Paul Gilding - The earth is full
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Although I've done a hundred or so public talks around the world in the last few years around my book The Great Disruption, speaking at the opening session of the annual TED event is an experience and opportunity like no other. Another speaker backstage, feeling similarly hyped about the opportunity, described it to me as being like "the world series of public speaking"! For me the pressure was really on because I was going into the lion's den of "techno optimists" -- those who believe that technology can solve everything.
Paul Gilding: The Earth Is Full (Video)
Modèle de croissance, climat, ressources, population : comment expliquer qu’alors que nous franchissons aujourd’hui toutes les lignes rouges, outrepassant aveuglément les capacités du système terre, nous continuions à faire preuve d’une telle indifférence apparente, s’interroge Thomas Friedman, l’éditorialiste du New York Times. « Lorsqu’on se trouve face à une circonstance si énorme qu’elle requiert de transformer radicalement la façon de penser et de voir le monde, le déni est la réponse naturelle.
La Terre n’en peut plus, par Thomas Friedman
It’s going to hit hard and it’s going to hurt – made worse because most aren’t expecting it. They think the world is slowly returning to our modern “normal” – steadily increasing growth, with occasional annoying but manageable interruptions. After all, the global recession wasn’t so bad was it?
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Paul Gilding has spent 35 years trying to change the world, doing everything he can think off. He’s served in the Australian military, chased nuclear armed aircraft carriers in small inflatable boats, plugged up industrial waste discharge pipes, been global CEO of Greenpeace, taught at Cambridge University, owned and run two ground-breaking sustainability focused companies and been a close confidant and advisor to the CEOs of some the world’s largest companies.Paul Gilding’s book The Great Disruption was released around the world over 2011 to wide acclaim. It is now being translated into various languages. The Dutch edition has been released (see here) with the German version due for release in late 2012.
