This Friday at BoBo’s! Asheville Green Drinks: The Waste-free Economy
Friday 12th, 2010 from 6pm to 9:30pm
How do we dramatically reduce the amount of waste built into our economic system? The waste and inefficiency that pervades our systems has disastrous consequences – from social injustice to ecological devastation, from financial disease even to spiritual disconnection. The industrial revolution was based on the premise that waste had negligible inherent economic cost. We’re now understanding that waste is very expensive, when viewed in a larger context. We need a new type of revolution – a new level of awareness made possible by our connected technologies.
What if we could balance supply and demand, in real-time, at the level of every transaction? What if we could conduct our businesses with a broader understanding of the economic value of interconnectedness? What if we could bring a new level of transparency to all of our business dealings? What are the privacy implications? How might transparency help us reduce the waste, and advance the cause of sustainability? What do we need to sacrifice to move towards this vision?