城市2.0已经成为地球无法回避的课题，TED 2012年的大奖等你来描绘？
2012-01-24 18:10阅读：
2012年2月29日，TED的大奖将颁给描绘城市2.0足够创新的新主张。
世界人口已经超过70亿，城市“泰坦尼克”号正在经受前所未有的挑战，城市化生活的生态足迹正在加码...，城市？要么是出路要么是坟墓。
Announcing the 2012 TED Prize Winner – The City 2.0
TED is pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 TED
Prize.
For the first time in the history
of the prize, it is being awarded not to an individual, but to an
idea. It is an idea upon which our planet’s future depends.
The 2012 TED Prize is awarded to….the City 2.0.
The City 2.0 is the city of the future… a future in which more than
ten billion people on planet Earth must somehow live
sustainably.
The City 2.0 is not a sterile utopian dream, but a real-world
upgrade tapping into humanity’s collective wisdom.
The City 2.0 promotes innovation, education, culture, and economic
opportunity.
The City
2.0 reduces the carbon footprint of its occupants, facilitates
smaller families, and eases the environmental pressure on the
world’s rural areas.
The City 2.0 is a place of beauty, wonder, excitement, inclusion,
diversity, life.
The City 2.0 is the city that works.
The TED Prize grants its winner $100,000 and “one wish to change
the world.”
How will this prize be accepted on behalf of
the City 2.0? Through visionary individuals around the world who
are advocating on its behalf.
We are listening to them and giving them the opportunity to
collectively craft a wish. A wish capable of igniting a massive
collaborative project among the members of the global TED
community, and indeed all who care about our planet’s future.
(Individuals or organizations who wish to contribute their
ideas to a TED Prize wish on behalf of The City 2.0 should write to
tedprize@ted.com)
The wish will be unveiled on February 29, 2012 at the
TED Conference
in Long Beach, California. On a Leap Year date, we have
a chance, collectively, to take a giant leap forward.
Sign up in the sidebar (under
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news and updates about the TED Prize and watching the unveiling
live this coming February.
Join us for a conversation on the new winner.
Tell us what you would wish for on behalf of the
City 2.0
2012 TED PRIZE WINNER FAQ
Why is TED awarding the 2012 TED Prize to an idea and not a
person?
Because this idea is capable of inspiring millions of people around
the world to contribute to one of the biggest challenges and
opportunities humanity faces.
That has always been the purpose of the TED Prize – to inspire
action.
In the past we’ve entrusted individuals to do
this.
But the future of cities is such a significant issue, with so many
individuals, organizations and companies doing spectacular work,
which is why the TED Prize chose not to single out one individual,
but honor the idea itself.
Is this a permanent change – to focus on
ideas?
Actually the Prize has always been focused on ideas. Since its
inception in 2005, the Prize has sought out individuals with the
ideas best able to change the world.
We will continue to do this… and each year TED looks forward to
surprising people in its selection of one remarkable person – or
one remarkable idea – that merits a world-changing wish.
Who will make and oversee this year’s TED Prize
wish?
The TED Prize organizing team is bringing together a group of
visionaries — urban planners, architects, technologists, authors,
policy makers, and economists — to act as advocates for The City
2.0 and craft a wish capable of inspiring collaborative action by
many.
The wish will be unveiled during the TED Prize
session on February 29, 2012.
How will the annual $100,000 be used?
In the past, the TED Prize winner received $100,000 without any
conditions on how it could be used. Most often, the winner either
reinvested the money into the wish or into his or her foundation.
This year, the money will be invested directly in seeding the Wish
to be made on behalf of The City 2.0.
http://www.tedprize.org/announcing-the-2012-ted-prize-winner/
