Explainers (LeveragePoints)

The CoSphere Blog

Increasing our Potential: Sharing Knowledge

Promoting the value of education, knowledge generation, and sharing will enable a greater potential for conservation and sustainable use.

The Power of Innovation and Investment

LP7: Shift investments away from detrimental technologies and to those with a net-positive impact on society and the environment.

Out of Sight Out of Mind: The Unseen Costs of Production and Consumption

LP6: Understanding and limiting the external environmental effects caused by irresponsible production, consumption, and economic activities.

Paving the Way for Meaningful Inclusion

LP5: We need environmental justice and meaningful inclusion in decision making to build a sustainable and just future.

Equality, Equity, and the Environment

LP4: Understanding the interconnectedness of social and environmental issues while reducing inequities in income, race, and gender.

Shrinking the Juggernaut of the Human Enterprise

LP2: Techno-fixes aren't enough. We must reduce total resource consumption, including waste and population growth—differently across regions

11 Fronts in the Fight for Sustainability: Introducing the Levers and Leverage Points

This blog series unpacks transformative change by examining the levers and leverage points that are key to a sustainable future.

Planetary Crisis: Lack of Concern or Inability to Act?

LP3: People care, but you don’t always see it in their actions. We need to unleash our values of planetary responsibility. Here’s how.

The Myth of the Good Life: Realizing Both Happiness and Sustainability

LP1: What we think of as a good life drives our economy, policy, and social lives. It has to change for sustainable futures to be possible.