Dream for a Green Future by amandal

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George Mokray Sep 28, 2011 10:22 Member 1 \| Share via:	Internalize Economy in Earth Ecosystemby vishal Open Source Information Age Economyby tedschulman Intellectual Property Exchange,2009 ©.by boris-lagutin Systems of Collective Intelligence by dsweeney Platform for mutual development to reduce resource consumption by haller Ongoing Global Brainstorm by gmoke Fix the system - get a global 'circular economy'by blindspotter Environmental Balance Index: ecosystem internalized money. So collective aspiration to procure, prosper and evolve economyby taras.bebeshko National level Passion Leverage by pljom How to Change US Energy in One Growing Season by gmoke All of these proposals advocate open source/crowdsource IT mechanisms to speed response to climate change, at least as I read them. Your proposal is based on corporate models but might work as well in the open source community. It seems we each have different parts of the puzzle and should consider collaborating whatever the outcome of the contest.
2011 Judges Oct 11, 2011 05:19 Member 2 \| Share via:	Overall assessment: Good coverage of how IT tools could be used, but team should try to list in more detail what actions they would recommend in such areas as regulation and changing economic incentives/business climate. Specific comments and suggestions for improvement: - This proposal is a well thought out analysis of how to set up the information and management infrastructure of "Sustainable Develpment Planning" in a country like India. The authors are a bit vague about what this infrastructure will actually manage. - Well developed elements of a plan to move India into a green, sustainable economy. Needs perhaps some focusing.
Arnab Mandal Oct 24, 2011 02:51 Member 3 \| Share via:	Proposal contributor The team is currently working towards improving the proposal. Some improvements can already be observed. It will be really nice if judges give some opinion about the regulatory aspect.
Bill Moomaw Nov 3, 2011 07:38 Judge 4 \| Share via:	Dream for a Green Future - Reviewer This is a wonderful utopian concept that is linked to pragmatic tools for achieving it The comprehensive nature of this proposal is truly impressive The use of recognized models, methodologies (LCA, Systems Analysis, etc.) reveals a deep knowledge of the issues as they [pertain in India The proposal recognizes the difficulties and barriers – corruption, poverty, structural institutional and governmental barriers and tries to address them through multiple routes The metaphor for the project (the tree at the end with its multiple roots demonstrates a high level of visioning by the proposers Strong contender
Arnab Mandal Nov 4, 2011 02:07 Member 5 \| Share via:	Proposal contributor Thanks for nice comments.
Fj Tkj Nov 8, 2011 04:28 Member 6 \| Share via:	I'm sorry, but I can't see any way a government-based initiative will ever work. This whole proposal seems to be about giving the government ways of judging how environmentally friendly companies are and how to do top-down collectivist planning. What a government would do with this information will most likely be convoluted, expensive, and unsuccessful. We can't move forward with environmentally sound solutions if we do it with a fully blunt tool like a government. If improvement is going to happen, it will be through technology, not bureaucracy.
Arnab Mandal Nov 10, 2011 01:30 Member 7 \| Share via:	Proposal contributor Hi frencheneesz, I would like to give one simple reply to you. "You can hate IMF or love IMF but you cannot ignore IMF." The same words are applicable in case of government as well. You can have great technologies in place, but their will hardly be any buyer if the macro scenario is not suitable. That is where the role of policies come. You or me cannot make and implement public policy. Government has the authority to do so. It is our duty to debate and discuss with the government about our future. "Dream for a Green Future" is an attempt to do so. This contest tries to come up with some new thoughts that can be presented to policy makers. I guess it will satisfy you!!!
Sakar Arora Nov 14, 2011 06:34 Member 8 \| Share via:	Technology sure has the power to bring about change, be it good or bad. Embracing IT in a full-fledged manner is the need of the hour. India is making headway here with National e-Governance plan and the Aadhaar UID programme. It would be great if the policy makers could integrate these programmes, (after public deliberation) with the green initiatives mentioned in the proposal, with the Indian IT infrastructure at a nascent stage. It would then be a lot easier to scale and maintain these services with ballooning Indian population.
Jackpark Jackpark Nov 14, 2011 05:37 Member 9 \| Share via:	This very portal is an instance of IT giving voice to concerned and informed people in service of sensemaking. The "Dream for a Green Future" proposal seems similar, but, as was suggested by another commenter, perhaps there is a closer engagement with governments than would be suggested if the proposition is to engage citizens -- in any country -- in free and civil sensemaking conversations. Still, I like this proposal since it has elements that I think belong in any "knowledge garden". A few additions, say, MMO features (massive online role playing games -- think: WorldOfWarcraft meets sensemaking) and you attract citizens of all ages to participate.