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: Pridonosite zaštiti okoliša

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Andy Hobsbawm predstavlja novu reklamnu kampanju o pridonošenju zaštiti okoliša -- i neke usputne blagodati.
- Internet entrepreneur
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Great creativitykreativnost. In timesputa of need, we need great creativitykreativnost.
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Velika kreativnost. U vremenima potrebe
potrebna nam je velika kreativnost.
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DiscussRazgovarati o. Great creativitykreativnost is astonishinglyzaprepašćujuće, absurdlyapsurdno, rationallyracionalno, irrationallyiracionalno powerfulsnažan.
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Raspravite. Velika kreativnost je zadivljujuće,
apsurdno, razumno, nerazumno snažna.
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Great creativitykreativnost can spreadširenje tolerancetolerancija, championprvak freedomsloboda,
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Velika kreativnost može širiti toleranciju,
biti pobornik slobode,
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make educationobrazovanje seemčiniti se like a brightsvijetao ideaideja.
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učiniti obrazovanje sjajnom idejom.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Great creativitykreativnost can turnskretanje a spotlightreflektor on deprivationlišavanje,
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Velika kreativnost može staviti
naglasak na siromaštvo
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or showpokazati that deprivationlišavanje ain'tnije necessarilyobavezno so.
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i pokazati da ono nije nužno.
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Great creativitykreativnost can make politicianspolitičari electablešanse na izborima,
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Velika kreativnost može učiniti
da političari budu izabrani
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or partiesstranke unelectablepotpredsjednika.
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ili da se stranke ne izaberu.
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It can make warrat seemčiniti se like tragedytragedija or farcelakrdija.
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Rat može učiniti tragedijom ili farsom.
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CreativityKreativnost is the meme-makermeme-maker that putsstavlja slogansslogani on our t-shirtsmajice
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Kreativnost je ideja što postavlja
slogane na naše majice
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and phrasesfraze on our lipsusne.
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i fraze na naše usne.
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It's the pathfinderTragač that showspokazuje us a simplejednostavan roadcesta
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Vodič je koji pokazuje jednostavan put
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throughkroz an impenetrableneprobojan moralmoralan mazezbrka.
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kroz neprobojan moralni labirint.
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ScienceZnanost is cleverpametan, but great creativitykreativnost is something lessmanje knowableprepoznatljiva,
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Znanost je pametna,
ali velika kreativnost nešto je što se manje zna,
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more magicalčaroban. And now we need that magicmagija.
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čarobnija je. A u ovom trenutku trebamo čaroliju.
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This is a time of need.
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Ovo je vrijeme potrebe.
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Our climateklima is changingmijenjanje quicklybrzo, too quicklybrzo.
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Klima se mijenja brzo, prebrzo.
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And great creativitykreativnost is neededpotreban to do what it does so well:
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Velika kreativnost potrebna je
da bi činila ono što čini tako dobro:
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to provokeizazivaju us to think differentlyrazličito with dramaticdramatičan creativekreativan statementsizjava.
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poticati nas da razmišljamo drugačije
s dramatičnim kreativnim izjavama.
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To temptiskušati us to actčin differentlyrazličito
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Dovesti nas u iskušenje da se drugačije ponašamo
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with delightfuldivan creativekreativan scrapsbilješke.
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s predivnim kreativnim komadićima.
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Here is one suchtakav scrapotpaci from an initiativeinicijativa I'm involvedumiješan in
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Evo jednog takvog komadića koji je nastao
iz inicijative u koju sam uključen,
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usingkoristeći creativitykreativnost to inspirenadahnuti people to be greenerzeleniji.
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a koristi kreativnost da bi inspirirala ljude
da pridonose zaštiti okoliša.
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(VideoVideo) Man: You know, ratherradije than drivepogon todaydanas, I'm going to walkhodati.
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(Video) Čovjek: Znate, umjesto da se vozim,
danas ću ići pješke.
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NarratorPripovjedač: And so he walkedhodao, and as he walkedhodao he saw things.
