Graham is doing his presentation in a very interesting way, pecha kucha, 20 slides in 20 seconds each. First section will be about people. Ok, almost impossible to keep up! Graham will be posting his presentation on treehugger.com, so I'll link to it when it's up.
Ben Jones, what ever's he selling, Graham's buying.
Just showed people who did the 100 mile diet, they only ate food that was grown within 100 miles of where they live.
The extremists. Chaining yourself to trees, etc., is extreme, but they allow us to look normal.
Fishcards
Vertical farms
Demountable stair, very cool!
Bike sharing programs
Ultra Capicitors
$10 timers
Robot driven, big kites for large boats
Foldschool, downloadable furniture designs
Bio-mimicry, looking to nature to solve our own problems
A variety of wind turbine systems
Electric composter
A composting toilet
Walls made from sandbags
Powerizers, cool stilt-like things
Zipcars, take products and turn them into services
Skype water cooler thing
Wow, just told us how many gallons it takes to make a 10 oz steak, like 900 gallons!
Think small. Everything should be smaller
Anything that's going to last must be loved by generations
Use space effeciently + own less stuff
Interesting stats on how little we actually use space
We need to bring back repairing things
Lots of very good information about how to create a more sustainable planet
Stuff
Concepts
TALK: WHEN IDEAS CREATE GOOD While many of us are determined to make better products, services and experiences there are many challenges and potential pitfalls along the way. Graham Hill (TreeHugger) will share the best, high-impact green products and services available today, and what we can learn from their unique stories of development.
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