cleanweb intro for clean tuesday meet-up in hong kong
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Explaining what #cleanweb is and what's being done, for the cleantech community in Hong Kong @CleanTuesday_HK Meet-up hosted by Charles D'Haussy. Thanks to @BlakeBurris for some of the content.TRANSCRIPT
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• @JackTownsend_
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• @JackTownsend_• Web Scientist at University of Southampton• Cleanweb UK co-organizer• Open Knowledge Foundation Sustainability • A World Bank #Apps4Climate Competition Winner• Seven years managing big data for energy
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CleanwebUK
• @JackTownsend_
Lowest ice levels in history!
1990s%
Problems
Human Impact!
Problems
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Cleantech
Social Media
Sustainability Internet
Open data
Environment
Web
Climate
Efficient
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Less natural resourcesMore human benefit
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Efficiency by sharing info
Efficiencyautomatically
Engaged
Informing opinionHolding to account
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Public engagement14
...informing opinion
...holding to account15
Innovative
Finding sustainable alternatives
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#3
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Cleanweb going global
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Hackathons
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Paris
New York
AneeshChopra
Paris
FrancoisGirodolle
Open data
• Need access to great data...• Spreading fast!!• Government data–US, UK ++++
• Scientific data– CODATA
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The Cleanweb Manifesto
cleanweb.org.uk/manifesto.html
James Smith@floppy / @cleanwebuk
So will the Web save the planet?
Not unless we use it well...
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So can the Web save the planet?
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So can the Web save the planet?
Yes!
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So can the Web save the planet?
Yes!Efficient Engaged Innovative
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What you can do
...start a business/social enterprise
Cleanweb Manifesto
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join the ecosystem
join the ecosystem
Join the conversation #cleanweb
@JackTownsend_