Generally innovation in the context of sustainability focuses on the conversations around the role of innovation by business leaders who advocate the development of sound business models to encourage investment in new products and services. Many products, but not all, are focused on renewable energy, another EarthSayers.tv Special Collection.
This collection addresses other emerging markets in diverse industries ranging from agriculture to information technology to biotechnology as well as beauty and wellness. Sustainability calls on us to consider innovation more broadly to include not just the technical, but the social and environmental as well. Innovation may be found in conversations around ethical sourcing, social innovation, and in the role of the social entrepreneur.
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Connectivity is Destiny by Parag Khanna |
It is time to reimagine how life is organized on Earth. We're accelerating into a future shaped less by countries and more by mega-cities; less by borders and more by connectivity.
a showshow the global connectivity revolution - in transport, infrastructure, communications - has upended the ‘geography is destiny’ mantra, and how connectivity, not sovereignty, has become the organizing principle o f 21st century society. Streamed live on Jun 1, 2016 Connectivity Atlas is here. EarthSayer Parag Khanna |
The Evolving Context for Science and Society by Alan Leshner
The Future of Mobility - Project ReDesign Renault Internship
The Wisdom of Designing Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
All Things Have Standing: 4.7 -- Future Stories -- Machine Virtue
Turning Our Cities Into Human Power Plants by Laurence Kemball-Cook
Connectivity is Destiny by Parag Khanna
Sustainable business with Hannah Jones
The Future for Electric Cars by Senator Kevin de León
The Role of Corporate Philanthropy by Stuart Hart
Technology Solutions Addressing Climate Change by Tom Knutzen
Imagine 2050
Differences between Internet and Energy Technologies
Innovation and Sustainability by Joel Makower of GreenBiz
The future of innovation and sustainability
The Driverless City by Carlo Ratti
Earth to Canada: Be Leaders by David Suzuki
Closing the Technology Gap by Frank Schott of NetHope
Smart Citizens for a Smarter State by Beth Simone Noveck
Potable Water Generator as Billboard by UTEC
Seed Communities: Ecovillage Experiments by Karen Litfin
Sustainability as Mainstream Business Opportunity
What's In Your Food? Telespec Innovation
Special Electric Vehicle by James McGreen
Purifying Water using Solar-activate Water Treatment Technology from Puralytics
Google Geotechnology and the Future of Sustainability (panel)
On Autonomous Vehicles by Dr. Tim Chapin
Reinvent Fire: Change Energy Use Forever
Green vs. Green: The Sustainability Debate by Jeffrey Hollender
Automotive Revolution 2030
Reflections of a Green Business Pioneer with Yvon Chouinard
A History of Public Imagination: What Will You Imagine?
Sustainability for All: by Jonathon Porritt at TEDxExeter
How AI is revolutionizing the world of education
Innovate to Meet the Challenge of Conservation by Jim Levitt
Systems Thinking and Sustainability by Dr. Fritjof Capra