Be provoked

We've invited a range of key thinkers, politicians, business people and celebrities in the region to contribute a short provocation to the South West Debates: more than meets the eye - something that will broaden the perspective, inject a bit of passion and inspire some really creative thinking. We've also engaged a regionally based photographer to create some really arresting images to go alongside each piece. New provocations will appear every week or two over the next few months. 
 
If you feel provoked to respond, go to the blog or forum to have your say. 

Professor Jonathan Gosling, Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter points out three big things and three small things about leadership for the South West.... Leading in our www. World - Wise Leadership in the South West (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 96.01kb)

Julia Goldsworthy MP shares with us her view on the changing population and related issues facing Cornwall....Cornwall and an Ageing Population (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 100.63kb)

Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, Jonathon Porritt, challenges us to consider the fundamental resource issues of globalisation....Climate-Proofing Globalisation (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 99.41kb)  

Regional Secretary of the South West TUC, Nigel Costley, suggests a more internationalist outlook will help us to cope with the challenges of globalisation......Worlds Apart (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 141.49kb)

Principal of Coombeshead College, Richard Haigh, puts forwards a new paradigm for schooling - never before has a generation had such profound responsibilities...... Why go to school? (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 79.62kb)

MP Dawn Primarolo reflects on the skills within the South West - Skilling Up the South West (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 100.90kb)

Award winning hotelier Emma Stratton urges the tourism industry to face up to climate change - In or Out of the Soup? (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 84.62kb)

Vala Ragnarsdottir, Professor of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Bristol, calls us all to positive action - Action For Sustainability (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 165.17kb)

Peaches Golding, Regional Director of Business in the Community's South West region, gets increasingly more impatient about businesses responsibility to climate change - Impatience Borne of Frustration (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 163.02kb)

John Savage, Executive Chairman of Business West, examines the prize of offering the best education for all people - From Education to Enlightenment (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 170.50kb)

Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence magazine, explores how caring for the Earth should be our prime responsibility - Earth I Love (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 135.20kb)

Tim Smit, Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project takes a look under the bed of UK plc - The Crocodile Under The Bed (Adobe Acrobat Reader Document - 132.08kb)

 
N.B. The views represented in these provocations are that of the individual and not of the South West of England Regional Development Agency or other SW Debate partners.