Positive Futures
Beth Kanter
Let's talk about networked approaches & social media for training and capacity building for the nonprofit sector that leverage learning and impact.403,461 followers | Follow
Cornel West
1 of America's most provocative public intellectuals; a champion for racial justice through the traditions of the black Church, progressive politics, & jazz.362,871 followers | Follow
Cory Doctorow
Writer, blogger, activist. If you want a reply, use email. Blog suggestions here: http://boingboing.net/submit/237,974 followers | Follow
Michael Pollan
Author of Food Rules; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; The Botany of Desire; A Place of My Own and Second Nature.167,817 followers | Follow
Richard Florida
Urbanist, Author, Professor, Researcher, Talker, Bike Rider, Guitar Player145,028 followers | Follow
JaneGoodallInstitute
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theJGI and follow our youth program @RootsAndShoots.121,210 followers | Follow
Occupy Wall Street
Occupying #WallStreet since #Sep17. Standing with the global #Occupy movement. We are the 99%. Contribute: http://bit.ly/HelpOWS #ows118,938 followers | Follow
HuffPost Green
Latest environment & energy news, green-IY projects, animal stories & more (contact: huffpostgreen@huffingtonpost.com)97,399 followers | Follow
William Gibson
80,084 followers | Follow
Open Culture
The best FREE cultural & educational media on the web. We make a wealth of serious thinking available online, says The New York Times. Edited by Dan Colman.71,904 followers | Follow
FUTURE Patrick Dixon
FUTURIST, 13.5 MILLION VISITORS WEB, 4m video views, author 14 books. RANKED ONE OF 20 MOST INFLUENTIAL BUSINESS THINKERS IN WORLD (2005). Keynote Speaker42,511 followers | Follow
Occupy Together
A site that helps spread the word as more protests organize across the world in solidarity with @OccupyWallSt.36,566 followers | Follow
Occupy Oakland
Born October 10, 2011. General Assembly (GA) held twice a week: WEDNESDAYS 6PM Oscar Grant Plaza 14th & Broadway & SUNDAYS 2PM 19th & Telegraph32,726 followers | Follow
Occupy Chicago
Official Twitter for Occupy Chicago! We are the 99% | Voting GA's are Wed & Sat at the Horse! Congress & Michigan #ChicagoSpring #OChi31,548 followers | Follow
World Resources Inst
Environment and human needs - climate change, global warming, ecosystems, green business, sustainable markets, good governance, sustainable development29,935 followers | Follow
The Oil Drum
A web-based/interactive energy, peak oil & sustainability research and news site; hosted by the nonprofit 501c3 Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future29,031 followers | Follow
YES! Magazine
Award-winning, solution-oriented journalism covering peace, justice and sustainability innovations in the US and beyond. Independent, nonprofit media.27,125 followers | Follow
Sustainable Cities
We are a community of bloggers promoting civic sustainability and urban environmentalism. Join the conversation!26,768 followers | Follow
jay smooth
I do hip-hop radio at WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, web video at illdoctrine.com, and occasional music commentary on NPR, among other things.26,557 followers | Follow
Green For All
Green For All is a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.26,123 followers | Follow
TED Global
Group Twitter feed for sharing tweets from TEDGlobal watchers around the world.19,733 followers | Follow
EarthIslandInstitute
Earth Island Institute grows environmental leadership to support the biological & cultural diversity that sustain the environment18,683 followers | Follow
Ode Magazine
An international magazine for Intelligent Optimists about the people, passion & possibilities changing our world for the better. For Dutch version:@JoinOptimism18,568 followers | Follow
SocialEarth
SocialEarth promotes social entrepreneurs, businesses and ideas. Tag #SocEnt. Tweets by @erikeliason @writerpollock @naiomieliason.17,963 followers | Follow
Obama Foodorama
From Eddie Gehman Kohan, editor of ObamaFoodorama.com, the official blog of record & archive of White House food initiatives: Policy Analysis, Recipes, Menus...16,562 followers | Follow
Occupy The Hood
