As you may have gathered, there's a lot afoot here at Worldchanging. Over the next couple weeks, we'll be releasing some new work (including the video of the talks I gave in Seattle shortly before COP15 and of the talk I gave at the Bright Green Expo there), some news about changes in editorial direction (including updates about the upcoming second edition of Worldchanging: A User's Guide and Bright Green) and a whole mess of announcements of speaking gigs and other public appearances over the next year.

Last year, as you also may have gathered, was a remarkable year for us. We suffered the slings and arrows of recession (like so many other nonprofits), but we also put out an astonishing amount of new work, much of which appeared elsewhere in print, on the radio or on television or was unveiled on stages from Amsterdam to Jerusalem, Vancouver to Copenhagen. Much of the best of that work has enriched the second edition of the Worldchanging book.

Now we're going to be shifting gears. After six years of covering the most compelling solutions to the planet's biggest problems, we've learned some things about the cutting edge of sustainability and social innovation; we also feel strongly that the debate about how to build a better future needs to move farther, faster, and be more willing to grapple with the future's hard realities. We think 2010 is going to be a watershed year for the fate of the planet, and we want to do our utmost to contribute in the most meaningful, creative ways we can. We're going to push the edge of the envelope of that discussion, and we hope you'll join us in a new spirit of exploration.

In the meantime, we wish you the happiest of new years, and want to thank you all for being such a passionate, intelligent, engaged community of readers.