Rifkin’s Promise – Technology to Share
Profitable Collaborations Across An Internet of Things Free energy. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction wishful thinking. But crowd-sourced green energy harvested from the buildings all around us could hold great promise. It’s at the core of Jeremy Rifkin’s ideas about the Internet of Things – something he considers a natural outgrowth of…
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One of These Things is a Lot Like The Other
Dayna Baumeister Co-founder and Keystone of Biomimicry 3.8 There's no waste in nature. It seems as though everything has a purpose, even in death. The decaying leaf fortifies the soil of the forest floor. The left-over carcass of a predator's kill sustains the carrion-eaters that come after. It's zero waste reality in action. But, nature's…
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Zero Waste Conference 2014
METRO VANCOUVER IS PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO ITS FOURTH ANNUAL ZERO WASTE CONFERENCE Businesses, governments and communities are stepping up and learning how to thrive in a rapidly changing, resource-constrained world. On September 16, join leaders, emerging innovators and practitioners as we explore new product and systems design, new materials, and new business…
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Our Expert Lineup
Let's have a look at some of the local and international experts and pioneers participating in this year's Zero Waste Conference. In honour of the themes of the conference -- Innovation in Design, Transformation in Business, and Collaboration for Systems Change -- we have invited many of the world's leading experts and visionaries to share their perspectives on how…
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Registration Now Open for #ZWC2014
Shifting dialogue and action on waste prevention and reduction Metro Vancouver is pleased to invite you to its fourth annual Zero Waste Conference With keynote speaker Jeremy Rifkin, author of The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism. Engage with a global network of thought leaders, practitioners, and sector leaders…
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