If POC dont get involved once again your voice will not be heard #OccupyWallSt #OccupyTheHood Stand Up! You can contact OccupyTheHood @ 646-580-418615,860 followers | Follow
Mark Horvath
Just a hardly normal guy trying to navigate through an abnormal world by helping others. Founder @invisiblepeople & @wearevisible. Watch http://bit.ly/s6lP1315,744 followers | Follow
Design Indaba
Design Indaba: A better world through creativity. Design Indaba has attracted the world's brightest talent from across the creative industries since 1995.14,796 followers | Follow
Cameron Sinclair
Part eternal optimist, part rabble rouser. Started #Archforhumanity and wrote a bunch of books. #ilovearchitecture - do you? http://bit.ly/GTjKxe14,672 followers | Follow
LocalHarvest.org
Guillermo Payet, founder of LH, twitters about coding, eating, and family life.14,602 followers | Follow
Derek Markham
Generally green, sprinkled with randomness & slathered with peanut butter. Writer for TreeHugger.com and Discovery. Good man. Skilled shoveler. WordPress lover.13,409 followers | Follow
Worldchanging
Hi. We are back. In November we will begin to blog and in the spring we will merge with the @openarchnetwork13,090 followers | Follow
Liz McLellan
owner hyperlocavore.com - a yardsharing community. Let's grow together! Foodie, gardener, crafty nerd and hot-headed ginger. http://ow.ly/acvWq12,188 followers | Follow
Do Lectures
The Do Lectures. Ideas+Energy=Change. Apr 25-29th 2012. Small tent. Big Ideas. West Wales. ‘Inspirational stuff.’11,164 followers | Follow
Rocky Mountain Inst
Founded in 1982, Rocky Mountain Institute is a research and consulting non-profit that drives the efficient and restorative use of resources.10,870 followers | Follow
Shareable Magazine
The online magazine about sharing covering car sharing, social media, cohousing, open source, cities, coworking, gov 2.0, coops, the sharing economy & more.10,292 followers | Follow
Majora Carter
You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One10,141 followers | Follow
FightPoverty
Business Fights Poverty is the leading online community for business and development, connecting over 10,000 professionals.9,880 followers | Follow
Slow Money
Slow Money. A new economic vision. An emerging network of investors donors and farmers rebuilding the economy from the ground up http://slowmoney.org/principles9,616 followers | Follow
Dr. Vandana Shiva
9,560 followers | Follow
OutCampaign
please also follow RichardDawkins - this is the official Twitter account for the RDFRS site9,530 followers | Follow
Bonnie Azab Powell
Food politics writer, blogger, editor, and sometime meat slinger.9,401 followers | Follow
Gil Friend
Strategic sustainability thought leader, consultant, & coach CEO Natural Logic Inc, author Truth About Green Business, blogger: http://blogs.natlogic.com/friend9,393 followers | Follow
Alan W. Silberberg
Innovator. CEO. Founder @Gov20LA. Communicator. Digital Diplomacy. Think Fast. Don't be afraid.8,882 followers | Follow
Positive Detroit
1st Website That’s Sole Mission is to Highlight the Nice Things People Say About Detroit. Founded by Erin Rose, CEO @PickMiDate8,405 followers | Follow
LightTherapyRev
Laser Light Therapy Centre - Healing with Light: Skincare, Anti-Aging, Pain Relief, Stress, Arthritis, Smoking, Weight Management, Allergies and much more!8,339 followers | Follow
Occupy Main Street
We stand for democracy, justice and ethical responsibility. We oppose plutocracy, debtcraft, and corporate personhood. #Occupier #OWS RT ≠ endorsement.7,650 followers | Follow
Planet Positive
We offer a 4-step certification process: 1) Measure 2) Reduce 3) Invest 4) Communicate. An environmental mark. A better way of living.7,550 followers | Follow
Worldwatch Institute
Global environmental research organization focused on building a low-carbon energy system, creating a healthy future for agriculture, and developing a green eco7,446 followers | Follow
Barbara Marx Hubbard
I feel I am here to be a voice for the Collective Emergence of humanity as a cocreative, universal speciesl7,259 followers | Follow
CitizenEffect.org
Empowering Citizen Philanthropists to be the solution to the world's most pressing challenges one project at a time.6,956 followers | Follow
Occupy New Orleans
