TEDxPhilly - Amy Hillier - Mapping experiences and access to opportunity in cities
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A pressing issue for Amy Hillier: Why does the place of our birth and child rearing influence the amount of opportunities available to us as adults? Is there something we can do about this? If we could trace our experiences using modern mapping technologies - like GIS, GPS, LiDAR and others - to better understand our surroundings, our history an... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Amy Hillier - Mapping experiences and access to opportunity in cities
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)A pressing issue for Amy Hillier: Why does the place of our birth and child rearing influence the amount of opportunities available to us as adults? Is there something we can do about this? If we could trace our experiences using modern mapping technologies - like GIS, GPS, LiDAR and others - to ...
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- -: TEDxOslo - Angela Morelli - The Global Water Footprint of Humanity
June 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Angela Morelli is an Italian information designer based in London. Her love of mathematics led to an engineering degree from the Politecnico of Milan. Her love of design led to a long journey through industrial, communication and information design. Her love for the planet led to a strong passion...
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- -: Alex Steffen: Inspired ideas for a sustainable future
May 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanitys ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, ...
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- -: Save the Environment...Buy a Rolex? - Saul Griffith
February 12, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/16/Saul_Griffith_Climate_Change_Recalculated Inventor Saul Griffith explains why, in terms of energy consumption, it is better to buy a single high-quality product once than many cheaper, inferior versions over a lifetime. ----- Engineer, environmental...
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- -: Amory Lovins: US Climate Change Goals Not Ambitious Enough
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/16/Will_It_Cost_the_Earth_to_Save_the_Planet Amory Lovins argues that reducing carbon emissions would be doable and profitable if the focus was on energy efficiency. He says the U.S. is already cutting its energy intensity without even trying. "Everybody...
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- -: Visualizing Our Ecological Footprint
April 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Resilient_Cities_Urbanism_in_the_Age_of_Climate_Change Architect and urban planner Peter Calthorpe visualizes humanity's ecological footprint by examining the demand we make of the planet in terms of land area. He shows that by representing data in te...
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