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About Tom Rand

After a number of years as a successful software entrepreneur Tom now focuses his efforts on carbon mitigation. He's active in Cleantech venture capital, technology incubation & commercialization, and public advocacy.

Tom is Managing Partner of ArcTern Ventures, a Senior Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District and sits on the board of a number of clean energy companies and organizations. Tom also developed Planet Traveler, a low-carbon hotel project in downtown Toronto. Tom's first book Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit was published in early 2010 and his second — Waking the Frog: Solutions for our Climate Paralysis — became a bestseller in Spring 2014. It is his belief that we have yet to have a serious, public conversation about the threat of climate change, and the economic opportunities afforded by the global transformation to a low-carbon economy.Tom holds a BSc in electrical engineering (U of Waterloo), an MSc in philosophy of science (University of London and LSE) and an MA and PhD in philosophy (U of Toronto) and is an Action Canada Fellow.

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The fossil fuel party is over — so what's the good news?

We can turbocharge the transition to a post-carbon world. We just have to pull up our socks and do it.
Opinion | June 24th 2015
Old oil field

The Dismal Science

They bury risk and ignore uncertainty, pointing us in precisely the wrong direction.
Opinion | June 9th 2015

Myth of the free market vs. creative complexity

With apologies to my libertarian friends, there’s no such thing as a free market. In the absence of market rules emerges the strongman’s. Look to Somalia for a free market utopia.
Opinion, Energy | May 20th 2015
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Climate denial’s siren song

What I call ‘passive denial’ is our shared ability to acknowledge the science but ignore the consequences.
Opinion, Energy | May 11th 2015
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21st century cage match: cleantech bulls vs. climate bears

Catastrophic climate disruption from unchecked carbon emissions is a modern variant of a recurring theme.
Opinion, Energy | April 22nd 2015

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