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.

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TED2008

Andy Hobsbawm: Do the green thing

Endi Hobsbaum kaže: Uradite "zelenu stvar"

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Endi Hobsbaum govori o novoj reklamnoj kampanji za zaštitu životne sredine - i nekim od propratnih pogodnosti
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Great creativityкреативност. In timesпута of need, we need great creativityкреативност.
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Velika kreativnost. U teškim vremenima, potrebna nam je velika kreativnost.
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DiscussRazgovaramo o. Great creativityкреативност is astonishinglyЗапањујуће, absurdlyапсурдно, rationallyracionalno, irrationallynerazumno powerfulмоћан.
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Razgovarajte. Velika kreativnost je iznenađujuće, apsurdno, razumno, nerazumno moćna.
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Great creativityкреативност can spreadширити toleranceтолеранција, championшампион freedomслобода,
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Velika kreativnost može da širi toleranciju, da se bori za slobodu,
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make educationобразовање seemИзгледа like a brightсветао ideaидеја.
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da učini da obrazovanje izgleda kao dobra ideja.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh )
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Great creativityкреативност can turnред a spotlightreflektor on deprivationlišavanja,
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Velika kreativnost može da ukaže na siromaštvo
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or showсхов that deprivationlišavanja ain'tније necessarilyнужно so.
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ili da pokaže da siromaštvo nije nužno takvo.
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Great creativityкреативност can make politiciansполитичари electablekockam,
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Velika kreativnost može da učini da političari budu izabrani
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or partiesстранке unelectableunelectable.
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ili da stranke to ne mogu biti.
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It can make warрат seemИзгледа like tragedyтрагедија or farceфарса.
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Može da učini da rat izgleda kao tragedija ili farsa.
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CreativityKreativnost is the meme-makerMeme-maker that putsставља slogansslogane on our t-shirtsмајице
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Kreativnost je ideja koja stavlja slogane na naše majice
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and phrasesfraze on our lipsусне.
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i fraze u naša usta.
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It's the pathfinder"Pathfinder" that showsпоказује us a simpleједноставно roadпут
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Vodič koji nam pokazuje jednostavan put
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throughкроз an impenetrableneprobojna moralморално mazeлабиринт.
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kroz teško prolazni moralni lavirint.
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ScienceNauka is cleverпаметан, but great creativityкреативност is something lessмање knowablepoznate,
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Nauka je pametna, ali velika kreativnost je nešto manje poznato,
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more magicalмагичан. And now we need that magicмагија.
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ali više magično. A sada nam je potrebna ta magija.
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This is a time of need.
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Ovo je teško vreme.
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Our climateклима is changingпромена quicklyбрзо, too quicklyбрзо.
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Naša klima se brzo menja, suviše brzo.
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And great creativityкреативност is neededпотребно to do what it does so well:
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A velika kreativnost treba da učini ono što čini najbolje:
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to provokeprovocira us to think differentlyдругачије with dramaticдраматично creativeкреативан statementsизјаве.
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da nas provocira da razmišljamo drugačije sa dramatičnim kreativnim izjavama.
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To temptizazivaj us to actчинити differentlyдругачије
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Da nas izaziva da se ponašamo drugačije
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with delightfulDivno creativeкреативан scrapsMuki.
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sa zanosnim kreativnim beleškama.
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Here is one suchтаква scrapтуча from an initiativeиницијатива I'm involvedукључени in
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Evo jedne takve beleške nastale iz pokreta u koji sam uključen -
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usingКористећи creativityкреативност to inspireинспирисати people to be greenerzeleniju.
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korišćenje kreativnosti da bi se ljudi inspirisali da doprinose zaštiti životne sredine.
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(VideoVideo zapis) Man: You know, ratherприлично than driveпогон todayданас, I'm going to walkходати.
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Snimak: Čovek: Znaš, radije ću prošetati danas, nego voziti.
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NarratorNarator: And so he walkedходао, and as he walkedходао he saw things.
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Pripovedač: I tako je on hodao i dok je hodao, video je stvari.
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StrangeČudno and wonderfulДивно things he would not otherwiseиначе have seenвиђено.
