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Coconut Innovation

Re-perceiving

Sustainability

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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I DON’T ALWAYS CONTRADICT MYSELF

BUT WHEN I DO, I DON’T

Coconut

Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Coconut

Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Coconut

Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Coconut

Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Coconut

Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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•Built their own weapons / guns•Grew their own food (diverse food crops)•Built their own homes•Created their own medicine / health system•Create their own education system•Maintained their own transportation fleets•Built power grid•Harnessed hydro power•Processed their own biodiesel•Collect scraps for innovative reuse•Built their own musical instruments and •Created their own culture

Coconut Revolution

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Too bad the embargo didn’t last longer…

•Shared Why

•Disruptive Innovation

•Lean Start-up

•Community

•Profitability

•Trust / Collaboration

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to

maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than

maximizing profits for external shareholders.

Social Entrepreneurship

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Social Entrepreneurship

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Surplus - Lens of Risk

Who takes risk? Who builds surplus?

Who distributes surplus?Gov’t BanksCorpsUniversitiesNon-profits ???

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Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Who’s Trying ?

Entrepreneurs Small Business

Minimum Wage / UnemployedStudents

Social Enterprise

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Implications

COCONUT INNOVATIONnow in the GTA

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Local Singularity

•Currency / Barter•Regulated Products•Sharing / Lending•Recycle / Reuse•3D Printing•Community Cooking•Urban Farming•Mesh Networks•Solar / Wind Energy•Micro-Lending•MMJ

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Innovation

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Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Seriously…

•Why•Build community capacity •and problem solving capabilities

•Hyper local monopolies•What surplus are you leveraging

Socrates was executed for questioning the absolute truths of others

(basically annoying the shit out of everyone)

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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Unintended Consequences

Coconut

Innovation

Mayor

Wilson©Mayor Wilson

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