SXSW 2025

Doing Good isn't Good Enough: Marketing to Save the Planet

Description:

The speed of the clean energy transition is being put on individual developers, politicians and communities that are bombarded with a constant stream of (mis)information. Combine that with legitimate local concerns being asked to take a back seat to global impacts and it's no wonder asking people to "do the right thing" and "think of the greater good" is not working. How can we use tactics and strategies from the marketing world to break through the noise and enact real change, real fast?


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Takeaways

  1. The current clean energy transition playbook isn't working fast enough
  2. Misinformation and the sheer amount of information are major causes of a slow and even backsliding clean energy transition
  3. Marketing tactics and strategies should be employed to increase the scale and speed of the clean energy transition

Speakers


Organizer

Thomas Heibel, Renewable Energy Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Energy
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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