(Signify in partnership with the Climate Group)

The word “revolution” points towards fundamental shifts in thinking or activities that cause fundamental changes in socioeconomic status. The impacts of each of the four industrial revolutions continue to ripple into the present and future. 

As industrial economies progressed, people began to enjoy better lifestyles as access to lower-cost, mass-produced goods improved. Manufacturers and producers worked to sell the maximum number of products at the lowest possible cost. Higher salaries and better living conditions prompted an increase in population and the growth of metropolitan areas. Improved infrastructure, breakthrough scientific discoveries, and new technologies made travel and communication easier. The world became a smaller place.