Elizabeth Sawin, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Multisolving Institute, a think tank helping implement solutions that protect the climate while improving equity, health, biodiversity, economic vitality and well-being. Her forthcoming book Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World will be released by Island Press in November.
Five “No-Regrets” Actions for Tumultuous Times
Uncertain times are uniquely suited to an approach I call “multisolving” – acting in service of multiple goals with a single action.
November 5, 2024
Why Won’t Anyone Listen? Elizabeth Sawin on How to Talk about the Polycrisis
In this live, online event, Dr. Elizabeth Sawin (Multisolving Institute) shares how she learned to stop bumming people out about climate change and communicate effectively.
August 27, 2024
Disaster Recovery Efforts Can Serve More than One Goal
A “multisolving” recovery would get a region up and running quickly while also protecting climate and biodiversity, increasing community well-being and preparing for future shocks.
July 21, 2023
Covid-19 sucks but it could teach us how to avoid the worst consequences of climate change
Four things we can learn from the response to COVID-19 that are critical for climate change resilience.
April 2, 2020
Steps to Re-invigorate the Economy Must Free us from Polluting Fossil Fuels
The problem isn’t humans, it’s the type of fossil-fuel dependent infrastructure that many societies have created. If we could shift that infrastructure, we could have clear skies and clean water more of the time, in more places—without shuttered businesses and schools.
April 1, 2020
Softening as a climate adaptation strategy
I hate so many things about climate change: the waste, the injustice that those who have contributed least suffer the most, the lost opportunities for prevention. But, there is something that inspires me in the notion that climate change could teach us to soften.
July 8, 2019