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because a lot of people out there don't know what that is.
And, you know, built the society that we now live in.
the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created,
And, you know, then you get all the way down
So what's Worldchanging?
that everybody in this room I'm sure has already heard of,
and talk about what we're looking for, rather than saying, you know,
And given that I have 13 minutes to do this, this is going to go kind of quick.
So, I don't know, just stick with me. Right?
So, first of all, what are we looking for? Bright Green city.
by first of all creating cities that are denser and more livable ...
Once you do those things, you can start making all sorts of investments.
We're able to now build buildings that generate all their own electricity,
Green roofs. Bill McDonough covered that last night, so I won't dwell on that too
much.
When you know where things are, it becomes easier to share them.
have already taken off in many places in Europe, and are a great example.
So, here's a power cord which glows brighter the more energy that you use,
which was used to create a new kind of exhaust fan, which is greatly more
effective.
But unfortunately, most of the people on the planet don't live in the cites we live
in.
and this guy, who'd done some work with the U.N., came up to me
So, we're adding a city the size of Seattle every seven days,
and most of those cities look more like this than the city that you or I live in.
they have enormous numbers of people who are struggling with poverty,
And this is one of the things that we are looking for everywhere.
where you don't have the tools and technologies that you need,
One place we're all familiar with seeing this is with cell phones. Right?
All throughout the developing world, people are going directly to cell phones,
I particularly like the Ganesh in the background, talking on the cell phone.
So what we have, increasingly, is cell phones just permeating out through society.
so I won't say too much more than that, other than to say
what is true for cell phones is true for all sorts of technologies.
When you have free ability for people to freely work together and innovate,
using free and open source software, cheap, sort of hacked-together machines,
And a quarter-million people every year use these now in Sao Paulo.
And those quarter-million people are some of the poorest people in Sao Paolo.
So it's not, you know, Bollywood isn't just answering Hollywood. Right?
You know, Brazilian music scene isn't just answering the major labels.
Like, I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "City of God?"
And it's all about this question, in a very artistic and indirect kind of way.
So you also have the ability for people to start coming together
And I would personally say that we have to craft new political realities,
We talk about how another world isn't just possible; another world's here.
OK, so, much, much better than the average crowd, I can tell you that.
completely shifts the balance from the standard sort of north-south dialogue
is the rise of these games that are what we call "serious play."
Well, very quickly, you get a Bright Green future for the developing world.
You get, for example, green power spread throughout the world.
You get -- this is a building in Hyderabad, India.
You get barefoot solar engineers carrying solar panels into the remote mountains.
These are LED lights that help the roughly billion people out there,
And you get water solutions. Water's one of the most pressing problems.
will distill water from the air that's clean and drinkable.
I just love this, you know -- I mean carrying water is such a drag,
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right?
So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
And the same thing is true for people who are in absolute crisis. Right?
We're expecting to have upwards of 200 million refugees by the year 2020
that are being developed in collaborative ways all across the planet.
such as new models for village instruction in the middle of refugee camps.
And as they grow up, they will grow up around the mines,
(Applause)
I think that, in fact, that "all of the past is but the beginning of a beginning.
The people in this room have given me more confidence than ever that it will.
(Applause)
because a lot of people out there don't know what that is.
And, you know, built the society that we now live in.
the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created,
And, you know, then you get all the way down
we are going to find ourselves more and more and more quickly
So what's Worldchanging?
that everybody in this room I'm sure has already heard of,
and talk about what we're looking for, rather than saying, you know,
And given that I have 13 minutes to do this, this is going to go kind of quick.
So, first of all, what are we looking for? Bright Green city.
by first of all creating cities that are denser and more livable ...
Once you do those things, you can start making all sorts of investments.
which is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It's a fabulous place.
We're able to now build buildings that generate all their own electricity,
Green roofs. Bill McDonough covered that last night, so I won't dwell on that too
much.
When you know where things are, it becomes easier to share them.
have already taken off in many places in Europe, and are a great example.
So, here's a power cord which glows brighter the more energy that you use,
which was used to create a new kind of exhaust fan, which is greatly more
effective.
