The New Globalization

This is the post for my election day workshop that addresses how the environment, the economy, and technology will fuel the new direction in our global society.

We will examine the arguments in Tom Friedman's book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded.

What are the Problems?

His book focuses on the convergence of three major problems:

Global Warming

Global Flattening

Global Crowding

Developing Trends

How have these 5 trends led to those major problems?

Energy and Resources


Petro Dictatorship

Biodiversity Loss


Climate Change


Energy Poverty


Each problem has been driven past the tipping point.

What Can We Do?

Our governments must embrace the environmental challenges we face and turn it into economic success.

Green Is The Next Red, White And Blue

Green is Capitialist, Geo-Strategic, Future Oriented


What is the scale at which we need to produce energy and what is the economic impact?

How Can We Make Green More Capitalistic in a Flat World?

Environmental Technology jobs will improve the economy and our environment?

If green is the future, what do you envision the future to look like?

This is what Friedman envisions.

What Needs To Change?

Green Party vs. Green Revolution

If we must create a Green Revolution, it will take a rethinking of how we operate.

What do you think will start a real Green Revolution?

IT and ET

What would happen if Information Technology merged with Environmental Technology?

What we need are 100,000 Garages... trying 100,000 different solutions


Here is another perspective on the issue from Clay Shirky.

Letter to the Next President

The final part of the workshop is to create a video "letter" to the next president.

After listening to Friedman's arguments:

What would you propose the next president must do to ensure that we are able to tackle the environmental and economic problems that challenges our globe?

You may use your mobile phone camera and Qik or Photo Booth to record your video. You must post the video on our YouTube Group page.