Noel Brown is the former Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, North American Regional office, and is now President of the Friends of the United Nations alliance. In this lecture, Brown focuses on the indebtedness humans owe to their ecosystems at this time of extreme environmental fragility.

Presenters at the conference are brilliant speakers ranging from poets, philosophers and economists, to scientists, artists and futurists. Their insights on emerging trends and cultural paradigm shifts provide actionable roadmaps to the future. Through a systems-thinking approach, speakers and attendees engage in Socratic problem solving exercises providing solutions for our complex, interconnected world. Applied Brilliance informs, inspires, confounds, provokes and transform.

Noel Brown: 2008 Applied Brilliance Conference from Applied Brilliance on Vimeo.

Noel Brown is the former Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, North American Regional office, and is now President of the Friends of the United Nations alliance. In this lecture, Brown focuses on the indebtedness humans owe to their ecosystems at this time of extreme environmental fragility.

Presenters at the conference are brilliant speakers ranging from poets, philosophers and economists, to scientists, artists and futurists. Their insights on emerging trends and cultural paradigm shifts provide actionable roadmaps to the future. Through a systems-thinking approach, speakers and attendees engage in Socratic problem solving exercises providing solutions for our complex, interconnected world. Applied Brilliance informs, inspires, confounds, provokes and transform.

Noel Brown: 2008 Applied Brilliance Conference from Applied Brilliance on Vimeo.