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Govornik: I tako je hodao,
i kako je hodao vidio je stvari.
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StrangeČudno and wonderfulpredivan things he would not otherwiseinače have seenvidio.
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Čudne i prekrasne stvari koje inače ne bi vidio.
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A deerJelena with an itchysvrbež legnoga. A flyingleteći motorcyclemotorcikl.
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Jelena kojeg svrbi noga. Leteći motocikl.
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A fatherotac and daughterkći separatedodvojen from a bicyclebicikl by a mysteriousmisteriozan wallzid.
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Oca i kćer odvojene od bicikla tajanstvenim zidom.
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And then he stoppedprestao. WalkingHodanje in frontispred of him was her.
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Onda je stao. Ispred njega je hodala ona.
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The womanžena who as a childdijete had skippedpreskočena with him throughkroz fieldspolja
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Žena koja je kao dijete skakutala po polju s njim
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and brokenslomljen his heartsrce.
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i slomila njegovo srce.
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Sure, she had agedstar a little.
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Naravno, malo je ostarila.
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In factčinjenica, she had agedstar a lot.
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Zapravo, dosta je ostarila.
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But he feltosjećala all his oldstar passionstrast for her returnpovratak.
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Ali osjetio je svu staru strast zbog njenog povratka.
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"FordFord," he calledzvao softlynježno. For that was her nameime.
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"Ford", zazvao je nježno. Jer to je bilo njeno ime.
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"Don't say anotherjoš wordriječ, GustyDa, teško je," she said,
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"Nemoj više reći niti riječ, Gusty", rekla je,
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for that was his nameime.
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jer tako se on zvao.
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"I know a tentšator nextSljedeći to a caravankaravan, exactlytočno 300 yardsdvorišta from here.
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"Ima jedan šator kraj kamp prikolice,
točno 300 metara odavde.
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Let's go there and make love. In the tentšator."
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Otiđimo ondje i vodimo ljubav. U šatoru."
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FordFord undressedgol. She spreadširenje one legnoga, and then the other.
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Ford se razodjenula.
Raširila je jednu pa drugu nogu.
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GustyDa, teško je enteredušao her boldlyhrabro and madenapravljen love to her rhythmicallyritmički
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Gusty je smjelo ušao u nju
i u ritmu vodio ljubav s njom
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while she filmedsnimio him, because she was a keenoduševljen amateuramater pornographerpornografijom.
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dok ga je ona snimala jer je bila
gorljivi pornograf amater.
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The earthZemlja movedpomaknuto for bothoba of them.
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Pod oboje se zemlja tresla.
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And they livedživjeli togetherzajedno happilySretno ever after.
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I zauvijek su živjeli sretni.
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And all because he decidedodlučio to walkhodati that day.
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I sve to zato što je taj dan odlučio ići pješke.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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AndyAndy HobsbawmHobsbawm: We'veMoramo got the scienceznanost, we'veimamo had the debatedebata.
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Andy Hobsbawm: Imamo znanost, imali smo raspravu.
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The moralmoralan imperativeimperativ is on the tablestol.
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Moralni imperativ na redu je za raspravu.
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Great creativitykreativnost is neededpotreban to take it all,
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Velika kreativnost potrebna je da uzmemo sve,
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make it simplejednostavan and sharpoštar.
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da to učinimo jednostavno i oštroumno.
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To make it connectSpojiti. To make it make people want to actčin.
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Da bismo to povezali.
Da bismo potaknuli ljude da djeluju.
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So this is a call, a pleao priznanju krivnje,
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Ovo je poziv, molba
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to the incrediblynevjerojatno talentedtalentirani TEDTED communityzajednica.
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nevjerojatno talentiranoj zajednici TED-a.
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Let's get creativekreativan againstprotiv climateklima changepromijeniti.
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Postanimo kreativni u borbi
protiv klimatskih promjena.
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And let's do it soonuskoro. Thank you.
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Učinimo to uskoro. Hvala.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Suzana Barić
Reviewed by Senzos Osijek

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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