Coconut innovation - re-perceiving sustainability
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A speech given at the "NEW PERSPECTIVES:UNDERSTANDING THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF FUNDING" conference. Based on the award winning documentary "The Coconut Revolution". http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-coconut-revolution/ Grayson Bass and Bo Pelech Audio available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNxXZ9PkywxHeK_qM25_GA
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Coconut innovation - re-perceiving sustainability
- 2. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ I DON’T ALWAYS CONTRADICT MYSELF BUT WHEN I DO, I DON’T
- 7. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ •Built their own weapons / guns •Grew their own food (diverse food crops) •Built their own homes •Created their own medicine / health system •Create their own education system •Maintained their own transportation fleets •Built power grid •Harnessed hydro power •Processed their own biodiesel •Collect scraps for innovative reuse •Built their own musical instruments and •Created their own culture Coconut Revolution
- 8. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Too bad the embargo didn’t last longer…
- 9. •Shared Why •Disruptive Innovation •Lean Start-up •Community •Profitability •Trust / Collaboration Innovation & Entrepreneurship Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/
- 10. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximizing profits for external shareholders. Social Entrepreneurship
- 12. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Surplus - Lens of Risk Who takes risk? Who builds surplus? Who distributes surplus? Gov’t Banks Corps Universities Non-profits ???
- 13. 2 Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Who’s Trying ? Entrepreneurs Small Business Minimum Wage / Unemployed Students Social Enterprise
- 14. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Implications COCONUT INNOVATION now in the GTA
- 15. Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Local Singularity •Currency / Barter •Regulated Products •Sharing / Lending •Recycle / Reuse •3D Printing •Community Cooking •Urban Farming •Mesh Networks •Solar / Wind Energy •Micro-Lending •MMJ
- 16. 2 Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Seriously… •Why •Build community capacity •and problem solving capabilities •Hyper local monopolies •What surplus are you leveraging
- 17. Socrates was executed for questioning the absolute truths of others (basically annoying the shit out of everyone) Coconut Innovation Mayor Wilson ©Mayor Wilson http://mayorw.com/ Unintended Consequences
- 20. THANK YOU