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In Service of the Wild
Paul Gilding has spent 35 years trying to change the world, doing everything he can think of that might help. He’s served in the Australian military, chased nuclear armed aircraft carriers in small inflatable boats, plugged up industrial waste discharge pipes, been global CEO of Greenpeace, taught at Cambridge University, started two successful companies and advised the CEOs of some the world’s largest companies.
His blog, The Cockatoo Chronicles, can be found at www.paulgilding.com
Paul Gilding: Curbing Consumption: Forging a New Economic Model from World Affairs Council on Vimeo.
Post Carbon Fellow Paul Gilding and author of The Great Disruption is an independent writer, advisor and advocate for action on climate change and sustainability.
This talk is from September 2011. The talk is 30 mins and is followed by a Q&A.
Paul Gilding is calling for a complete reset on the climate debate, saying we will not get a global agreement on climate change and it's a waste of time to think we ever will.
And he's got credentials: he was the global CEO of Greenpeace, taught at Cambridge University and works with business and industry.
He is optimistic that the world will do what needs to be done eventually, as international business is beginning to take the issue of climate change much more seriously.
But Paul reckons it will be done at the last minute and says business needs to be prepared for that time of crisis—what he calls the Great Disruption.
Irony doesn’t get any better than this. Environmentalists and farmers fighting the expansion of coal mining and coal seam gas across Australia are protecting the economy. If they are successful in slowing down or … >>
In his book The Great Disruption, Paul Gilding asserts that we are now in a global ecological and economic crisis that will lead to a period of major global economic transformation. This crisis driven change is a great … >>
"One of those who has been warning me of [a coming crisis] for a long time is Paul Gilding, the Australian environmental business expert. He has a name for this moment-when both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Paul Gilding warned Global businesses leaders of the "carbon bubble" inherent in fossil fuels investment. From the article: Members of the WBCSD include global business giants such as Toyota, … >>
Yes, there's still oil in the ground. We just can't afford it. In broad terms, the peak oil analysts were right. But the fossil fuel industry is winning the PR battle.
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