About Me
Approaching 30 years in the Australian property sector as a sustainability specialist and advocate, I’ve moved on from ‘green’ (I give that by default) to lean into positive climate adaptation – to respond to the unpleasant reality that no matter what we do from here onwards, we have already locked in a set of potentially disastrous changes in our climate.
It will only be the early adapters who win – once there is a market rush to adapt assets and organisations it will be too late for many of them. Businesses will fail. Buildings will fall vacant. Communities will dissolve.
More sandbags, sea walls, deeper ditches are one way – but it’s not mine. It’s not sustainable and not long term, and I simply couldn’t live with the knowledge that my children and theirs would ask ‘what the heck was he doing?!’
Resilient development, regenerative, adapted and robust, beautiful – well, those I’m interested in... mitigating climate risk by applying design thinking to business, buildings and brand – that’s where I excel.
Watch Digby's TEDx Talk
Imagine a food system that ensures no one goes hungry, restores and regenerates our beautiful landscape, that creates local jobs, and is chemical-free, pesticide-free, and fossil-fuel free. It’s time to get curious about a circular food system for Tasmania.
Our existing food system is accelerating climate change more than any other part of our society, and in turn climate change is steadily taking food from our plates. Digby wants us to get curious about how this system works, and how we as individuals and families might hold the key to changing its shape entirely. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.