99% -- Original Twitter Account for OccupyNOLA --- info@occupynola.org6,788 followers | Follow
Whuffie Bank
In a world where reputation is wealth, only those that do good and well onto others are the richest.6,286 followers | Follow
No Impact Project
A social change initiative of No Impact Man. This account is maintained by supporters and volunteers of No Impact Project.6,276 followers | Follow
David Eaves
Connecting: public service renewal, public policy, open-source, open data & government, negotiation, collaboration, life, fun and rockband drumming6,117 followers | Follow
Appropedia.org
Sharing knowledge for rich, sustainable lives. Want to share your knowledge? Talk to us! (Tweets mostly by Chris)6,113 followers | Follow
Dale Dougherty
Founder of MAKE Magazine and creator of Maker Faire, co-founder of O'Reilly Media.5,914 followers | Follow
David Brin
Futurist, Scientist, and Author of The Transparent Society, Existence, Earth, The Postman, Startide Rising. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/5,789 followers | Follow
susanmernit
Oakland, hyperlocal, news, blogger, permaculture, social media, social justice, consultant, geek, feminist, troublemaker..5,743 followers | Follow
Ellen Weinreb
Weinreb Group - Executive Search in Sustainability/CSR, Supply Chain & External Affairs. Tweets are jobs that cross our desk. Our searches: http://ow.ly/720Rs5,677 followers | Follow
Hunter Lovins
President, Natural Capitalism Solutions; Chief Insurgent, madrone project5,542 followers | Follow
Aaron Peters
Interested in social movements, identity and political economy. P.hD at RHUL. Writes at @OpenDemocracy. Talks at @ResonanceFm. Lulz as transitional demand.4,803 followers | Follow
Collab Consumption
Collaborative Consumption is the explosion in traditional sharing, lending, renting and swapping redefined through tech and peer communities #CollCons4,699 followers | Follow
davidhodgson
nourishing life, nurturing the emergence of a thrivable society4,579 followers | Follow
Streetfilms
Film on livable streets, traffic, biking, mass transit & more by Clarence, Elizabeth, and Robin4,406 followers | Follow
Jim Gilliam
Founder/CEO of @nationbuilder, the essential toolkit for leaders.4,301 followers | Follow
World Future Society
The Twitterfeed of the World Future Society. Follow our conference speakers here: http://twitter.com/WorldFutureSoc/worldfuture2012-speakers4,253 followers | Follow
Global Footprint
#GlobalFootprintNetwork is an international think tank working to advance sustainability through use of the #EcologicalFootprint, a resource accounting tool.4,049 followers | Follow
Move Your Money
3,840 followers | Follow
David Korten
Author Agenda for a New Economy & The Great Turning, board chair YES! magazine, co-chair New Economy Working Group, board member BALLE3,787 followers | Follow
Occupy Design
Building a visual language for the 99 percent, grassroots style. Protest + logistical signage, street infographics, and universal icons around social justice.3,733 followers | Follow
CGIAR Climate
The CGIAR Research Program, Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security (CCAFS) seeks to overcome the threats to ag & food security in a changing climate.3,717 followers | Follow
Jen van der Meer
EVP Managing Director Dachis Group | Social + Green + Design + Health + Metrics + Behavior | @ITP_NYU | @svaPOD | @HECParis3,583 followers | Follow
We Are Visible
Helping You Connect To The Social World :: managed by @CareyFuller, a homeless mother living near Seattle, with occasional ramblings from @haRdLyNOrMal3,582 followers | Follow
Mamading Ceesay
Re-designing society one domain at a time, today work, tomorrow the world!3,564 followers | Follow
Ken Greene
Hand-crafting heirloom and open-pollinated seed in the Hudson Valley. Full seed catalog, Seed Library membership, and seed saving skills online.3,555 followers | Follow
Robin Chase
Now: Buzzcar, p2p carsharing. Founder & former CEO Zipcar, GoLoco, MeadowNetworks. Focus on open solutions, pragmatic implementation & real-time CO2 reductions.3,534 followers | Follow
Adora Svitak
Student, author, teacher, World Food Programme youth representative; proud feminist; advocate for youth voice and literacy; overuser of semicolons.3,388 followers | Follow
