- -: The Global Water Crisis
November 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/26/Our_Waters_Future_Meeting_the_Challenge_of_the_Century J. Carl Gander, director and co-founder of Circle of Blue, outlines what he describes as our "global water crisis" and its social impact. "Right now waterborne diseases are killing about 5,000 chi...
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- -: The Myth of the City in Global Slums
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/25/Cities_as_Solutions People originally moved to cities "to live longer, to live healthier," explains Carolyn Stephens, professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. But the result, she says, is often a risk trade-off between putting ...
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- -: Sylvia Earle on the Abuse of Oceans
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/26/The_Crisis_Facing_Oceans Oceanographer Sylvia Earle stresses the urgency of protecting the ocean's natural resources. Earle highlights the neglect of the exclusive economic zone, 200 miles off the coast. "We know that our lives depend on the natural s...
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- -: The City as a Scalable Network
November 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/25/Growth_Innovation_and_the_Accelerating_Pace_of_Life New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Fe differ historically, geographically, and culturally, but are there qualities that are universal to cities across the globe? Theoretical physicist Ge...
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- -: Are Politicians More Willing to Talk God Than Science?
November 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/25/Knocking_on_Heavens_Door Are politicians more comfortable discussing religion than science? Harvard physicist Lisa Randall discusses the role that scientists play in public discourse, stressing the importance of their participation. ----- IDEAS THAT...
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