Dear Ecolog members: My brother Carter Williams, who works on a variety of alternative energy projects, is developing a Wiki that focuses on technological innovation and markets. I think some of you may be interested in responding to his request. This is a knowledge sharing opportunity that involves a variety of experts, including the leaders in technological innovation, but missing experts like you.
So I am forwarding the information to the list in case any of you want to participate. Please see below as well as his contact information. Best regards, Laurie Jodice Research Associate Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Clemson University _________________________ The collaborators for the Innovation Anarchy wiki are interested in including a section on Environment and would like suggestions on how to structure the page and areas of discussion and what key information to include. One key objective with this Wiki is to identify the practical barriers to progressing each market (includes alternative energy) discussed on the site. Your help as leaders in ecological and environmental sciences is welcome. Please take a look at the innovation anarchy wiki at: http://innovationanarchy.com/index.php?title=Main_Page The undeveloped Environment page is here: http://innovationanarchy.com/index.php?title=Environment&action=edit&redlink=1 You can contribute your ideas either by creating an account on the wiki (see upper right) or responding to Carter Williams directly (see contact info below). The Environment section could focus environmental/ecological issues, problems, conditions, policies that create barriers to or opportunities for technological innovation. It would also be valuable to be able to highlight important gaps in environmental or ecological research that exist and that also create barriers to innovation. Perhaps this might include gaps in research that are making it hard to market an innovation due to the precautionary approach, skepticism, or knowledge, beliefs and attitudes? For example, do we know enough about migration routes of seabirds and other birds to know the best locations for offshore wind power? Problems related to marketing innovations developed to adapt to climate change are another example. You might also think about technological innovation more broadly; the innovation might be an engineered product or tool, but it could also be a decision-making or collaborative process or structure. Finally, the plan for the future is to evolve the Wiki into a more dynamic tool, that is, a crowdsourcing application (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing). While the wiki offers some flexibility in design for now, my brother and his colleagues are keen to understand how to make it useful in a way that will encourage experts like you to contribute information and share knowledge. That is why they are thinking a crowdsourcing approach may be valuable. If you have some ideas on this crowdsourcing concept or the Wiki page, please let contact him at the address below. You can also contact him if you need further clarification or have questions. Carter Williams [email protected] (M) 314-517-7525 (F) 314-995-3846 www.oiventures.com
