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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Differences between Internet and Energy Technologies |
John Doerr is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Together with KPCB's partners, John has backed many of America's best entrepreneurial leaders, including Google and Amazon. Here he talks about his focus as a venture capitalist on recruiting talent and building teams. He makes some clear distinctions between the Internet and Energy market potential, the latter costing more, taking longer and being much more policy intensive. EarthSayer John Doerr |
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The Future for Electric Cars by Senator Kevin de León
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Turning Our Cities Into Human Power Plants by Laurence Kemball-Cook
Earth to Canada: Be Leaders by David Suzuki
The Driverless City by Carlo Ratti
Connectivity is Destiny by Parag Khanna
On Autonomous Vehicles by Dr. Tim Chapin
Technology Solutions Addressing Climate Change by Tom Knutzen
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Sustainability for All: by Jonathon Porritt at TEDxExeter
The Role of Corporate Philanthropy by Stuart Hart
Seed Communities: Ecovillage Experiments by Karen Litfin
Closing the Technology Gap by Frank Schott of NetHope
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Systems Thinking and Sustainability by Dr. Fritjof Capra
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Innovation and Sustainability by Joel Makower of GreenBiz
A History of Public Imagination: What Will You Imagine?
The Wisdom of Designing Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
Differences between Internet and Energy Technologies
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Smart Citizens for a Smarter State by Beth Simone Noveck
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