Thrivable Technology

After learning about The Blue Economy site for just a short while, these two words Thrivable Technology stand in my mind for what the Blue Economy is about to produce and benefit from. Let me share a a few connections. (i) inspired by Gunter Pauli's  TEDx talk in Tokyo.

 

Thrivable

a word for a beautiful concept, inspired and shared by Jean Russell. Explore the perspectives of 70 authors in the Collaborative Sketch (made in a process of flash collaboration).

 

Technology

a few examples, selected along the way. Disclosure: no financial ties to any of these.

 

Management

It's time to radically rethink how we mobilize people and organize resources to productive ends. Here's how we start. Gary Hamel: Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment (video).

MycoForm

The main objective of MycoForm is to establish a dynamic, self-sufficient, cradle-to-cradle construction technology. By combing fungal mycelium with varying types of organic substrates and carefully controlling their expansion within prefabricated molds, structural materials are literally grown.

Cogeneration

Quick overview and calculation for a single home-sized unit in Japan. There is even a blog post by Premier Minister Naoto Kan (linked near bottom) where he spoke about “The next era” (3): A surge toward natural energies

Tool

Twitter chat, to bring together small teams of co-creative minds for an hour of intense textual exchange. If you happen to join #futrchat, you may find professional looking output in the form of a futrchat e-book (made in a process of flash collaboration).

Ah, well, now blog time is up. What would you add?