ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andy Hobsbawm - Internet entrepreneur
Andy Hobsbawm is the founder and CMO of Evrythng.com and the founder of the website Do The Green Thing.

Why you should listen

Internet marketing pioneer Andy Hobsbawm was the European chair of the digital services firm Agency.com. He founded the first international Internet agency in 1994, and was a founder of Online Magic, a firm that merged with Agency.com in 1997. 

Merging his passions for ads and the environment, he's a cofounder of the website Green Thing, which shares seven fun, punchy little (and big) ways to go green, using clever video and graphics to get across a message of accessible greening. He’s also a founder and the chief marketing officer of internet of things software company EVRYTHNG, which aims to give every physical object in the world it’s own intelligent identity on the Web.

More profile about the speaker
Andy Hobsbawm | Speaker | TED.com
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Andy Hobsbawm: Do the green thing

Andy Hobsbawm diz: "Preserve a natureza"

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Andy Hobsbawm mostra uma nova campanha publicitária sobre a preservação da natureza -- e alguns de seus efeitos colaterais.
- Internet entrepreneur
Andy Hobsbawm is the founder and CMO of Evrythng.com and the founder of the website Do The Green Thing. Full bio

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Great creativity. In times of need, we need great creativity.
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Grande criatividade. Em tempos de escassez, nós precisamos de grande criatividade.
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Discuss. Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.
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(Precisamos) Discutir. Uma grande criatividade é surpreendentemente, absurdamente, racionalmente e irracionalmente poderosa.
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Great creativity can spread tolerance, champion freedom,
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Uma grande criatividade pode espalhar tolerância, enaltecer a liberdade e
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make education seem like a bright idea.
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fazer a educação parecer uma idéia inteligente.
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(Laughter)
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Great creativity can turn a spotlight on deprivation,
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Uma grande criatividade pode trazer idéias iluminadas à escassez,
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or show that deprivation ain't necessarily so.
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ou demonstrar que esta escassez não é necessariamente o que parece.
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Great creativity can make politicians electable,
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Uma grande criatividade pode fazer políticos elegíveis, ♪
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or parties unelectable.
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ou partidos inelegíveis.
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It can make war seem like tragedy or farce.
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Ela pode fazer a guerra parecer uma tragédia ou uma farsa
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Creativity is the meme-maker that puts slogans on our t-shirts
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Criatividade é a "força criadora" que põe slogans em nossas camisetas
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and phrases on our lips.
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e frases em nossas bocas.
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It's the pathfinder that shows us a simple road
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É o guia que nos mostra o caminho mais fácil
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through an impenetrable moral maze.
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através de um labirinto moral impenetrável.
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Science is clever, but great creativity is something less knowable,
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A ciência é inteligente, mas uma grande criatividade é algo menos compreendido,
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more magical. And now we need that magic.
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mais mágico. E agora nós precisamos desta mágica,
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This is a time of need.
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Esta é uma época de necessidade.
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Our climate is changing quickly, too quickly.
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Nosso clima esta mudando rápido, muito rápido.
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And great creativity is needed to do what it does so well:
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E uma grande criatividade é necessária para fazer aquilo que só ela sabe fazer tão bem:
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to provoke us to think differently with dramatic creative statements.
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provocar-nos a pensar de forma diferente com o uso de conceitos dramaticamente criativos.
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To tempt us to act differently
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Tentar-nos a agir diferentemente
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with delightful creative scraps.
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por meio de deliciosos rascunhos criativos.
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Here is one such scrap from an initiative I'm involved in
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Este é um exemplo desses rascunhos, parte de uma iniciativa em que participo,
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using creativity to inspire people to be greener.
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e que usa a criatividade para inspirar as pessoas a preservar a natureza.
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(Video) Man: You know, rather than drive today, I'm going to walk.
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Vídeo: Homem: Sabe de uma coisa, ao invés de dirigir hoje, vou caminhar.
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Narrator: And so he walked, and as he walked he saw things.
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Narrador: E, então, ele caminhou. E enquanto caminhava ele via coisas.
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Strange and wonderful things he would not otherwise have seen.
