Last week I blogged about a presentation I was giving to visitors to the park. Turns out the visitors were a group of hardware and software developers from FriendlyTech! Can you believe it? They were at the park to participate in team building activities but were very interested in my presentation on our connections with nature.
I was speaking with a leader from their hardware group after the presentation and she said my presentation really moved her. She floated the idea a collaboration! Apparently the company was working on a health and fitness tracker (like those armbands everyone is wearing so they don’t miss a text message) but the company was having trouble differentiating their device from others on the market.
The point is FriendlyTech wants me to come and give a presentation to the entire company about making meaningful connections with nonhumans, and why we need every tool possible in the fight against the effects of climate change. They want me to come in just two weeks and then stay for a brainstorming session with their hardware team.
Even though I’ve never done any work with technology companies, we talked about somehow combining the work FriendlyTech has done on their armband with my work exploring our connections with nonhumans.
I’m so excited about the opportunity to help others understand how entangled we are with our environment!!