But unfortunately, most of the people on the planet don't live in the cites we live
in.
and this guy, who'd done some work with the U.N., came up to me
So, we're adding a city the size of Seattle every seven days,
and most of those cities look more like this than the city that you or I live in.
they have enormous numbers of people who are struggling with poverty,
And this is one of the things that we are looking for everywhere.
where you don't have the tools and technologies that you need,
All throughout the developing world, people are going directly to cell phones,
I particularly like the Ganesh in the background, talking on the cell phone.
So what we have, increasingly, is cell phones just permeating out through society.
so I won't say too much more than that, other than to say
what is true for cell phones is true for all sorts of technologies.
When you have free ability for people to freely work together and innovate,
using free and open source software, cheap, sort of hacked-together machines,
And a quarter-million people every year use these now in Sao Paulo.
And those quarter-million people are some of the poorest people in Sao Paolo.
So it's not, you know, Bollywood isn't just answering Hollywood. Right?
You know, Brazilian music scene isn't just answering the major labels.
There's interplay between them. And, you know, you get amazing things.
Like, I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "City of God?"
And it's all about this question, in a very artistic and indirect kind of way.
So you also have the ability for people to start coming together
And I would personally say that we have to craft new political realities,
We talk about how another world isn't just possible; another world's here.
OK, so, much, much better than the average crowd, I can tell you that.
completely shifts the balance from the standard sort of north-south dialogue
is the rise of these games that are what we call "serious play."
Well, very quickly, you get a Bright Green future for the developing world.
You get, for example, green power spread throughout the world.
You get barefoot solar engineers carrying solar panels into the remote mountains.
These are LED lights that help the roughly billion people out there,
And you get water solutions. Water's one of the most pressing problems.
will distill water from the air that's clean and drinkable.
I just love this, you know -- I mean carrying water is such a drag,
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right?
So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
And the same thing is true for people who are in absolute crisis. Right?
We're expecting to have upwards of 200 million refugees by the year 2020
that are being developed in collaborative ways all across the planet.
such as new models for village instruction in the middle of refugee camps.
And as they grow up, they will grow up around the mines,
(Applause)
I think that, in fact, that "all of the past is but the beginning of a beginning.
The people in this room have given me more confidence than ever that it will.
(Applause)
because a lot of people out there don't know what that is.
And, you know, built the society that we now live in.
the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created,
we are going to find ourselves more and more and more quickly
So what's Worldchanging?
that everybody in this room I'm sure has already heard of,
and talk about what we're looking for, rather than saying, you know,
And given that I have 13 minutes to do this, this is going to go kind of quick.
So, first of all, what are we looking for? Bright Green city.
by first of all creating cities that are denser and more livable ...
Once you do those things, you can start making all sorts of investments.
which is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It's a fabulous place.
We're able to now build buildings that generate all their own electricity,
Green roofs. Bill McDonough covered that last night, so I won't dwell on that too
much.
When you know where things are, it becomes easier to share them.
have already taken off in many places in Europe, and are a great example.
So, here's a power cord which glows brighter the more energy that you use,
which was used to create a new kind of exhaust fan, which is greatly more
effective.
But unfortunately, most of the people on the planet don't live in the cites we live
in.
and this guy, who'd done some work with the U.N., came up to me
So, we're adding a city the size of Seattle every seven days,
and most of those cities look more like this than the city that you or I live in.
they have enormous numbers of people who are struggling with poverty,
And this is one of the things that we are looking for everywhere.
where you don't have the tools and technologies that you need,
One place we're all familiar with seeing this is with cell phones. Right?
All throughout the developing world, people are going directly to cell phones,
I particularly like the Ganesh in the background, talking on the cell phone.
So what we have, increasingly, is cell phones just permeating out through society.
so I won't say too much more than that, other than to say
what is true for cell phones is true for all sorts of technologies.
When you have free ability for people to freely work together and innovate,
using free and open source software, cheap, sort of hacked-together machines,
And a quarter-million people every year use these now in Sao Paulo.
And those quarter-million people are some of the poorest people in Sao Paolo.
So it's not, you know, Bollywood isn't just answering Hollywood. Right?
You know, Brazilian music scene isn't just answering the major labels.
There's interplay between them. And, you know, you get amazing things.
Like, I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "City of God?"
And it's all about this question, in a very artistic and indirect kind of way.
