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Geovation Water Challenge: Views from the Edge, TYF
- 1. Geovation: Water Andy Middleton Founder Director, TYF @gringreen (with audio at: ow.ly/XmxzI )
- 2. Views from the edge
- 3. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William Shakespeare
- 4. Rules Reality Performance Focus 10 legal minimum, political maximum successfully reach the wrong goals R10 real 10/10 good intentions, low impact 1 CHOICES & DECISIONS Staying out of the shallows
- 5. Changing places. 1.Prosperous 2.Resilient 3.Healthier 4.More equal 5.Cohesive communities 6.Vibrant culture & language 7.Globally responsible
- 6. Photo: Chris Hadfield / NASA Sensing in new ways Geospatial Population & household Economic flows Infrastructure
- 8. Designing business for better
- 9. Choose who to work with
- 10. Every product you buy and every bite you eat cast a vote for the world that you want to see. Did you look before putting an X in the box?
- 12. Better answers need better questions Better questions need fresh skills
- 13. Impact education: learning by solving challenges that matter
- 14. ecoBuild some CRAP plans
- 15. Playing on the wild side
- 16. How can the people in other sectors do most good? Health Local government Fire & rescue Ambulance Food Energy Water Human resources Waste
- 19. The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen Andy Middleton | www.tyf.com | www.dolectures.com @gringreen | @TYFAdventure
Hinweis der Redaktion
- This presentation describes a journey of taking inspiration from wild places and adventure to re-imagine the way that we make change happen, on behalf of ourselves on nature
- To make sure that we avoid a voyage bound in shallows and miseries, we need to take a radically different view of how we solve problems
- I sit on the board of a national environmental organisation. We issue licenses to business that allow them to pollute our air and water. We don’t issue licenses to consumers, because they can do it for free. It’s OK
- Part of our responsibility is to give our children and future generations the courage to face their challenges with confidence, and stay aware from the crippling effects of fear on creativity, energy and ability. Reminding ourselves of Helen Keller’s famous quote : “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger in the long run is no safer than outright exposure. Life is daring adventure, or nothing.
- Wildlife populations down 50% in last 40 years Hemp 75% less water than cotton Cotton uses 2.5% of the world’s agricultural land, yet uses 16% of all insecticides and 6.8% of herbicides used worldwide
- OPAL - £3m citizen science fund, with no intent to do anything about the information that it’s participants discover.
- Let’s be reminded of the change that needs to happen by the broken things around us, and find ways of turning them into gifts for new ways of doing things – opportunities to remodel services, products and concepts.
- Today, 86 percent of the world's population lives in countries that demand more from nature than their own ecosystems can renew.