Date: Thursday 2nd June, 2011 Venue: Aspen Environment Forum, Aspen, Colorado Chair: Ned Breslin Speakers: Ken Banks, William Powers, Courtney Hight, Charles Porch The Environmental Network “Recent social movements in North Africa and the Middle East have shown the power of social media and mobile devices to accelerate change at the grassroots level. What lessons … Continue reading The Environmental Network
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The Aspen Environment Forum. In tweets.
Last week I was fortunate to attend the three-day Aspen Environment Forum (#AEF2011) in Aspen, Colorado. It gave me the perfect opportunity to “leave the tech behind” and immerse myself in some of the bigger environmental issues and challenges facing the planet today. The event boasted a fantastic line-up not only of speakers, but also … Continue reading The Aspen Environment Forum. In tweets.
Our breathing earth.
Breathing Earth is described as a “real-time simulation which displays CO2 emissions from every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates”. The data used comes from reputable sources, although the site admits that a simulation on this scale can never be 100% accurate. Worryingly, they note that the CO2 emission … Continue reading Our breathing earth.
Dispelling the myth?
I spent the best part of spring and summer ’99 working on my anthropology dissertation, passionately arguing that anthropologists had been wrongly excluded from much of the earlier global conservation process. The rationale behind my several-thousand word essay was that the view of indigenous peoples as ‘outside of nature’, or ‘a blot on the landscape’, … Continue reading Dispelling the myth?
Seizing the moment
Back in the summer of 2005, a few friends and colleagues gathered in a corner of the Commonwealth Club in London. There were environmentalists, conservationists, communications experts, senior mobile industry executives, businesspeople and a couple of potential investors. What brought us there was the Galileo Masters, an annual competition which awards incubation opportunities for innovative … Continue reading Seizing the moment
Standing up for the small guy (part 1)
Picture this: The writer of a zulu tune written in 1939 dies in poverty 20 years later. His song goes on to become one of the most popular tunes in Africa, and is recognised the world over. Ownership of the copyright ends up in American hands, and finds its way into a film which becomes … Continue reading Standing up for the small guy (part 1)