So you also have the ability for people to start coming together
And I would personally say that we have to craft new political realities,
We talk about how another world isn't just possible; another world's here.
OK, so, much, much better than the average crowd, I can tell you that.
completely shifts the balance from the standard sort of north-south dialogue
is the rise of these games that are what we call "serious play."
We're looking a lot at this. This is spreading everywhere.
Well, very quickly, you get a Bright Green future for the developing world.
You get, for example, green power spread throughout the world.
You get barefoot solar engineers carrying solar panels into the remote mountains.
These are LED lights that help the roughly billion people out there,
And you get water solutions. Water's one of the most pressing problems.
will distill water from the air that's clean and drinkable.
I just love this, you know -- I mean carrying water is such a drag,
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right?
So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
And the same thing is true for people who are in absolute crisis. Right?
We're expecting to have upwards of 200 million refugees by the year 2020
that are being developed in collaborative ways all across the planet.
such as new models for village instruction in the middle of refugee camps.
And as they grow up, they will grow up around the mines,
(Applause)
I think that, in fact, that "all of the past is but the beginning of a beginning.
(Applause)
because a lot of people out there don't know what that is.
And, you know, built the society that we now live in.
the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created,
And, you know, then you get all the way down
we are going to find ourselves more and more and more quickly
So what's Worldchanging?
that everybody in this room I'm sure has already heard of,
and talk about what we're looking for, rather than saying, you know,
rather than giving you tried-and-true examples.
And given that I have 13 minutes to do this, this is going to go kind of quick.
So, first of all, what are we looking for? Bright Green city.
by first of all creating cities that are denser and more livable ...
Once you do those things, you can start making all sorts of investments.
which is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It's a fabulous place.
We're able to now build buildings that generate all their own electricity,
Green roofs. Bill McDonough covered that last night, so I won't dwell on that too
much.
When you know where things are, it becomes easier to share them.
have already taken off in many places in Europe, and are a great example.
So, here's a power cord which glows brighter the more energy that you use,
which was used to create a new kind of exhaust fan, which is greatly more
effective.
But unfortunately, most of the people on the planet don't live in the cites we live
in.
and this guy, who'd done some work with the U.N., came up to me
So, we're adding a city the size of Seattle every seven days,
and most of those cities look more like this than the city that you or I live in.
they have enormous numbers of people who are struggling with poverty,
And this is one of the things that we are looking for everywhere.
where you don't have the tools and technologies that you need,
One place we're all familiar with seeing this is with cell phones. Right?
All throughout the developing world, people are going directly to cell phones,
I particularly like the Ganesh in the background, talking on the cell phone.
So what we have, increasingly, is cell phones just permeating out through society.
so I won't say too much more than that, other than to say
what is true for cell phones is true for all sorts of technologies.
When you have free ability for people to freely work together and innovate,
using free and open source software, cheap, sort of hacked-together machines,
And a quarter-million people every year use these now in Sao Paulo.
And those quarter-million people are some of the poorest people in Sao Paolo.
You know, Brazilian music scene isn't just answering the major labels.
There's interplay between them. And, you know, you get amazing things.
Like, I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "City of God?"
And it's all about this question, in a very artistic and indirect kind of way.
So you also have the ability for people to start coming together
And I would personally say that we have to craft new political realities,
We talk about how another world isn't just possible; another world's here.
OK, so, much, much better than the average crowd, I can tell you that.
completely shifts the balance from the standard sort of north-south dialogue
is the rise of these games that are what we call "serious play."
Well, very quickly, you get a Bright Green future for the developing world.
You get, for example, green power spread throughout the world.
You get barefoot solar engineers carrying solar panels into the remote mountains.
These are LED lights that help the roughly billion people out there,
And you get water solutions. Water's one of the most pressing problems.
will distill water from the air that's clean and drinkable.
I just love this, you know -- I mean carrying water is such a drag,
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right?
So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
And the same thing is true for people who are in absolute crisis. Right?
We're expecting to have upwards of 200 million refugees by the year 2020
that are being developed in collaborative ways all across the planet.
such as new models for village instruction in the middle of refugee camps.
And as they grow up, they will grow up around the mines,
(Applause)
I think that, in fact, that "all of the past is but the beginning of a beginning.
The people in this room have given me more confidence than ever that it will.
(Applause)