Tom
Greenwood
A love letter to fossil fuels
10th July @ 9 - 9:40am EST / 3 - 3:40pm CEST
I was born just down the road from an oil refinery and my Dad worked for the largest oil company in the world. As a teenager, I rebelled by rejecting the corporate narrative at home and becoming an environmentalist, going on to make sustainability a core part of my life and career. For years this created deep tension between us that was hard to overcome.
In recent years though, things have changed for the better, despite nothing really having changed. This talk follows my own personal journey to discover how gratitude and compassion can open space to expand perspectives, find common ground, and deepen understanding of our differences.
The journey reveals a powerful pathway for change in an increasingly divided society, and it begins with an unexpected love letter to fossil fuels.
About the Speaker
Tom Greenwood is a writer, entrepreneur, designer and sustainability thinker. He co-founded Wholegrain Digital, a certified B Corp and one of the world’s leading sustainable web agencies. He created the world’s first carbon calculator for websites and is the author of the influential book Sustainable Web Design.
Tom writes and speaks on sustainable business, design, technology, and living. He explores big, difficult, and necessary ideas to stretch thinking on how we can move toward a better world for everyone — human and non-human.
His forthcoming book, Overton’s Garden, is his most ambitious and personal work yet — an invitation to step beyond the Overton Window of acceptable thought and discover radical possibilities for sustainability and hope.