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How We're Going to Solve Climate Change - Ed Gillespie
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TEDxKingsCross
• November 2021
TEDxKingsCross 2021 was a countdown themed event looking at solutions to climate change. Ed Gillespie told us why that was the wrong approach.
Ed Gillespie is a writer, communications specialist, serial entrepreneur and futurist. He is the author of ‘Only Planet – a flight-free adventure around the world’ a book about his circumnavigation of the globe without getting on a plane, which the Independent said “Allow[s] the world’s flaws and beauty to seep into your soul”. Ed co-presents two leading podcasts, 'The Great Humbling' with Dougald Hine, and 'Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts - How to survive the apocalypse' with comedian Jon Richardson and fellow reluctant futurist Mark Stevenson. Ed was the co-founder of Futerra, a change agency that specialises in business transformation and creative communications and campaigns. Ed is a facilitator with the Forward Institute where we works on responsible leadership with 25 of the UK’s biggest institutions, a Director of Greenpeace UK and a Trustee of Ecolibrium. Ed is also actively involved in a number of pioneering ethical businesses as a Director or Investor.