TEDxEcoleHôtelièreLausanne - Eva Zabey - The economy, it's nature's business
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Website: http://tedx.ehl.edu More talks: http://tinyurl.com/TEDxEHLtalks Eva Zabey has lead projects that include the Water Scenarios to 2025, the Global Water Tool to map companies' water-related risks, and a game that explores how to "Buy, Sell, Trade!" ecosystem services. Eva is currently leading work on using eco- system valuation in a business context. Her background is in ecology (BSc -- Imperial College London, Masters in environmental management -- EPFL in Switzerland). What sparked her interest in business initially was a WWF biodiversity study she led for a cement company. The inaugural TEDxEcoleHôtelièreLausanne event took place on 16 January 2012 on EHL's campus, featuring a wide variety of speakers offering much food for thought and many enriching ideas for the hospitality sector. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations).
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I love how this wasn't centered around the idea of OR but AND, simply taking the environment and it's value into account when making decisions and actually seeing the costs related, very interesting!
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An excellent talk. I gave a related talk on ecosystem services at TEDx Yerevan, which I called "Redefining our economic systems: Could a forest be worth more than a gold mine?" since the host country has a very low forest cover and is heavily dependent on mining.
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Wonderful talk! As a staunch eco-skeptic, I am often angered by catastrophic or guilt-based eco-talk. For once, this is a convincing argument that there is a "work and guard" solution that does not involve developing countries giving up on improved living conditions. I am particularly impressed by the notion of ecosystems where eco can be both "economy" and "ecology". I think this speaker represents the new generation of eco-professionals that will replace the old shrieking guard. Thank you!
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