This page is about making our own future in our own communities. An economic revolution in America is underway based on the need to accelerate our development efforts toward greater sustainability, clean and renewable energy, energy efficiency, environmental remediation, storm preparedness, greater recycling and reuse, healthy living practices, environmental justice, and more vigilant stewardship
of our scarce natural resources.
“In a world in which people live, operate, communicate, and engage through networks, metros have emerged as the uber-network: interlinked firms, institutions, and individuals working across sectors, disciplines, jurisdictions, artificial political borders, and, yes, even political parties. In this process a new kind of metropolitan leadership is spawned,” note Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley, both Brookings Institution associates, in their compelling new book, The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy. Transitioning to a clean energy economy requires an educational process for both understanding climate change and the need to create a skilled workforce to confront the greatest challenges humans have faced. So how are we organizing here to innovate on the big stuff---the organizational entities and the technologies that drive environmentally sane wealth creation, commercialization of innovation, business creation and employment in metropolitan regions, support for advanced manufacturing, export promotion, foreign direct investment, and public-private financing of advanced transport and energy infrastructure? How will we upgrade the education and skills of a dormant and seemingly rudderless workforce? How will we improve our efforts to attract talent and assimilate immigrants, and to forge global connections that promote socially beneficial economic relationships that improve conditions for all human kind?
