Mobile app adds an element of gaming to home energy metering
There are few aspects of life that can’t be enlivened by a little friendly competition, and home energy metering is no exception. Enter German GreenPocket’s namesake smartphone app, which “helps consumers share their carbon footprint in a competitive and entertaining way on Facebook”. READ MORE…
I’ve been working in this area for nearly five years. It’s pretty gratifying to it recognized like this….
For the first time in its history, the TED Prize is being awarded not to an individual, but to an idea. It is an idea upon which our planet’s future depends.
The 2012 TED Prize is awarded to… the City 2.0.
Why is TED awarding the 2012 TED Prize to an idea and not a person?
Because this is an idea capable of inspiring collaborative actiion by millions of people. Urbanization is one of the century’s biggest issues. Over the next 90 years, we will build more urban living space than in all prior centuries combined. We had better get it right.
Great cities represent an incredible opportunity for a beautiful, sustainable future:
- they promote innovation through proximity
- they can reduce population growth
- they can radically reduce carbon footprint per person
- they can ease development pressure on rural areas
- they can offer economic opportunity, culture, educationNumerous people in the TED community are playing critical roles in helping create better cities — through urban planning, architecture, design, technology, entrepreneurship and community activism.
This prize gives us all a chance to bring these efforts together and ignite something special.
Last year we challenged the artist JR to make a wish to change the world. With the Inside Out Project, he and an amazing community of collaborator’s are doing just that.
This year, we’re challenging everyone in the TED Community to embrace radical collaboration on one of the most pressing issues we face.