Lane' Bigsby
Master Recycler, Eco-Volunteer & Owner of Something Borrowed Portland. Tweeting about tips, news, and ideas to live a greener, healthier, more sustainable life.3,261 followers | Follow
Livable Future Blog
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future--As population and consumer demand grow there's urgent need to improve health, prevent disease and meet basic needs.3,153 followers | Follow
Mark Frazier
President, Openworld.com - for a free, resilient, and generous world. Also @peerlearning3,138 followers | Follow
Vinay Gupta
Beyond good taste and evil. Global resilience guru. What do you do after it all goes wrong? And what about the poor, for whom it's never yet been right?3,108 followers | Follow
James Lynch
I do media relations for Amnesty International on the Middle East and North Africa. Retweets don't mean I agree (always).2,762 followers | Follow
Gideon Rosenblatt
Reflections on technology, and its impact on people, organizations, society and the soul. ☯2,668 followers | Follow
Transition US
Nonprofit organization providing inspiration, support, networking+training for @TransitionTowns Initiatives to build community resilience | tweets by @shelbytay2,656 followers | Follow
Terri Hansen
Environmental journalist: Indian Country Today Media Network http://ictmn.com, and Freelance. Member: SEJ, AHCJ, NAJA.2,327 followers | Follow
Peter Bardaglio
Senior Fellow@Second Nature, Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative coordinator, president of Seneca Strategic Consulting, LLC & Black Oak Wind Farm, LLC2,175 followers | Follow
Naomi Colvin
@ukfriendsofbm @occupylsx Let's keep things moving. auerfeld.com2,174 followers | Follow
The Finance Lab
Global systems change project. Incubating new forms of prosperity for people and planet. Led by WWF-Uk & ICAEW. Join the community here http://bit.ly/GHhwCV2,107 followers | Follow
New Economics Inst.
A new economics for a new economy that supports people and the planet.1,927 followers | Follow
Kat Gjovik
Work w/ David Korten, outreach/communication for Living Economies Forum/Great Turning initiative. And helping build resilient community on Bainbridge Island.1,877 followers | Follow
New American Dream
The Center for a New American Dream promotes shifting and reducing consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.1,809 followers | Follow
Chris Byrne
Comprehensivist. Compost Modernist; GreenMBA; Eco-Social Entrepreneur; Integral Permaculture Systems Geek. Eater, Drinker, Breather. Papa. Earthling.1,807 followers | Follow
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
I provide soulcare for misfits, heretics, and other creative souls. Community: http://www.flock.magpie-girl.com Blog:http://www.magpie-girl.com1,787 followers | Follow
beka economopoulos
VP of @FissionStrategy, online organizing & social media consulting for non-profits. Director of @NAA_NYC, integrating art, activism, tech & theory.1,741 followers | Follow
Reuse Alliance
We're dedicated to promoting reuse! Join the reuse movement - create a greener & more prosperous world! Sign our petition today! http://bit.ly/NatlReuseDay10-201,737 followers | Follow
Heather C. McGhee
Heather C. McGhee is the Washington Office Director of Demos, a progressive policy organization. @Demos_org www.demos.org1,693 followers | Follow
Angela Gibson
When Technology clashes with Humanity.... Passionate about how technology affects the Human Fabric, the Economy and those outside of the Western Bubble.1,660 followers | Follow
Future Conscience
Futurist blog exploring human progress through the eyes of a future conscience - Science & Environment | Religion & Spirituality | Communication & Technology1,588 followers | Follow
Apollo Alliance
Apollo Alliance is working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work.1,501 followers | Follow
Sarah van Gelder
Co-founder and editor, YES! Magazine. Trolling for possibility in a chaotic world. DM me w/ leads.1,436 followers | Follow
cameron tonkinwise
sustainable service systems designs, critical design thinking, & contemporary classical music1,416 followers | Follow
Steve Monteith
Abundant Sink Creative - Freelance graphic designer, guitarist, marathon runner, green enthusiast, garden amateur, Vespa daydreamer.1,362 followers | Follow
