In this guest pairing, a historian of Thomas Paine (Gary Berton) and a Co-President of The Club of Rome + Project Lead for Earth4All (Sandrine Dixson-Declève) meet for the first time to converse with the Silo Solving host (Danelle Marqui Brown), on the topic of “Transformational Economics, Ecology, & Equality.” History often repeats itself, if lessons go unlearned. Nearly 250 years ago, with the 1776 publication of Common Sense, and later such works as The Rights of Man (1791/92) and Agrarian Justice (1796), the unsung founding visionary for America, Thomas Paine, sparked an ongoing revolution for equality and modern democracy. Still, work remains to be done. Fast-forward to the 1972 publication of The Limits to Growth, by the Club of Rome, a 50-year and counting revolution in the global sustainability movement began. Still, work remains to be done. Hence, the Club’s newest co-initiative, Earth4All, which aims to accelerate the systems-change needed for an equitable future on a finite planet, via transformational economics. EPISODE’S GUESTS Gary Berton is the President of The Thomas Paine National Historical Association (TPNHA). Founded in 1884, the organization is amongst the oldest historical associations in the United States, and the single most respected source for accurate information about Thomas Paine. It is the Association’s mission to ensure Paine’s rightful place in history as a preeminent founder of the United States of America, and the key political theorist in the age of democratic revolutions around the world. In the course of his lifetime, Paine was the most influential political, philosophical, and social figure in the entire world. Additionally, Gary is on the International Editorial Board for an upcoming project on Collected Works of Thomas Paine. Website: https://www.thomaspaine.org/ Sandrine Dixson-Declève is an international and European climate, energy, sustainable development, sustainable finance, and complex systems thought leader. She is currently the Co-President of the Club of Rome and divides her time between lecturing, facilitating difficult conversations and advisory work. As co-president of The Club of Rome, along with Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, they are the organization’s first women presidents. The mission of The Club of Rome is to apply holistic, interdisciplinary and long-term thinking to ensure broader societal and planetary wellbeing; to move towards more equitable economic, financial, and socio-political models; ensure an inclusive human dimension to all systems change; and to emerge from emergency. In addition to being the Project Lead for the Earth4All initiative, Sandrine is a co-author of, Earth for All: A survival guide for humanity. Sandrine has spent her career working with and bringing together business leaders, policy makers, academia and NGO’s to unpack complex challenges. She currently Chairs the European Commission, Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation (ESIR) and sits on the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Platform, amongst her other extensive roles current and previous roles. The Club of Rome: https://www.clubofrome.org/ Earth4All : https://www.earth4all.life/ - THANKS to this episode’s guests! - ABOUT THE PODCAST Website YouTube (CC) THE HOST Danelle Marqui Brown PRODUCED BY By Mnemosyne EP: Danelle Marqui Brown
