{"id":2532,"date":"2018-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/a-statement-440f4a3626d7\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T00:00:00","slug":"a-statement-440f4a3626d7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/a-statement-440f4a3626d7\/","title":{"rendered":"A statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 name=\"c697\" id=\"c697\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\">A statement<\/h3>\n<p name=\"f55f\" id=\"f55f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\">(I\u2019m attending the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salzburgglobal.org\/home.html\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.salzburgglobal.org\/home.html\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Salzburg Global Seminar<\/a> which was themed: <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">\u2018Arts, Technology and Making Sense of the Future\u2019<\/strong> and apparently former alumni have produced a \u2018statement\u2019 in the past. That doesn\u2019t seem to be happening this time around so I thought I\u2019d give it a go. Much of this relates to the wicked problem of global warming which was discussed at great length.)<\/p>\n<p name=\"9797\" id=\"9797\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">In coming up with ideas on how to move from thought to action we:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"postList\">\n<li name=\"aea7\" id=\"aea7\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\">Should not treat the (in)actions of Western Nations which have a larger role in contributing to global warming in the same way as the (in)actions of nations which don\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li name=\"6401\" id=\"6401\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should develop ideas about how to sell concepts of restraint in Western Nations to allow other nations to continue to improve their condition. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/archive-international\/en\/campaigns\/climate-change\/Solutions\/solar_chill\/The-story-of-the-Ozone-campaign\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/archive-international\/en\/campaigns\/climate-change\/Solutions\/solar_chill\/The-story-of-the-Ozone-campaign\/\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CFCs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plastic_bags\" data-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plastic_bags\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">plastic bags<\/a>\u00a0, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/may\/27\/the-rise-of-vegan-teenagers-more-people-are-into-it-because-of-instagram\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/may\/27\/the-rise-of-vegan-teenagers-more-people-are-into-it-because-of-instagram\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">veganism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jan\/10\/theresa-may-proposes-plastic-free-supermarket-aisles-in-green-strategy\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jan\/10\/theresa-may-proposes-plastic-free-supermarket-aisles-in-green-strategy\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">disposable plastic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/konmari.com\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/konmari.com\/\" class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Kondo<\/a> are examples.)<\/li>\n<li name=\"9fc3\" id=\"9fc3\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should help Western Nations to move from an agenda of growth to an agenda of equity, balance and efficiency.<\/li>\n<li name=\"00fb\" id=\"00fb\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should champion technology-driven ideas that solve climate related issues and fund them well. Every 14 year old should aspire to become an environmental entrepreneur.<\/li>\n<li name=\"5213\" id=\"5213\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should help people be a prophet in their own land, it\u2019s easier to grow a community of sustainable entrepreneurship if they are able to grow in your own back yard. Every town, city, nation, should champion it\u2019s local environmental entrepreneurs, no matter how small.<\/li>\n<li name=\"8b94\" id=\"8b94\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should lobby governments to subsidise the retraining of workers who lost their jobs in traditional manufacturing for their talent to shift to jobs in the sustainability sector.<\/li>\n<li name=\"efa8\" id=\"efa8\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should lobby governments to police, fine and regulate industries which don\u2019t actively manage their environmental waste nor offer mechanisms for their customers to reduce the waste produced by their products. Some industries should be allowed to die (won\u2019t be the first time nor the last).<\/li>\n<li name=\"5368\" id=\"5368\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Support efforts for waste management to be as local as possible.<\/li>\n<li name=\"caa6\" id=\"caa6\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Should include \u2018protection from impact of climate change\u2019 in Maslow\u2019s hierarchy of needs, quality of life and economic indexes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p name=\"7f1d\" id=\"7f1d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--li\">Want to add any to this list? Comment below!<\/p>\n<p name=\"ad1c\" id=\"ad1c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\">Follow the event on Twitter with #SGSCulture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statement (I\u2019m attending the Salzburg Global Seminar which was themed: \u2018Arts, Technology and Making Sense of the Future\u2019 and apparently former alumni have produced a \u2018statement\u2019 in the past. That doesn\u2019t seem to be happening this time around so I thought I\u2019d give it a go. Much of this relates to the wicked problem&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/a-statement-440f4a3626d7\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A statement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-of-things","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p41XhY-EQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}