Sustainability
A journal committed to providing legitimate information and resources to foster collaboration in the quest to preserve the sustainability of global resources.1,348 followers | Follow
AnthroPunk
AnthroPunk looks at how people promote, manage, resist and endure change; how people hack their lives (and others) - living the world not just in it.1,310 followers | Follow
Fractional Life
Welcome to Fractional Life, the world’s leading web portal based on the fractional ownership and asset-sharing concept.1,209 followers | Follow
Charles Eisenstein
Charles is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.1,195 followers | Follow
Willi Schroll
foresight expert • technology analyst • 360° thinking • Likes: social innovation wave, design thinking, changemaker1,114 followers | Follow
Joshua Nelson
We're in a #postgrowth world. I'm a Writer/Activist, Web Developer, Engineer, Vegetarian, Steady Stater, Revolutionist, Meadmaker, Father, Small-Is-Beautifulist1,113 followers | Follow
rachel sinha
Twts on Social Innovation, socent, Finance & Sustainability. Sustainability Manager @ICAEW & one of 4 co-conveners @TheFinanceLab and UnLtdFuture1,012 followers | Follow
The Shift List
Sign up rapidly to follow inspiring leaders on the Shift List (above). Just click on following below981 followers | Follow
Arthur Brock
Targeted Currencies Geek building infrastructure for the open source economy959 followers | Follow
Amy Kirschner
#futureofmoney #socent #p2p #neweconomy mythology nature tech books treehouses ::: I'm also @vtexchange + @VBSRmarket939 followers | Follow
Roman Frei
gathering information, sharing ideas & dreaming of better ways to design our communities and our world. free public transportation and education for all!879 followers | Follow
Mark Vanderhoek
Husband, father, agrarian, university PR pro, founder of a food system non-profit, MBA, advocate for human-scale/non-corporate capitalism. My tweets are my own.863 followers | Follow
Gaining Ground 2010
The Power of Green Cities to Shape the Future (Geoff Gosson)834 followers | Follow
Vanessa Barrington
cook, author of DIY Delicious, blogger, sustainable food and food justice geek, media relations with HavenBMedia for food, environment, and community828 followers | Follow
Climate One
Climate One at The Commonwealth Club: bringing together a conversation on energy, environment, and the economy and what it really means to be green.780 followers | Follow
MetaCurrency Project
Building the core infrastructure for open sourcing money & currencies.758 followers | Follow
Bleeding Green UK
A group interested in how we go about saving planet Earth. Based the the 'Dear Green Place', Glasgow in Scotland.695 followers | Follow
rebecca burgess
Defining the Fibershed model: Our wardrobes can walk hand-in-hand with ecological agriculture, regional economies, personal and global health.654 followers | Follow
Kate Ettinger
impact-focused social change architect qui célèbre el milagro en cada paso... #innovate #learn #excel #ask #dare #inspire #:)652 followers | Follow
Helene Finidori
Tracking and cultivating emerging change and better ways of doing business & politics. If it's inspiring and empowering, pass it on...641 followers | Follow
Deborah Frieze
Co-author of #WalkOutWalkOn with Meg Wheatley. Focus on systems change, emergence, localism, resilient communities.586 followers | Follow
sbn bainbridge
Sustainable Business Network of Bainbridge Island, supporting local economy, healthy environment, vibrant community!537 followers | Follow
André Angelantoni
President of PostPeakLiving.com; peak oil public speaker; instructor for The UnCrash Course. Very high signal-to-noise ratio (i.e. no lunch plans).529 followers | Follow
TransitionReno
We are local collaboration working to create community resilience in the face of peak oil and global climate change.☛☺519 followers | Follow
All Our Ideas
All Our Ideas allows you collect and prioritize ideas through a democratic, transparent, and efficient process.513 followers | Follow
New Paradigms
New Paradigms - Discovering Resilience in Community. Celebrating Local508 followers | Follow
TransitionPDX
