*All Hands On Deck: Leveraging Business, Civil Society, and Government for System Change (Keynote Panel)

Saturday, June 7th, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Cabot Center
Undefined

We know that deep change is needed urgently. Our dominant political-economic system has never been truly equitable but growing concentrations of power and wealth, coupled with accelerating ecological destabilization, are putting the squeeze on communities in dramatic and profound ways. Something has to change, but how? Donella Meadows, the acclaimed systems theorist, wrote that systems can be changed through the strategic harnessing of leverage points, places where small changes are likely to have major ripple effects. This session seeks to identify those leverage points and explore strategies that actors situated in different places throughout the system can employ to drive the transition to a truly just and sustainable economy.

Collaborative live notes: https://commonbound.hackpad.com/PLENARY-PANEL-All-Hands-On-Deck-Leveragi...

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Gus Speth

Vermont Law School

Gus Speth is a Professor of Law at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont, and Distinguished Senior Fellow with Demos and with the United Nations Foundation, both in New York City. He was Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy at Yale where he served as Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies from 1999 to 2009.

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Nikki Silvestri

Green for All

Nikki Silvestri is the Executive Director of Green for All in Oakland, CA. Over the last ten years, Nikki has worked as an advocate for environmental and social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, and economic development.

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Cylvia Hayes

The State of Oregon

Cylvia Hayes is currently the First Lady of Oregon, where she is spearheading development and implementation of a Genuine Progress Indicator for the state. She is the founder and CEO of 3EStrategies, a clean economy consulting firm; is a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum; and has expertise in collaborative leadership skills.

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David Levine

American Sustainable Business Council

David Levine is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the American Sustainable Business Council. He has worked as a social entrepreneur for over 30 years focusing on the development of whole systems solutions for a more sustainable society through building strategic partnerships and broad stakeholders initiatives. Previously, he was the Founding Director of Continuing Education & Public Programs at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

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