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Čudne i divne stvari koje inače ne bi video.
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A deerJelena with an itchySvrbi me legnoga. A flyingлети motorcycleмотоцикл.
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Jelena koga svrbi noga. Leteći motor.
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A fatherотац and daughterћерка separatedодвојен from a bicycleбицикл by a mysteriousмистериозно wallзид.
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Oca i ćerku odvojene od bicikla tajanstvenim zidom.
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And then he stoppedпрестала. WalkingHodanje in frontфронт of him was her.
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I onda je stao. Ispred njega je hodala ona.
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The womanжена who as a childдете had skippedpreskočena with him throughкроз fieldsпоља
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Žena koja je pobegla sa njim kroz polja dok su bili deca
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and brokenсломљен his heartсрце.
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i slomila mu srce.
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Sure, she had agedстарости a little.
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Naravno, malo je ostarila.
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In factчињеница, she had agedстарости a lot.
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Ustvari, mnogo je ostarila.
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But he feltосетио all his oldстари passionстраст for her returnповратак.
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Ali je on osetio kako se sve strasti prema njoj vraćaju.
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"FordFord," he calledпозвани softlyTiho. For that was her nameиме.
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"Ford", nežno je pozvao. Jer to je bilo njeno ime.
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"Don't say anotherдруги wordреч, GustyPrejaki," she said,
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"Nemoj ništa više da kažeš, Gasti", ona reče,
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for that was his nameиме.
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jer to je bilo njegovo ime.
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"I know a tentшатор nextследећи to a caravanкараван, exactlyбаш тако 300 yardsдворишта from here.
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"Znam za jedan šator blizu karavana, tačno 276 metara odavde.
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Let's go there and make love. In the tentшатор."
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Idemo tamo da vodimo ljubav. U šatoru."
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FordFord undressedsvukao. She spreadширити one legnoga, and then the other.
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Ford se skinula. Razmaknula je jednu nogu, pa drugu nogu.
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GustyPrejaki enteredушао her boldlyhrabro and madeмаде love to her rhythmicallyritmiиki
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Gasti je ušao smelo i vodio ljubav sa njom u ritmu
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while she filmedснимљен him, because she was a keenжестоко amateurаматер pornographerpornograf.
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dok ga je ona snimala, jer je bila zagriženi pornografski amater.
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The earthземља movedпреселила се for bothи једно и друго of them.
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Zemlja se pomerila za njih oboje.
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And they livedживели togetherзаједно happilySretno ever after.
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I zauvek su živeli srećno.
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And all because he decidedодлучио to walkходати that day.
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I sve zato što je on odlučio da toga dana pešači.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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( Aplauz )
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AndyAndy HobsbawmHobsbawm: We'veMoramo got the scienceНаука, we'veми смо had the debateдебате.
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Endi Hobsbaum: Imamo nauku, imamo diskusiju.
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The moralморално imperativeимператив is on the tableсто.
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Moralno načelo je na stolu.
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Great creativityкреативност is neededпотребно to take it all,
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Velika kreativnost je potrebna da sve uzme u obzir,
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make it simpleједноставно and sharpоштар.
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i da to načini jednostavnim i jasnim.
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To make it connectцоннецт. To make it make people want to actчинити.
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Da to poveže. Da načini da ljudi žele da reaguju.
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So this is a call, a pleamolbu,
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Dakle, ovo je poziv, molba,
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to the incrediblyневероватно talentedталентован TEDTED communityзаједница.
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neverovatno talentovanoj TED zajednici.
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Let's get creativeкреативан againstпротив climateклима changeпромена.
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Hajde da iskoristimo kreativnost protiv klimatskih promena.
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And let's do it soonускоро. Thank you.
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I hajde da to uradimo uskoro. Hvala vam.
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Sandra Gojic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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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