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From Surfing To Alleviating Global Poverty And Reducing Plastic Waste: Nevhouse At COP22
- Published December 12, 2016 10:45AM UTC
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9th December 2016 – Huffington Post UK
Late last month saw the 22nd United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP22). In the wake of Donald Trump’s US presidential victory and his very clear stance on climate change as very visible bullshit , the conference has taken on a new imperative. Trump’s stance has understandably caused considerable anxiety amongst the global community with imagery and rhetoric of an impending catastrophe looming large on the horizon. And this is in stark contrast to the optimism following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (PACC) coming into force on 4 November.
But, as US Secretary of State John Kerry said in his address at COP22 some issues look a bit different when you’re actually in office compared to when you’re on the campaign trail. And sure enough in an interview with the New York Timespublished on 22nd November Mr. Trump refused to repeat his promise to abandon the international climate accord and indicated that he was keeping an open mind.
And as the dust settles, debate and analysis will continue. What is clear is that the imperative to educate, research, enhance understanding and communicate issues relating to sustainable development and climate change has never been more stark. And to that end someone else was in Marrakesh speaking at COP22. Nev Hyman Founder of Firwire Surfboards and now founder of Nevhouse.
I met Nev over three years ago at the Global Surf Cities Conference in 2013 on the Gold Coast in Australia after which he gave me a lift to the QuikSilver Pro Contest. And from that point on I have not only followed the Nevhouse initiative but also made it a central case study of my research. Nevhouse it a system for creating prefabricated homes from recycled materials that are culturally relevant in multiple countries and communities. What instantly struck me were the incredible sustainable development related solutions that this initiative represents from energy and pollution through to poverty alleviation.
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