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“We’ve seen no shortage of Green New Deal plans calling for new federal spending on green projects to reduce carbon emissions, restore ecological systems, and reorganize our society to prevent climate change. What would it take to implement needed reforms and environmental projects in our own communities, starting today? Change management expert Justine Burt presents an idea book for policy makers and professionals."

Clayton Nall
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
​University of California, Santa Barbara

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"Big problems require big solutions. @AOC unveiled the Green New Deal last month. The new book The Great Pivot by @justinesburt offers a blueprint to support aspiring entrepreneurs, non-profits, and gov agencies to scale up solutions."

Van Jones
TV Host, Author, Changemaker.

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“We have a few short years to avert the worst effects of climate change — and this compelling book has specific,  tangible projects for people who want to plug in and get to work.”

Vanessa Warheit
Executive Director
Fossil Free California

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"The Great Pivot includes a set of 30 discrete projects and policies that have been demonstrated to improve energy efficiency, restore ecosystems, and deliver more meaningful work. And, most importantly, she discusses where such ideas must take root and where pragmatic activists must focus--not just in Congress or in the White House, but in industry boardrooms, state legislatures and commissions, and city halls. Burt brings refreshing realism and on-the-ground experience to our climate policy debates.”

Clayton Nall
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
​University of California, Santa Barbara

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“The Great Pivot provides proofs of concept about how entrepreneurs, non-profits and government agencies secured funding to create green jobs. This book will help scale up the use of these financial tools to disrupt business as usual and create the future we need”

Jigar Shah
President and Co-Founder 
Generate Capital

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Why Meaningful Work is More Important Than Ever

Workforce trends of the past few decades have left American workers anxious. Middle class jobs have been outsourced to other countries. Instead of stable full-time work, many people piece together part-time gigs without benefits. In the near future, more and more tasks will be automated away, freeing people from dull and dangerous work. But what work do we need people doing?

Currently, 26.8 million Americans are officially unemployed or Not in the Labor Force (NILF). On top of this, every year 626,000 people are released from prison. If they can’t find full-time work, they can’t reintegrate into society. Many of these people want to work. If they could find meaningful work performing tasks useful to society, even better.

At the same time, the Earth’s atmosphere, waterways, and land have absorbed more pollution than they can handle. Wildlife habitat has been degraded and fractured in ways that compromise wildlife’s ability to survive. Important work restoring environmental health would not only potentially stabilize the climate and wildlife populations, but would also give meaningful work to millions of people.

Now is the time to invest abundant resources in building a sustainable future. Not only for nature’s sake, but because these investments will become income for people who will spend it in their local economies thus multiplying to become income for others.