Duurzame ideeen voor een competitieve economie

Vanuit ons netwerk kwamen deze ideeen binnen met focus op een meer duurzame economie. Ter inspiratie! (Sorry in Dutch this time...)

- internaliseren externe effecten (zie CE rapport Grenzen aan groen)

- opbrengst fiscale vergroening (deels) gebruiken voor duurzame doorbraaktechnologie, zowel pilot als marktintroductie fase

- faciliteer groene ondernemers, zie de speerpunten van de Groene Zaak en hun businessprinciples.

- kijk breder dan energie & klimaat, elektrische voertuigen (fiets, brommer en auto's) bieden perspectief voor innovatieve nieuwkomers als Tendris en E-traction, zijn energieëffciënter, zijn goed voor luchtkwaliteit en veroorzaken minder geluidsoverlast, waardoor er ook minder afhankelijkheid van energie import uit het buitenland is. Bovendien zijn de accu's bruikbaar als opslag voor duurzame energie tijdens aanbod overschot.

- zet in op duurzaam bouwen (je huis als energiebron) en gebruik daarvoor bv overdrachtsbelasting en vergroen de hypotheekrenteaftrek en het huurstelsel.

Did you know?

What happens to the world if these trends continue?

And there is also an updated version Did you Know 4.0 (though I think less well made than the 1st one):

Igor Kluin tells about first "vision-session" with the Innovation Platform

On Friday the 12th of February, Igor Kluin, network member of Enviu and director of Qurrent, joined the first vision meeting organised by the Innovation Platform with 19 other young visionairs. Their assignment was to come up with the first ideas for a possible vision that can make the Netherlands more competitive. Here a short summary of his experience:

“I was very positive about the diversity of people that were present to think along.
I joined a sub-brainstorm group that came up with the idea of redesigning education in the NL: Life long learning. Educations should have shorter ‘run times’[1]  and institutes should be interconnected much more. What you learn in the first 2 years is old information already in the last 2 years. If you can apply for courses in other institutes all the time and don’t stop learning after 4 yrs but keep learning all your life, this would improve the quality of knowledge and keep everybody up to date. Borders to diploma’s and titles fade and you are both teacher and student. You teach for example in the one course and are a student in the other: flexible and without boundaries.
The financial system in education should change as well. It should consist of a premium system like in healthcare insurance. You pay premiums your whole your life just like you consume education your whole life.
Essence: you learn continuously. 
Take for example a pilot or a doctor. They take all sorts of courses during their studies and job to keep up to date with their knowlegde. They got to have a steady base but after their studies there are many things that change and they get extra training. This should be normal! We used the metaphor of stringing beads: you add beads throughout your entire life.

Inspirational Video of how the UK approaches this Question!

This is what we are striving for...

Inspiration of today

We have decided that besides just asking you for input one our questions we want to provide you a daily inspiration. An article, a video, research report or link that we think might inspire you to come up with new ideas!


For the weekend, a tip from Carel Muller from our network (thanks for that), let's get inspired by top innovator or "the restless genius" Ray Kurzwei.

Interview on Youtube below, but just Google the guy, there is TED talk, he has been on "Wintergasten" and loads of other videos.


Curious what you think! Let us know and leave a comment....

The map of the future

Through FFFFound.com stumbled on this map, designed by Density Design, based on the scenarios developed by the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto to show the net of ideas and hypothesis built by 7000 influencers from all over the world. 

Hi-res version @ Flickr
Zoomable widget @ Closr.it

Here te part on ECONOMICS, maybe some inspiration!

Developed by Density Design

Economy Transformers!

With our project partner Embassy of the Earth, we have designed a learn & work process of 1,5 years. Using social innovative tools like Theory U, Presencing, and open systems thinking models,  this process facilitates a few hundred dedicated and committed individuals - cross-sector and cross-interest - to work together to come up with values, models, ideas and practices for a new economy.

http://www.economytransformers.com/Home/Welcome.html 

Wubbo Ockels at TED Amsterdam on HIS IDEA...

The Danish Welfare Machine...

The Danish approach to being a top knowledge economy. How would this model, in YOUR opinion, look like for the Netherlands?