Seeing a sustainable future - Alex Steffen

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    Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity's ecological footprint is especially vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.
    Talk by Alex Steffen.

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  • @starfire139
    @starfire139 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes, so we're talking about creating denser areas so we can do away with some of our materialistic consumerism and instead use services, and we can do away with our cars. But when we're talking about sustainability, how can a planet be sustainable if our food sources are not sustainable? He didn't talk about this point at all. Yes, we can make some changes to our lifestyle (this is inevitable as our world population increases) to decrease carbon emissions, but that's just one point.

  • @iilglobalinc
    @iilglobalinc 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great talk. It's important to think about the future and what alternatives we may have to create or come about starting now. Interesting concepts at the end, thank you for the video!

  • @ahz1993
    @ahz1993 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was really great! Made me feel optimistic for the future.
    Now lets hope to see people follow through with this!

  • @tonimas165
    @tonimas165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    After watching the video, can you tell me the essential message of the video? What was it about? *

  • @TheJaredtheJaredlong
    @TheJaredtheJaredlong 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm an architecture student working on a project to design a building with zero admissions. When I was first briefed on the project it sounded impossible, but after actually researching sustainable strategies and developing and designing around them I found that it's actually really simple, if not intuitive, to do. There really is no reason why governments mandating net zero buildings isn't happening.

  • @Cz4rBDV5e8w
    @Cz4rBDV5e8w 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This idea excites me!

  • @Gam3r979
    @Gam3r979 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This gave me hope in the future :)

  • @gingersaxophone
    @gingersaxophone 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    with all this heating with the sun , its -16C where i live today can the sun really keep my house 40 degrees wamer then it is outside?

  • @Sagaepic
    @Sagaepic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the new design. Much smoother animation effects inside it, although the start page is kinda bad.

  • @rafrak
    @rafrak 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That stealing the future thing reminded me of an anime called c:the money and soul of possibility.

  • @beegum1
    @beegum1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    If we... do stuff like greening the electric drill, then, we need to take care of the negative impact, the loss of basic skills, some of which are necessary during disaster scenarios. Whenever I see a disaster in a city, I am concerned that this plays out at some level in the developed world, and that, also, peoples lives could easily be lost and, especially, clean up run unnecessarily slowly and the reliant people disconnected from the reality of the work the workers are doing (restive).

  • @CognitiveApprentice
    @CognitiveApprentice 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. People sometimes like to engage in full-on debate mode in their comments.
    My first thought when I see a "I hate the new layout" comment, is that every single mainstream site that has ever changed their layout EVER, has been universally condemned by their users for a few weeks, until they get used to it. The previous layout was new about a year ago, and comment sections were inundated with "I FUCKING HATE THE NEW LAYOUT"... Then people got used to it.

  • @genegenegene1
    @genegenegene1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ 7:11 the mafia guy has a corded drill.
    That's not "The Green Way To Go"........

  • @chuckh553
    @chuckh553 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    very smart

  • @AlexandrZaytsevet
    @AlexandrZaytsevet 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I neither expected nor anticipated this.

  • @hoppopandaciddrop
    @hoppopandaciddrop 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Utopian dreams become real starting with information providing.

  • @TheHecg
    @TheHecg 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    give it a few days?

  • @DarkSwift2204
    @DarkSwift2204 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    not sure if sarcasm the reason why he says we should all die

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    A sustainable city doesn't depend on the importation of resources. I wonder why he didn't mention that? It's the most important aspect of a sustainable future.

  • @sinachiniforoosh
    @sinachiniforoosh 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:14

  • @isopu
    @isopu 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Adam Savage has a brother who does TED talks...Who knew

  • @reveaglestar
    @reveaglestar 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must say I disagree with the "High Density" idea. I've seen some of the planes for these cities and find them to be a place I don't want to live in. You lose individuality, all the apartments are the same, and it's all too regulated.

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hadn't noticed that! If they keep going like this, Google is going to be synonymous with fuckup. Here's an idea, Instead of letting the employees who just want to get paid and don't give a shit what the site looks like call the shots, why not allow the users, the people who actually USE TH-cam, to vote on what the best layout is? After all, we're the one's who use the site.

  • @BmrGould
    @BmrGould 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of course they won't disappear. We still have the need of transportation across long distances. However there is a lot of room to reduce the amount of roads.

