The University of Birmingham Social Enterprise in Action Conference

What is funny money? {& the role it has in sustaining humankind on planet earth}

Richard DaviesDirector

Climate Change + Energy Security + Finite Fossil Fuel

= The Same Actions (3Ds)

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

Sources: WDM, IEA

Nigeriapopulation: 140 millionCO2 : 52 million tonnes

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO Shell

28th January 2008

"Regardless

of which route we

choose, the world's

current predicament

limits our maneuvering

room. We are

experiencing a

step-change in the growth

rate of energy demand

due to population growth

and economic

development, and Shell

estimates that after

2015 supplies of

easy-to-access oil

and gas will no

longer keep

up with

demand."

Good Afternoon!

It’s service

delivery

stupid

How?

Us?

+

Case Studies

Low Carbon Community Overview

“In the past, we didn’t understand the effect of our actions. Unknowingly, we sowed the wind and now, literally, we are reaping the whirlwind. But we no longer have that excuse: now we do recognise the consequences of our behaviour. Now surely, we must act to reform it: individually & collectively; nationally & internationally.”David Attenborough

“Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.” David Ogilvy 1911-1999

‘If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.’

Lyndon B. Johnson

Don’t just stand there, do something!

thank you