We are a grassroots movement bringing the Transition Initiative to Portland, OR487 followers | Follow
Ed Pastore
Techno-philosopher and radical-moderate activist. Spokesperson for the Metagovernment project.487 followers | Follow
FUTURESTATES
Online fiction series from ITVS, the producers of Independent Lens.481 followers | Follow
Shauna Struby
Writer, locavore, wife, mom, restlessly curious, lusts for cheese. ”How can we love the children of all species-not just our own-for all time?”-Cradle to Cradle462 followers | Follow
ResilientPeople
Resilient People and Climate Change helps organizations build psychological and sociocultural capacity in response to converging economic and climatic impacts.454 followers | Follow
Kate Michi Ettinger
Health Care/#Bioethics Consultant-Mediator, Innovator, Educator, External Agitator. #Excellence #Transparency #Humility #Integrity #Collaboration #Socialjustice444 followers | Follow
agroinnovations
420 followers | Follow
Superblyhuman
Coach. Making use of what's there to make the possible happen for people, teams, organizations & communities. Also check www.superblyhuman.com405 followers | Follow
Jay Walljasper
Editor OnTheCommons.org; Contributing Editor National Geographic Traveler; Cities editor, Shareable.net; Fellow, Project for Public Spaces; Citistates Group350 followers | Follow
Haney Armstrong
Director of Marketing at GreatNonprofits. Social media, online communities, websites, and email campaigns at Roots of Change, Omidyar Network, Linden Lab.346 followers | Follow
Thomas Leavitt
A Fierce Advocate for Fair Trade, Social Justice & Environmental Issues Soy vehemente defensor de los derechos humanos y ambiental343 followers | Follow
Transition Colorado
Supporting the Transition movement as it evolves in Colorado.300 followers | Follow
Kick It Over
Join the fight to revamp Econ 101 curriculum, challenge the endemic myopia of their tenured neoclassical profs and help kick over neoclassical economics.290 followers | Follow
5M Project
The 5M Project is a creative development in San Francisco designed to catalyze the innovative ideas that build our economy and strengthen our communities.266 followers | Follow
Redefining Progress
Shifting public policy to achieve a sustainable economy, a healthy environment & a just society247 followers | Follow
Janaia Donaldson
Host of Peak Moment TV online Conversations with people transitioning towards locally-reliant living and resilient communities for our lower-energy future236 followers | Follow
Richard Schulte
Freelance Web Design, Marketing, Research. Solidarity Economy, Emergence, Ancestry, Resource Sovereignty. Land and Love.221 followers | Follow
Sydney LETS
Sydney's Local Exchange Trading Sydney (community currency). Come trade with us.209 followers | Follow
Rural Org. Project
ROP’s mission: To strengthen the skills, resources, and vision of human dignity group leadership, keeping groups a vibrant source for a just democracy.173 followers | Follow
Toronto Dollar
The Toronto Dollar is a Community Currency that strengthens our local economy by encouraging people to shop locally and reinvest in their community.171 followers | Follow
Katie Teague
161 followers | Follow
Lauren Higgins
Pollinator. Entredonneur. Possibilities Cartographer// Consultant @ LivingSystemsTech //Cultural Facilitator & Co-Director @ Communikey //Mover @ MetaCurrency157 followers | Follow
Susan Burton
Susan Burton is a 2010 CNN Top 10 Hero. Follow Susan to learn more about A New Way of Life Reentry Project for formerly incarcerated women in Los Angeles.155 followers | Follow
Bradley Smart
Fourth grader who wants to understand things and make the world more sustainable.104 followers | Follow
Christal Padilla
An action-oriented community design collaborative that encourages social entreprenuers, a local value-based economy, intelligent design, and eco-effectiveness.98 followers | Follow
Deep-Think
Deep-Think aims to integrate biophysics and socio-economics for the sustainable development of large-scale projects.77 followers | Follow
Pursuit of Happiness
walking from VT to DC to change what we measure from wealth to well-being58 followers | Follow
BryanTulsa
50 followers | Follow
Simon Tegg
49 followers | Follow
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