Good bye group buses, hello individual perspex cages!
Showing posts with label Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ideas. Show all posts
The Future of Polar Bear Tours?
Is The Polar Bear Family & Me shedding light on the future of polar bear tours in the Arctic?
Good bye group buses, hello individual perspex cages!
Good bye group buses, hello individual perspex cages!
Yosemite National Park Time Lapse Video
This video of Yosemite National Park is simply spectacular!
Great work Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty.
Austrian Bike Ride
I'll have to remember to check out this trail the next time I'm in Austria...
Apparently, this place is Ötschergräben (+47° 50' 33.57", +15° 14' 14.76").
A Manifesto Worth Living
The Holstee Manifesto is one I'll be following...
It's so true.
Some opportunities only come once, seize them. No matter what.
Stop over analyzing.
Accept that you can't control absolutely everything.
Let past mistakes go.
Live life with no more regrets.
It's so true.
Some opportunities only come once, seize them. No matter what.
Stop over analyzing.
Accept that you can't control absolutely everything.
Let past mistakes go.
Live life with no more regrets.
TEDx and the Power of Sharing Ideas
If you share a passion for ideas or are simply looking for inspiration, you have to attend a TEDx event like I did last weekend.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of Ideas Worth Spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that brings people together to share a TED-like experience.
So who's TED?
TED isn't a person. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.
Still confused?
Perhaps, watching a TED Talk video will flesh it all out...
still not convinced?
Hopefully word gets out on initiatives like TED and Hubs, and we turn more great ideas and thoughts into reality.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of Ideas Worth Spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that brings people together to share a TED-like experience.
So who's TED?
TED isn't a person. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.
Still confused?
Perhaps, watching a TED Talk video will flesh it all out...
When you attend a TED event, not only do you get to listen to incredible ideas and inspirational stories but you also have the opportunity to discuss your own with like minded individuals.
The fact that TEDxVictoria was sold out and included so many youth, gives me faith that our future is in good hands.
The fact that TEDxVictoria was sold out and included so many youth, gives me faith that our future is in good hands.
TED is a great start at inspiring the masses and starting the conversation but how do we turn those ideas and inspirations into reality?
This is where I hope the Hub comes into the picture.
The Hub identifies itself as a social enterprise with the ambition to inspire and support imaginative and enterprising initiatives for a better world. The Hub is a global community of people from every profession, background and culture working at 'new frontiers' to tackle the world's most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges. It believes that there is no absence of good ideas in the world. Couldn't agree more!
The Hub believes the problem is a crisis of access, scale, resources and impact. So it felt vital to create places around the world for accessing space, resources, connections, knowledge, experience and investment. The Hub has been working across five continents to create places for people who change things. This is the ambition. The Hub set out to create places that borrow from the best of a member's club, an innovation agency, a serviced office and a think-tank to create a very different kind of innovation environment. Places with all the tools and trimmings needed to grow and develop new ventures. Places to access experience, knowledge, finance and markets. And above all, places for experience and encounter, full of diverse people doing amazing things. These places are called Hubs, and Hub Ottawa is set to open very soon.
The Hub identifies itself as a social enterprise with the ambition to inspire and support imaginative and enterprising initiatives for a better world. The Hub is a global community of people from every profession, background and culture working at 'new frontiers' to tackle the world's most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges. It believes that there is no absence of good ideas in the world. Couldn't agree more!
The Hub believes the problem is a crisis of access, scale, resources and impact. So it felt vital to create places around the world for accessing space, resources, connections, knowledge, experience and investment. The Hub has been working across five continents to create places for people who change things. This is the ambition. The Hub set out to create places that borrow from the best of a member's club, an innovation agency, a serviced office and a think-tank to create a very different kind of innovation environment. Places with all the tools and trimmings needed to grow and develop new ventures. Places to access experience, knowledge, finance and markets. And above all, places for experience and encounter, full of diverse people doing amazing things. These places are called Hubs, and Hub Ottawa is set to open very soon.
Hopefully word gets out on initiatives like TED and Hubs, and we turn more great ideas and thoughts into reality.
Travelling Dream List
Every once in a while someone asks me, "Mike, where are you going next?"
And my answer is quite simply, "I don't know."
The reason I say this is that with some many interesting and different things to experience in our world, it's hard to choose just one, especially when you want to take on all of it. Then, of course, circumstances change all the time, from political unrest to natural disasters, let alone new opportunities. So for those reasons and for many others, it's hard to say with any certainty where in the world I'll land next but to help narrow things down a bit, here's a short list of some international trips I dream about, in no particular order...
The Alps
Watching the snow melt and the wildflowers bloom while hiking hut-to-hut in the Swiss Alps in the spring.
The Serengeti
Hot air ballooning and horseback riding through Africa to witness the Great Migration.
The Great Barrier Reef
My swimming skills might need to improve beforehand but scuba diving amongst all the coral would be amazing. Let's hope this natural wonder never gets destroyed by our activities.
New Zealand
Need I say more?
Judging from the footage only, I might just never leave NZ if I ever visit.
Scandinavia
From watching the aurora borealis from inside your glass igloo at Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland to enjoying the hot springs and the many other dramatic geological features of Iceland, at least two trips are in order here - one in the summer and the other during the winter.
Thailand
Great beaches, exotic jungles, and cheap. A backpacker's dream. At least, that's what I've heard. I have to find out for myself. I definitely plan on going to Southeast Asia as soon as there's more stability in Thailand.
Patagonia
Having had a taste of South America earlier this year, I'm thirsty for more. Chile and Argentina are next on the list.
Antarctica
Chillin' with the penguins. What would be cooler than that!
And my answer is quite simply, "I don't know."
The reason I say this is that with some many interesting and different things to experience in our world, it's hard to choose just one, especially when you want to take on all of it. Then, of course, circumstances change all the time, from political unrest to natural disasters, let alone new opportunities. So for those reasons and for many others, it's hard to say with any certainty where in the world I'll land next but to help narrow things down a bit, here's a short list of some international trips I dream about, in no particular order...
The Alps
Watching the snow melt and the wildflowers bloom while hiking hut-to-hut in the Swiss Alps in the spring.
The Serengeti
Hot air ballooning and horseback riding through Africa to witness the Great Migration.
The Great Barrier Reef
My swimming skills might need to improve beforehand but scuba diving amongst all the coral would be amazing. Let's hope this natural wonder never gets destroyed by our activities.
New Zealand
Need I say more?
Judging from the footage only, I might just never leave NZ if I ever visit.
Scandinavia
From watching the aurora borealis from inside your glass igloo at Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland to enjoying the hot springs and the many other dramatic geological features of Iceland, at least two trips are in order here - one in the summer and the other during the winter.
Thailand
Great beaches, exotic jungles, and cheap. A backpacker's dream. At least, that's what I've heard. I have to find out for myself. I definitely plan on going to Southeast Asia as soon as there's more stability in Thailand.
Patagonia
Having had a taste of South America earlier this year, I'm thirsty for more. Chile and Argentina are next on the list.
Antarctica
Chillin' with the penguins. What would be cooler than that!
Snow Biking
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