We are living a turning point in history, the moment when we are re-envisioning industrial society. We now know that the cumulative impacts of our fossil fuel economy threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink and even a stable economy and climate. The good news is that major advances in technology and the dramatic drop in the price of renewable energy make the scale of change necessary within our grasp.

Moderated by Kathryn Harrison, PhD'93 - Senior Associate Dean, UBC’s Faculty of Arts; Professor of Political Science. This talk was recorded May 28, 2016 at UBC100: What’s Next? at UBC’s Vancouver campus.