alone, and Gmail will likely change more than any other platform. That means serious decisions...
by Omega | Apr 9, 2025 | Environment
One of the world’s largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico’s capital struggles to quench its thirst, scenes from the parched megalopolis show how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe. Rodrigo...
