Designing for Natural Security [Entire Talk]
Innovation
What if 21st century innovation and design approached nature as a powerful ally?
Duration
47:15
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 15
Episode
21
Andy Karsner is a senior strategist and “Space Cowboy” at X, the “moonshot factory” at Alphabet (Google’s parent company). He has spent two decades driving renewable energy innovation and other climate solutions, including serving as the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from 2005 to 2008. In this talk, Emily Ma, Food Systems Lead at X, interviews Karsner about the nation’s preeminent natural security challenges and explores where he finds the greatest hope for designing solutions.
Video clips from: Designing for Natural Security [Entire Talk]
- 3:02Andy Karsner asserts that we can, and we must, design ourselves out of self-imposed environmental demise by using nature as an ally and valuing it as such.
- 3:25You can’t have national security without natural security.
- 3:55Great entrepreneurs are driven by passion and mission, not simply money.
- 1:35Data is the currency of the 21st century. But it needs to become more energy-efficient.
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