How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,

Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture,

Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter. It's our future. It's time to come

together. Welcome to Climate One, a conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Greg Dalton. Today we're talking about going local in an age of globalization.

After a couple of decades of worldwide economic integration, there's a percolating interest in

reviving regional economies. First came slow food and regional food, and then companies started

touting products made near where they are sold.

Now there's slow money and other efforts to direct investment capital into regional businesses rather than markets and companies far away.

Underlying these efforts is increasing awareness about the cost and vulnerability of long supply

chains that are reliant on fossil fuels.

Another factor is an interest in building

regional resilience in anticipation of extreme weather events and disruptions driven by a destabilized

climate. Don't worry, this is not going to be a downer, a bummer. I promise we're going to have

some hope and optimism and good stories here this afternoon. For the next hour, we'll discuss

going local with our live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, the next hour, we'll discuss going local with our live

audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, and joining us, we're pleased to welcome

three guests involved in building resilient and innovative local economies. Dan Rosen is

founder and CEO of Solar Mosaic, a company base in Oakland. You'll hear more about. Michael

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