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Hong Kong’s Multi-Decade Creative Solutions for Water Management

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.20.2017

 

  Read the entire article at CitiScope.   When it comes to water, Hong Kong is in a paradoxical situation. This city of more than 7 million people has few reliable sources of drinking water. There’s no major river or natural lake to draw from. Groundwater is scarce and difficult to reach. And the city’s hilly terrain […]

 

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Solar Town, Babcock Ranch, Virtually Unscathed by Irma

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.18.2017

 

  Read the entire article at Florida Weekly.   Located away from the coast on some of the highest ground in Southwest Florida, Babcock Ranch was designed with resiliency in mind. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, a survey of storm impacts at Babcock Ranch is strong evidence of the benefits of Florida’s enhanced building codes […]

 

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U.S. Courts Taking Climate Change Seriously

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.16.2017

 

  Read the entire article at The Hartford Courant.    The third branch of the federal government, the appointed judicial branch, is finally getting serious about climate science. No longer can the elected executive branch and the elected legislative branches cave in to popular pressure to avoid the inconvenient truth that climate change adaptations will be […]

 

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Cities Should View Trees as Public Health Infrastructure

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.13.2017

 

  Read the entire article at Fast Company.   Think of a tree-lined street in the midst of a busy city. It feels like something of a treasure: hushed, cool, and sheltered from noise and sidewalk glare. These leafy streets cannot afford to be seen as a luxury, argues a new report from The Nature Conservancy.   […]

 

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The World’s First Mobile, Solar-Powered Recycling Plant in the Middle of London

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.11.2017

 

  Read the entire article at inhabitat.    The mobile recycling factory of the future just landed in the 19th century courtyard of the historic Somerset House in Central London. Trashpresso is a giant solar-powered recycling plant that transforms discarded plastic bottles into architectural tiles. The machine is the brainchild of Pentatonic, a furniture and design […]

 

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EasyJet Developing a Fleet of Electric Planes

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.09.2017

 

  Read the entire article at dezeen.    UK budget airline EasyJet has paired with US firm Wright Electric to develop a battery-powered aircraft fleet that can be used for its short haul flights. As part of a wider strategy to progressively decarbonise and reduce noise from aviation operations, EasyJet hopes to build the all-electric commercial passenger […]

 

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Hidden Costs of Climate Change Running Hundreds of Billions a Year

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.06.2017

 

  Read the entire article at the National Geographic.   Extreme weather, made worse by climate change, along with the health impacts of burning fossil fuels, has cost the U.S. economy at least $240 billion a year over the past ten years, a new report has found.     And yet this does not include this […]

 

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Analysts Bullish on Tesla’s Fleet Truck Prospects

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.04.2017

 

  Read the entire article at The Connected Car.   Last July, Elon Musk published a blog post on the Tesla website under the title “Master Plan, Part Deux.” As its name indicates, the post is a sequel to the original Master Plan, written in 2006, which detailed how Tesla hoped to introduce a game-changing car […]

 

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What is a national urban policy?

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.02.2017

 

  Read the entire article on CitiScope.   In most of the world’s countries, cities are growing fast. People and capital are rapidly flowing into urban centres in search of opportunity. But is there any guiding vision behind this process of urbanization? Will it lead to well-planned, sustainable and prosperous cities where every person has a chance […]

 

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Extraordinary Living Chandelier Absorbs CO2 and Emits Oxygen

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 09.29.2017

 

  Read the entire article at Inhabitat.   Lighting design has come a long way. Julian Melchiorri, a London-based designer and engineer, created this extraordinary living chandelier that not only lights up the room, but also actively purifies the air around it. Currently on display at the V&A Museum for London Design Week, the Exhale Chandelier […]

 

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The Authors

 

David Houle David Houle

 

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He worked at NBC, CBS, and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

 

Houle has won a number of awards. He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award, and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award. He is the Futurist in Residence at the Ringling College of Art+ Design.

 

He has delivered some 700 speeches on six continents and thirteen countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 3,500+ CEOs and business owners in the past eight years.

 

Houle coined the phrase the Shift Age and has written extensively about the future and the future of energy. This is his seventh book.

 

His primary web site is www.davidhoule.com

 


 

Tim RumageTim Rumage

 

Tim Rumage is a planetary ethicist and naturalist. Taking an interdisciplinary and systems thinking approach to education, he has been teaching at the intersection of Science, Ecology, Art, Design and Architecture for more than 30 years.

 

Tim is the Coordinator/Developer of Environmental Studies at Ringling College of Art and Design where he teaches courses on environmental science, sustainability, creating ecological cities, applied environmental design, food, water, biodiversity and environmental ethics. He is also a Coordinator for Sustainability in Design Education for CUMULUS and a frequent lecturer at other colleges and for community organizations.

 

As a trained field biologist, Tim has done research on Marine Mammals, Pelagic Birds, Bats, Habitat Restoration and Land Planning. He has been involved in a variety of interdisciplinary projects in the US and Africa involving habitat restoration and protection, green infrastructure, local food production and sustainability. Tim’s current work focuses on the economic value of nature and nature’s services.

 

His primary web site is http://planetaryethicist.com/

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Planetary Ethicist Tim Rumage on Plastic bottles

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    TedX Talk
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    Central Park, NYC
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    Hainan, China
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    Porto, Portugal
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    Chester County, PA
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    Porto, Portugal
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    Portland, OR
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    Porto, Portugal
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    Office of City Manager, Sarasota, FL
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    Iceland
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    Ringling College of Art + Design
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    Maine
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    Lido Beach, Sarasota FL

 

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Why Cities?

As of 2016 54% of humans live in urban environments. That number is projected to increase to 70% by the 2040s. This means that it is at the city level where crew consciousness needs to be and to expand. Cities are made up of communities, issues are local, actions have local and global consequences, politics are lessened. Cities are the future of humanity on This Spaceship Earth.

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Quartermaster’s Report

 

There are two questions you might consider as you review the Quartermaster’s report.

 

First – how well do your assumptions about each topic match the reality of the data?

 

Second – does the information reflect an outcome that you wish humanity to achieve?

 

Your reflections on your answers to these two questions determine your consciousness and participation in defining and creating our common future.

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