that summer I took part in a 10-day
walking meditation retreat in the South
of France for ten days we walked in
nature in silence using the Sun as the
only source of light and rivers and
lakes as showers one afternoon as I
walked into the woods to answer nature's
call I found myself walking over very
fresh land that clearly was not stepped
over by a human for a very long time
doing so a thought crossed my mind do I
have a right to be here
and walk over this untouched land full
of living organisms and then another
thought what if I was a cow
then my walking here would be accepted
by me as completely natural can I walk
in a field just like a cow which I
automatically consider being part of
nature what would it mean to dwell on
earth in that way what would it mean to
design from this mindset these types of
questions have been guiding me through
my work and through an exploration
towards sustainability design that comes
from a deep sense of participation my
explorations led me to the bridge
methodology a sustainable design
methodology which I developed inspired
from indigenous knowledge and indigenous
living patterns it is comprised of five
design strategies offering a holistic
yet applicable view to sustainability
design
it features strategies such as dance to
the Chi create mediators and discover
abundance working with these strategies
has proved to be a rich platform for
developing new possibilities for design
to support sustainability some very
brief examples Wendy light is a
collection of self-sufficient outdoor
lights
operated by wind energy it is created
from a repetitive module integrating
wind collection and an LED light source
into one element
when Delights dances with the wind
illustrating a sustainability design
vision in which products become a direct
link between natural resources and
everyday human needs
what rofl is a private upper well
enabling the home user to collect Jew
and rainwater for everyday needs
waterful is a multi-season water
collector as well as a shading element
it illustrates a lifestyle in which
products become nourishing interfaces
enabling every one of us to have
harvests accessible natural abundance
snow water is a platform for collecting
and reusing water at home it can be very
easily integrated in the home
environment and in every existing
bathroom so water touches the potential
of design to become a mediating platform
enabling every one of us to adopt much
more sustainable life habits addressing
design from a deep sense of
participation can become an exciting
journey towards a fresh and nourishing
interaction between men objects and
environment it can support us all in
making that giant leap to a society that
is nourished by the nectar of the world
while turning it into sweet honey thank
you
is written the filming of the TED
Fellows talks each fellow talks for four
minutes about the work that they do or
an idea worth spreading and because of
IBM they now have the opportunity to be
considered for ted.com the IBM is all
about innovation not just the innovation
we do within the company but the
innovation we do we work with other
people and organizations to do Ted
fellows were the encourages that
encourages people to take their ideas
imagine execute in it and that's a great
marriage to be able to drive the next
wave of change and advancement at Ted
global we have a demonstration called
Edison the earth smart and intelligent
generation of energy the future of how
energy would be produced and consumed by
sources such as conventional power
generation plants solar energy renewable
sources of energy wind and knee
consumers benefit of electric car
solving the key problems that affect
society today require a different way of
thinking and a different way of coming
up with solutions IBM's initiative
around smarter planet is looking at the
biggest problems we have water
infrastructure medicine etc and tear is
providing a venue to get all the
thinkers of the world together and
working with IBM I think we can bring
both communities together to really
reach that global forum