President Obama Speaks at Conference on Conservation
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Effective conservation is about more than protecting the environment, it's about strengthening the economy. March 2, 2012.
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March 3, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Effective conservation is about more than protecting the environment, it's about strengthening the economy. March 2, 2012.
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- -: Photography@Google: Moose Peterson, "Captured"
January 13, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Moose stops by the Googleplex to discuss his latest work, his passion for aviation, and his recent conservation trips. Moose's work has direct impact on our world. Captured: Behind the Lens of a Legendary Wildlife Photographer is more than just a photography book-it's a chronicle of more than 3...
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- -: TEDxUWO - Wade Davis - The Sacred Headwaters
April 23, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Wade Davis, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, presents a magnificent talk that highlights the beauty of the Sacred Headwaters in British Columbia, Canada. His photographs provide a unique perspective on the lives of those living in some of the most remote areas of this beautiful count...
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- -: TEDxGuelphU - Wayne Galliher - Water Conservation
May 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Wayne Galliher is Project Manger of the City of Guelph's Water Conservation Program. As Water Conservation Project Manager, Wayne lead development of the City's 2009 Water Conservation and Efficiency Strategy and is responsible for all operational and program activities under the City's Water Con...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Willie Smits - Conservation
May 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Willie Smits works at the complicated intersection of humankind, the animal world and our green planet. In his early work as a forester in Indonesia, he came to a deep understanding of that triple relationship, as he watched the growing population of Sulawesi move into (or burn for fuel) forests ...
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- -: TEDxMileHigh - Sally Ranney - A Matter of Degree
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Framing climate change as a whole systems problem asks us to look more deeply into the social and political factors behind our warming planet. Having spent many years looking at the problem from financial, political and social angles, the co-director of American Renewable Energy Day Summit and CE...
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- -: Corneille Ewango: A hero of the Congo Basin forest
July 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.
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- -: Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil
November 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem -- the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are comp...
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- -: Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil
March 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perf...
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- -: Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
May 5, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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