An overview of The League's program that fosters and supports new ways of thinking, acting, and talking about our economic and environmental future.

Participants from 5KL events share their perspectives on our environmental and economic future.

In the first part of our curated digital series, we focus on the core connection between our individual and collective channeling of resources and the carbon byproducts of economic exchange.

The second part of our curated digital series is an exploration of democratic citizenship and decision-making within, and outside of, the confines of professional practice.

The third installment of our digital publication series is an inquiry into the relationship between the iterative process of design and technological advancement in our pursuit of prosperity.

The fourth and final part of our Five Thousand Pound Life digital series fosters an understanding our relationships with, and responsibilities to, other individuals, communities, nations, and generations.

The value assigned to various forms of land use, and various attitudes toward land as a resource, must be understood in terms of ecological services and impacts rather than narrowly defined economic imperatives.

In nearly all American cities, clean drinking water is available with the turn of the tap. Behind the spigot, however, is an energy-intensive system of legacy infrastructure governed by layers of policy and administration.

Energy is power. Even minor disruptions in the discovery, treatment, distribution, or consumption of energy can produce major disruptions in social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural structures. Energy is a lever unlike any other, and those who have access and influence to this lever closely guard it.

The movement of people and goods is a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions around the world. Global networks of air, sea, and land transit are complex systems that require technical and cultural shifts in order to support climate change mitigation.

Learn more about the League's effort to confront the root causes of climate change through a national design study that puts people at the center of a prosperous future.