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Coisas estranhas e lindas que, de outra maneira, ele não teria visto.
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A deer with an itchy leg. A flying motorcycle.
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Um veado se coçando. Uma motocicleta voadora.
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A father and daughter separated from a bicycle by a mysterious wall.
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Um pai com a filha, separados de uma bicicleta por uma misteriosa parede.
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And then he stopped. Walking in front of him was her.
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E, então, ele parou. Caminhando na frente dele estava ela.
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The woman who as a child had skipped with him through fields
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A mulher que, quando criança, havia pulado com ele pelos bosques
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and broken his heart.
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e quebrou seu coração.
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Sure, she had aged a little.
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Claro, ela havia envelhecido um pouco.
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In fact, she had aged a lot.
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De fato, ela envelheceu muito.
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But he felt all his old passion for her return.
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Mas ele sentiu toda sua paixão antiga por ela retornar.
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"Ford," he called softly. For that was her name.
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"Ford", ele chamou, baixinho. Porque este era o nome dela.
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"Don't say another word, Gusty," she said,
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"Não diga nem mais uma palavra, Gusty", ela disse,
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for that was his name.
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porque esse era o nome dele.
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"I know a tent next to a caravan, exactly 300 yards from here.
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Eu sei de uma barraca perto do trailer, exatamente a 274 metros daqui.
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Let's go there and make love. In the tent."
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Vamos para lá, fazer amor. Na barraca.
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Ford undressed. She spread one leg, and then the other.
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Ford tirou a roupa. Ela abriu uma perna, depois a outra
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Gusty entered her boldly and made love to her rhythmically
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Gusty penetrou-a corajosamente e fez amor com ela de maneira ritmada
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while she filmed him, because she was a keen amateur pornographer.
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enquanto ela o filmava, porque ela era uma cineasta pornográfica amadora.
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The earth moved for both of them.
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A terra moveu-se para ambos.
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And they lived together happily ever after.
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E, juntos, eles viveram felizes para sempre.
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And all because he decided to walk that day.
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E tudo porque ele decidiu caminhar este dia.
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(Applause)
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Andy Hobsbawm: We've got the science, we've had the debate.
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Andy Hobsbawm: Nós já temos a ciência, nós já temos o debate.
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The moral imperative is on the table.
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O imperativo moral está sobre a mesa.
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Great creativity is needed to take it all,
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É necessário uma grande criatividade para se tomar tudo,
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make it simple and sharp.
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e solucionar-se de uma forma simples e precisa.
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To make it connect. To make it make people want to act.
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Para conectar. Para fazer com que as pessoas queiram agir.
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So this is a call, a plea,
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Então, isto é um chamado, um clamor
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to the incredibly talented TED community.
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para a incrível e talentosa comunidade TED
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Let's get creative against climate change.
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Vamos nos tornar criativos contra a mudança climática.
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And let's do it soon. Thank you.
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E vamos fazer isto em breve. Obrigado.
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(Applause)
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Translated by Eduardo Lemos Abade
Reviewed by Elisa Santos T.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andy Hobsbawm - Internet entrepreneur
Andy Hobsbawm is the founder and CMO of Evrythng.com and the founder of the website Do The Green Thing.

Why you should listen

Internet marketing pioneer Andy Hobsbawm was the European chair of the digital services firm Agency.com. He founded the first international Internet agency in 1994, and was a founder of Online Magic, a firm that merged with Agency.com in 1997. 

Merging his passions for ads and the environment, he's a cofounder of the website Green Thing, which shares seven fun, punchy little (and big) ways to go green, using clever video and graphics to get across a message of accessible greening. He’s also a founder and the chief marketing officer of internet of things software company EVRYTHNG, which aims to give every physical object in the world it’s own intelligent identity on the Web.

More profile about the speaker
Andy Hobsbawm | Speaker | TED.com

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