Innovations in Green Economy: Top Three
Agenda
he transition toa green economy
tas reached crossroads: while
multilateral global initiatives have
been long-running and comple, the
iden ofa green economy sil seems
fragile and achieving it far from,
certain. Inthe face of the ravages of
the global economic crs that has
raged since 2007/2008, counties are
now trying to ell back thei green
Pledges orslow the pace of transition,
“Thisexposes a dilemma perception
that a green economy isin conflict
with economic growth, prosperity
and the advance of human
evelopment, particularly in
developing countries secking to
rake rapid gainsinreacing poverty
dnd building a middle class,
concer society
Thre things newt be Foreman
the minds of those who cafe about
‘realing shot green economy in
the 2Is century: innovation indesign,
fn market prices and in business
models. I think these thre factors
trill be the deciding elements in
‘whether green technologies ae taken
‘upauickly and use lege marbers
of people to improve thei ives.
The green option needs to always be
the more appealing cheaper option
that aso improves living standards.
Happily, many people are doing this
ail around the world = you just may
‘00 have heard of them yet (unl
you are reading Souther Innovator
‘magazine that).
As elitr of the magazine Southern
Innovator since 2011, 1 have had the
privilege to mec interview and se
fise-hand green economy innovators
‘cross the global South and profile
theminthe magazine. Whathasstood
‘ut for ne this: the nes who have
achieves sustainable successhave pit
{pret deal of effort into design - how
the techno fs made, what los
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like and how itisuse how ficiently
‘tismadeand distributed while also
thinking trough the business cate
for ther work and hove to make it
sppeating to otters
‘We have tried to apply this thinking
tothemagazine aswell by using clea
sind modern design with bright, ye
pleasing colours, and by choosing to
‘se ID per cent renewable energy
(euch oft from geothermal sources)
for the magazines desig and layout
and to have it printed on paper from
‘sainble forest sources,
The fourth issue of Southern
Inovatr (wor southeminvate an
tm ees and urbenization, lsnched
{October a the Global South-South
Development Expo 2013 in Nairobi,
Kenya, It profiles many practical,
Initiatives and innovators that are
currently building green homes,
communities and even whole cites
The magarne' ith ese wil focus
on the theme of waste and recycling
sed hopes to be a one-stop source of
Inspiration to better use the finite
resources of planet earth Ml
= David South, tee,
Southern Innovator, UK
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The coming wave of technological
innovations simed at global
South cities will dominate civic
debates whether people wish i to oF
pot Already, fut, 2Istentary
cities are being built around Asia
from scratch, Uhad the privilege of
vistinga couple of them in 2012 hile
researching the fourth issue of our
‘magazine, Southern Innovator
(nttp://seww.seribd-com/
Southernnovator). Each city had
ferent focus fr its construction =
fone was seeking to be an "eco