Australia is behind the rest of the world when it comes to developing sustainable energy. Yet we lead, especially in Asia, in education and research. Why is this? How can we make progress in these areas? Monday night was an interesting mix of the Future Makers documentary ~ Australians leading the way in sustainable energy, and [...]
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The green future makers & the politicians
July 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Environment, sustainability
Tags: Australia·change·climate change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·entrepreneur·Environment·government·technology
Sustainable Design and Ezio Manzini
July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social justice, entrepreneur, sustainability, technology
Everybody now acknowledges that there is a problem concerning our environment. The unfamiliar and unsure part is what we can do to solve this. Last week one of the leading thinkers in sustainable design visited Australia. Ezio Manzini shared his wisdom in helping us make this change now. He identified the tools and opportunity we have already around [...]
Tags: Australia·change·climate change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·Environment·government·human behaviour·local·needs·technology·Web
Girls Leading Social Change
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Social Innovation
Recently I took part and presented on a day designed to inspire young girls, our future leaders, in creating social change. I was interviewed and here is the video for the day:
Tags: change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·growth·human behaviour·local·needs·Social justice·Web
How to make a positive impact on our world
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Music, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social justice, personal development, sustainability, technology
Last week I presented to 140 of our young emerging female leaders. The topic of “how to make a positive impact on our world” resonates with the current tools and opportunities available and I relished the chance to discuss a topic I am very passionate about. As I told the audience, I am very excited [...]
Tags: Australia·climate change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·destiny·empowerment·growth·human behaviour·morals·needs
Don’t Think Too Much!
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Social Innovation, personal development, technology
“Don’t think too much” is a theme of Edward deBono, the renowned expert on creative thinking. But how do we do that when our whole lives are about thinking, organising, planning & developing? We’ve been raised, he says, to think in order to “hurry up and find an answer” instead of thinking about being open [...]
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