UC Berkeley Abundance

"To the have the future we want, we need to build and invent more of what we need." - Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, AbundanceJoin us, here.

I. What is Abundance?

Abundance is a movement to build a future where everyone has access to the basic things we need to thrive — more housing, more clean energy, more medical breakthroughs. Our goal is simple: remove the bottlenecks holding back progress.Abundance unites Americans across political divides to fix the systems that make it too hard to build and a scarcity crisis. That means reforming permitting laws, streamlining infrastructure projects, and modernizing agencies so they can move as fast as the problems we face. Abundance works across housing, science, climate, and technology because the same broken processes stall all of them.Traditional politics argues over redistribution but Abundance is about creation. We believe the best way to raise living standards is to make it easier to produce the things people need, not just fight over what is already there. Our mission is to get society building again.

II. What is UC Berkeley Abundance?

As the top public university in the country with deep roots in political activism and a mission to serve the people of California, Berkeley is an important place to explore and advance Abundance ideas in a state that has become emblematic of the very challenges Abundance seeks to address. Berkeley students feel these challenges firsthand — from an acute housing shortage and limited affordable, accessible public transit to bureaucratic bottlenecks that slow basic science research — and are uniquely positioned to help address them.At UC Berkeley, we bring students together from across disciplines to explore policy reform, technological progress, and state capacity. We’re not a single-issue group but a convener of people and groups who want to solve real problems.We host events, connect students to national networks, and work on concrete projects that advance the Abundance agenda.

III. Events and Programs

IV. How To Get Involved

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