A month ago I posted a very inspirational speech of Alex Steffen, about the 20 necessary steps to move toward more sustainable civilization. The speech was made on a conference on Sustainable Cities in Danish architecture centre. Alex had a very good point in his speech. “Many times we just hear about how bad things may become if we continue on current curse, but actually we are not listening that much about, how good may thing become, if we will start to change and begin to do things in different manner. Of course there is a lot of content around the web, that is inspiring us to make a positive change to the world, but as far as I know, non of them so comprehensive as two annual events I want to post about today.
First of them is the well known TED Conference. The annual conference brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). TEDs website is packed with great inspirationa speeches made by interesting personalities from all walks of life. And you can get lost on the site for hours and days. Definitely worth checking if you dont know about it already.
Second of them is a similar annual project held in Amsterdam.
“PICNIC brings together and disseminates the ideas and knowledge of the world’s best creators and innovators, through a top-class conference, a broad selection of participative sessions, interactive experiences, matchmaking events wrapped in a festival experience.”
Again, the website is just bursting of great content and positive energy.
I got to say I really like the idea of this kind of branded conferences/festivals, which are in the end of the day inspiring not only the participants that are present in the conference hall, but thousands ( and hopefully millions) of people around the world. I hope there will be more stuff like that coming in the near future. One for every significant town and the city on this planet.