  • @LeonardoNextgen
    @LeonardoNextgen 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is what i expected

  • @xuan3232
    @xuan3232 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:50 well i live in hongkong

  • @keltzar1
    @keltzar1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It'll probably reach the point where very few people will own cars and they'll just rent them when they go on long trips.

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not about age, the new layout looks worse. I like good change not bad change. I wish google could at least learn how to make small changes

  • @holleey
    @holleey 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    heat with sunlight... ? i live in ireland, there's no such thing as sunlight

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, I hear ya loud and clear. I hated the old layout too then I go used to it, but then again, not much else I can do. If the changes they made were an improvement, I would say so, But first impressions don't lie. As far as the functionality, it's not very intuitive and I've found several bugs. I know they test before rollout, but gimme a fucking break. And aesthetically speaking, it's obvious that a bunch of geeks work there. Not that there is anything wrong with geeks, but they can't dress

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, you're right. I sometimes forget about the evil google monster

  • @ElectricIguana
    @ElectricIguana 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    All these things happen naturally. All he's saying is we need to continue the development of our cities, which happens by virtue of convenience demand. But don't be fooled. Roads and highways aren't going to disappear.

  • @cristicbz
    @cristicbz 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it. You're getting old if you don't like change.

  • @legomineX
    @legomineX 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is not what i expected

  • @smash1man
    @smash1man 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    watch: Zeitgeist moving forward.

  • @greenzoid2
    @greenzoid2 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol in 2 months youll be used to it and wont care, just like every other update haha. Remember the last time it changed everyone complained, and now people want it to be changed back to that same layout that was hated.

  • @remster32
    @remster32 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    We wouldn't be here today if it weren't for CO2. Ever heard of the greenhouse effect?

  • @goddidzion
    @goddidzion ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BRAIN WATER EXPLODE

  • @xapemanx
    @xapemanx 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thorium nuclear power plants....

  • @kaz4051
    @kaz4051 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t he steal the chipmunks?

  • @Mr3run4ever
    @Mr3run4ever 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    walter white? anyone?

  • @user-og1yx5jd4h
    @user-og1yx5jd4h ปีที่แล้ว

    뇌터 수졌어😊

  • @zyrohnmng
    @zyrohnmng 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't like it...My feed is messed up, and I must fix it so I only get new content, not people commenting on old comments, or recommendations of videos which I have already seen.

  • @xanto97
    @xanto97 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    great idea, but i dont think it is realistic. People still want/need cars. If this is possible, its a way off :/

  • @TheThreatenedSwan
    @TheThreatenedSwan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The developed world could transition to nuclear and solar only. One of the biggest wastes is communal and state controlled resources.
    Making cities ridiculously large and dense would solve nothing. It only leads to poor livability and lower birth rates. Humanity should privatize and increase trade as much as possible and hope that better atmosphere will lead to better competition and inventions to solve our problems. Wanting to voluntarily stunt innovation and population growth is an idiotic way to live. If humans can only innovate and grow so much and then our planet dies out, who cares? It's better to strive for something really great with a possibility of failing than live mediocrely for slightly longer

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Calm down buddy, I wasn't speaking on behalf of the entire planet. A comment implies an opinion, I thought that was common knowledge

  • @CognitiveApprentice
    @CognitiveApprentice 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're also getting old if you think your subjective opinion is somehow a legitimate basis for your claim. Not everybody thinks it looks worse.

  • @repker
    @repker 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    or perhaps people got tired of trying to get back what they still may want. not used to it, but more of a submissive 'fine i guess i have to let youtube do what they want because it isn't like i have a say in anything that they do'

  • @checkle1
    @checkle1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're on the wrong channel if you still think that....

  • @Rumdreg
    @Rumdreg 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a shitty ending. It should have been a two cour anime.

  • @user-qn4uz7rw6d
    @user-qn4uz7rw6d ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dh tlqkf 뇌수 터졌노

  • @adammaufort8729
    @adammaufort8729 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't be so optimistic

  • @PoxZeh
    @PoxZeh 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    fucking hate the new youtube layout.

  • @user-cu8re6wj9v
    @user-cu8re6wj9v ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BRAIN WATER EXPLODE