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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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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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TEDx and Education
I am busy reading Moeletsi Mbeki’s book ‘Advocates for Change: How to overcome Africa’s Challenges’, and Chapter 4, Education is written by Prof Jansen. I enjoyed reading it, it was packing punch. I also recall hearing him speak on 5fm … Continue reading
TEDxMfuleni “Creative Community” – 15 September 2011. Lauren Uppink and Bernelle Verster share their experience.
This post was submitted to the TEDx blog too… “Design, creativity and technology are at the centre of innovation, across the globe, and most importantly in the very communities that make up a city. Innovation starts when individuals are inspired … Continue reading
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Creating Community – what a bioprocess engineer is learning about life, tameness and our attempts at ‘sustainability’.
Green Drinks: Bernelle Verster 18 September 2011. Title: Creating Community – what a bioprocess engineer is learning about life, tameness and our attempts at ‘sustainability’. Bio: Bernelle believes an integrated approach to education, waste management (a subsection of ‘sustainability’) and … Continue reading
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TEDxCapeTown, Water and UCT…
I was asked to write a motivation for something TEDx related … including ‘my activities at UCT’. I thought it would be short, it wasn’t and I liked what came out so I didn’t shorten it. I think its an … Continue reading
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TEDxCapeTown – my talk and the reason behind it all.
I am the Water Maverick. I am for love of water. Clean water is crucial but adequate wastewater treatment is THE main gateway to human disease prevention. Think about it, every 20 seconds a kid dies of cholera. It’s not … Continue reading
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