- -: TEDxOxbridge - Suzanne Dhaliwal - Pulling the Plug on Big Oil
July 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Suzanne Dhaliwal is the co-founder of the UK Tar Sands Network, which works in solidarity with the Indigenous Environmental network to campaign against UK corporations and financial institutions invested in the Alberta Tar Sands. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local...
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- -: TEDxRedMountain - Kristina Scott - The Relationship between Poverty and Natural Disasters
August 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Kristina Scott dives into the sociological factors of poverty and class and how this community is affected by a natural disaster. This talk references the April 27th tornado outbreak throughout Alabama, including the devastating EF4 Tuscaloosa storm.
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- -: TEDxRedMountain - Eldridge Grant - Community Health Impact of April 27th Tornados
August 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Eldridge Grant discusses the huge health dangers a major natural disaster can bring to an area and how we can deal with those risks. This talk references the April 27th tornado outbreak throughout Alabama, including the devastating EF4 Tuscaloosa storm.
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- -: Peter Ward: Earth's mass extinctions
January 28, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but "Medea Hypothesis" author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Michael Pritchard makes filthy water drinkable
August 4, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Lalitesh Kattragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
January 13, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and unknown roads. In this short talk, Google's Lalitesh Katragadda demos Map Maker, a group map-making tool that people arou...
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- -: Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims
July 12, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it's bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf -- and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse. T...
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- -: Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk
January 18, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ... and too often, w...
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- -: Lady Gaga's Morning Routine
April 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)While in the middle of a major tour, Lady Gaga can barely relax. She shared a few funny tidbits about her morning routine -- and cautioned that it's not for everyone!
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- -: Agile Technology with Lives at Stake: InSTEDD in Haiti & Beyond
July 26, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk June 30, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Eduardo Jezierski and Eric Rasmussen. InSTEDD, a Google.org Grantee, deployed to the Port au Prince airfield with a team from AlertNet just hours after the Haitian earthquake. Over the following days, a first-of-its-kind system was created ...
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