A clarifying conversation on how we redesign our world.
In his new book, Climate Capital: Investing in the Tools for a Regenerative Future, Tom Chi reframes economics not as a fixed system but as a design challenge. Drawing from physics, nature, and decades at the forefront of innovation, he offers a grounded, actionable path toward a regenerative future. This is neither climate optimism nor climate despair. It proposes a framework for building what actually works.
Together, Tom Chi and anthropologist Cari Borja will explore how our economic systems have drifted from the physical realities of the planet and how we might redesign them using the intelligence of nature itself. Moving beyond fear and abstraction, the conversation will center on cultivating agency, aligning innovation with ecological truth, and reimagining what it means to build an economy that is not extractive but regenerative. Come to rethink what is possible, and your place within it.
Copies of Climate Capital are available for purchase in advance with your ticket.
Tom Chi is the founding partner of At One Ventures, which backs early-stage (Seed, Series A) companies using disruptive deep tech to upend the unit economics of established industries while dramatically reducing their planetary footprint. Previous to founding At One, Tom was a founding member of Google X, where he led the teams that created self-driving cars, deep learning artificial intelligence, wearable augmented reality and internet connectivity expansion. He played a significant role in established projects with global reach including Microsoft (Outlook) and Yahoo (Search, Answers). He has also spent time in the developing world and via social entrepreneurship accelerators, mentoring 200+ entrepreneurs working on global development issues such as access to clean water, electricity, education, health care, and employment. Tom has spoken at TED Countdown, Aspen Institute, YPO, SuperVenture, IDEO, Unreasonable and Summit at Sea. He is also a lifelong inventor, with 77 patents across hardware, software, design, and mechanical systems.
A clarifying conversation on how we redesign our world.
In his new book, Climate Capital: Investing in the Tools for a Regenerative Future, Tom Chi reframes economics not as a fixed system but as a design challenge. Drawing from physics, nature, and decades at the forefront of innovation, he offers a grounded, actionable path toward a regenerative future. This is neither climate optimism nor climate despair. It proposes a framework for building what actually works.
Together, Tom Chi and anthropologist Cari Borja will explore how our economic systems have drifted from the physical realities of the planet and how we might redesign them using the intelligence of nature itself. Moving beyond fear and abstraction, the conversation will center on cultivating agency, aligning innovation with ecological truth, and reimagining what it means to build an economy that is not extractive but regenerative. Come to rethink what is possible, and your place within it.
Copies of Climate Capital are available for purchase in advance with your ticket.
Tom Chi is the founding partner of At One Ventures, which backs early-stage (Seed, Series A) companies using disruptive deep tech to upend the unit economics of established industries while dramatically reducing their planetary footprint. Previous to founding At One, Tom was a founding member of Google X, where he led the teams that created self-driving cars, deep learning artificial intelligence, wearable augmented reality and internet connectivity expansion. He played a significant role in established projects with global reach including Microsoft (Outlook) and Yahoo (Search, Answers). He has also spent time in the developing world and via social entrepreneurship accelerators, mentoring 200+ entrepreneurs working on global development issues such as access to clean water, electricity, education, health care, and employment. Tom has spoken at TED Countdown, Aspen Institute, YPO, SuperVenture, IDEO, Unreasonable and Summit at Sea. He is also a lifelong inventor, with 77 patents across hardware, software, design, and mechanical systems.
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- 2 hours
- all ages
- In person
- Doors at 6:15 PM
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Clio’s Books
353 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
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