James Gustave Speth

James Gustave Speth, a former dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing From Crisis to Sustainability (Yale), is co-chair of the Democracy Collaborative’s Next System Project and is on the board of the New Economy Coalition.

A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World

A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World

But first the two movements will have to rediscover their shared roots in a fundamental critique of an economy and a society that value things more than lives.

Apr 14, 2016 / Feature / James Gustave Speth and J. Phillip Thompson III

Am I a ‘Radical’?

Am I a ‘Radical’? Am I a ‘Radical’?

We can no longer hope to address the climate crisis, or our deep social ills, by working strictly within the system. We must change the system itself.

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

Global Warming and Modern Capitalism Global Warming and Modern Capitalism

Environmentalists must learn to join forces with other agents of change.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

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