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LeadSA article: Justin Nurse profiles bioprocess engineer, Bernelle Verster.
Whoop whoop! Got myself interviewed. Thanks to Claire Janisch and Justin Friedman who suggested me to Justin Nurse – who did the writing (thanks bru!). Two notes here, the informal style is because the only time we managed to meet … Continue reading
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TEDx and doing stuff
After a conversation around Food security and Water, and a few related things, including a rather thought-provoking conversation around how professionals communicate, I thought about the Action bit around TEDx. Organising a TEDx event is an intensely personal experience. I … Continue reading
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Tagged action, communication, inspiration, strategy, TEDx
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TEDxCapeTownSalon Food|Water|Cities conversation
Im stuck on figuring out where to put this. We’re busy editing and sending out shorter versions to the world. Here’s the big, 3000 word transcribed conversation. TEDxCapeTownSalon Food|Water|Cities conversation 29 March 2012 Chemical Engineering Seminar Room, University of Cape … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, decision makers, food security, resilience, water
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My thoughts on the Theme of TEDxCapeTown 2012: What We Play Is Life
This is one life. We live in times of extreme change, with imminent economic and ecological collapse. Many feel that capitalism caused these twin-crises and most feel “it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine … Continue reading
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Walking Two Worlds – Proudly Unemployable.
My session with Ruth two weeks ago touched on ‘the sticky spiderweb around the PhD’. The simple conflict between showing off – achievement – and being part of a community tangled me up for two weeks. The conflict was visualized … Continue reading
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Dinner: Social Entrepreneurs and TEDx
This week was a rollercoaster of loneliness. But a few things happened that made me realize I’m simply too close to the problem – small successes in teams where we were struggling for some time, and care given in areas … Continue reading
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mad cartoon fight
When one set of voices in your head tells you what you should be doing, and the other set begs and screams to do what you want to be doing, and both, on the face of it, looks just, proper … Continue reading
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D2: sense and respond. TH notes 2
D2 (democracy version 2, or deep democracy), in a nutshell (TH in ultra short form): What it is: A Change of Foundation – change the emphasis of where the power of democracy ultimately rests. Consentience – believing it makes it … Continue reading
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D2: Themba’s Head notes
These are rough notes on the book Themba’s Head (TH) meant for discussion and reflection, mainly for myself and Denis Beckett. It’s a combination of arguments, questions, and a summary of good points from the book (page numbers included as … Continue reading
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Finding a space of quietness
etiolated |ˈētēəˌlātid| adjective (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light. • having lost vigor or substance; feeble : a tone of etiolated nostalgia. This comes from a personal session with Ruth, but we see … Continue reading
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