Cocoon Projects is running BlankDisrupt in the southern Mediterranean. Dawna explains the meaning of disruptive innovation. Original presentation shared in a Google+Hangout on Air.
6. BUSINESS ROLE?
Collaborate in helping
food production and
supply become
sustainable
Introducing principles
of sustainable
agriculture
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7. http://permaculture.com/node/250
Masanobu Fukuoka is a farmer/philosopher who lives on the Island of Shikoku, in
southern Japan. His farming technique requires no machines, no chemicals and very
little weeding. He does not plow the soil or use prepared compost and yet the
condition of the soil in his orchards and fields improve each year. His method creates
no pollution and does not require fossil fuels. His method requires less labor than any
other, yet the yields in his orchard and fields compare favorably with the most
productive Japanese farms which use all the technical know-how of modern science.
On approximately two acres— half of which was on a terraced 35 degree slope—I
produced enough food to feed more than 300 people (with a peak of 450 people at
one point), 49 weeks a year in my fully organic CSA on the edge of Silicon Valley. My
yields were often 8 times what the USDA claims are possible per square foot. My soil
fertility increased dramatically each year so I was not achieving my yields by mining
my soil.- David Blume
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8. IT JUST TAKES ONE
PERSON- THE RESULTS
ATTRACT MORE
RADICAL INNOVATION
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