International Design Talks

Groove to save the World? An Experiment in Social Change.

Jacob Bilabel
Berlin 2012
Friday, 18 May 2012 | 12:00 | TYPO Show
German

Groove to save the World? An Experiment in Social Change.

Jacob Bilabel
Berlin 2012 | Friday, 18 May 2012 | 12:00 | TYPO Show | German
Sustainability is a complex affair. Everybody wants to join in. Alas, you’re usually asked to refrain from doing certain things. And what is more: you should refrain from doing what you enjoy most. Thus, the behaviour gap becomes a behaviour valley. Wouldn’t it be great if the things we love were just what the planet needs?
Jacob Bilabel

Jacob Bilabel

Jacob Bilabel is co-founder and managing director of Berlin based Think-Do Tank THEMA1. With the aim of driving social change, THEMA1 develops, initiates and operates complex international multi-stakeholder processes. In 2008 he founded the pan European Green Music Initiative, which acts as... Read More

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