Pausing to Consider Alternative Outcomes; An Entrepreneurial Look at Earth and its People September 27, 2010

The Ballston Science and Technology Alliance is proud to co-sponsor:

Pausing to Consider Alternative Outcomes;
An Entrepreneurial Look at Earth and its People
Monday, September 27, 7 p.m. at Arlington Central Library
Northern Virginia, we have some problems. The economy is hurting and human beings are impacting Earth as never before. What to do? Two Arlington leaders from seemingly different worlds have the same answer: think differently.
Over 30 co-sponsoring businesses and organizations invite you to think differently and attend Pausing to Consider Alternative Outcomes; An Entrepreneurial Look at Earth and its People, a talk given by Larry Robertson and Martin Ogle. Arlington County Board Chair, Jay Fisette, will provide introductory comments for this presentation to be held on Monday, September 27, 7 p.m. at Arlington Central Library.
In his widely acclaimed new book, A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and its Moment in Human Progress, Larry Robertson argues that “At the starting point of all forward movement, at the nexus of change itself, at the wellspring of human progress, there are always . . . people thinking entrepreneurially.” It is those who pause to ask, “Why are things the way they are?” and “How could they be better?” that lead us to scale seemingly insurmountable barriers.
Enter Martin Ogle, Chief Naturalist of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Ogle believes that to address our economic, environmental, and energy challenges simultaneously, we must set free a wave of human ingenuity and creativity based on understanding how Earth systems work.
If you closed your eyes, substituted the word entrepreneurship for Earth, and listened to Ogle you could easily mistake his insights for Robertson’s descriptions of ecosystems, evolution, fundamental functions, and interdependencies.
This presentation features lessons from A Deliberate Pause, blending them with ideas from Earth system science as suggested Ogle’s work. Examples will also be given of companies, individuals, and organizations focusing the entrepreneurial lens to create sustainable, valuable, and progressive solutions around the world.
This program is co-sponsored by the following organizations and businesses: Arlington Central Library, the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, the Clarendon Alliance, Green America, the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, Sustainable Loudoun, American University Department of Environmental Science, Arlington Economic Development, Arlington Department of Environmental Services, the Great Falls Group of The Sierra Club, the Mount Vernon Group of the Sierra Club, Continuum Solar, Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, Silver Diner, Hybrid Pedals, The Java Shack, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, Mario’s Pizza House (Since 1957), DeConstruction Services, LLC, The ReBuild Warehouse, the Washington Academy of Sciences, Joy to the Wood Custom Furniture, Virginia Sustainable Building Network, the Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, the Arlington Environment and Energy Conservation Commission, Wild Birds Unlimited, the Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center; Potomac Region Solar Energy Association, The Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, D.C., Café Scientifique and the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia.
Arlington Central Library is located at 1015 N. Quincy Street in Arlington, near the Ballston and Virginia Sq. stops on Orange line. For more information, call Martin Ogle at 703-528-5406.