Amory Lovins' intro now includes his confession that he walks the earth with "Full Frontal Nerdity".
"With this audience, I feel like we can just cut loose"
~ Paul Hawken, Author
Four principles of Natural Capitalism: "Use less; Change the materials; Sell services; Create capital mechanisms to heal the future."
~ Paul Hawken, Author
"I visited six cities recently that want to become a bio-mimicry hub, for commercialization."
~ Janine Benyus, Author
"We want to give people the tools to understand their design choices… it is all about digital prototypes."
~ Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk
"This panel isn’t setting the demand curve for the future—it’s the people out there doing the product & building design."
~ Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk
"The CleanTech industry greatly under uses information technology."
~ Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk
"Natural Capitalism was introduced as one of Bill Clinton's top 5 books, also Ashton Kutcher's favorite eco title." (to great laughter)--Michael Potts, RMI
"Walmart knew more about water and waterless toilets than any NGO, because for them, its money".
~ Paul Hawken, Author
"While some ask if this a fad, we are now at the 'don’t back up, severe tire damage' stage, and people realize it."
~ Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk
"We need to find better ways to scale than one business and one sector at a time."
~ Amory Lovins, RMI
"Has anyone here ever known an ex-environmentalist? Once you have this awareness, you don't go back."
~ Ray Anderson, Interface
"Preach the gospel at all times. When necessary use words."
~ Amory Lovins, RMI
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