TEDxOilSpill - Sylvia Earle - By Killing the Ocean, We Kill Ourselves
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Sylvia Earle, called "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress and "Hero for the Planet" by Time, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with a deep commitment to research through personal exploration. Earle's work has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades. Earle has led more than 50 expeditions worldwide i... Read more
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- -: TEDxOilSpill - Sylvia Earle - By Killing the Ocean, We Kill Ourselves
August 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sylvia Earle, called "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress and "Hero for the Planet" by Time, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with a deep commitment to research through personal exploration. Earle's work has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades. ...
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- -: Wade Davis: Cultures at the far edge of the world
January 12, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances...
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- -: David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world
August 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
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- -: Keith Bellows: Celebrating the camel
September 16, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Keith Bellows gleefully outlines the engineering marvels of the camel, a vital creature he calls "the SUV of the desert." Though he couldn't bring a live camel to TED, he gets his camera crew as close as humanly possible to a one-ton beast in full rut.
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- -: Did Geography Predetermine the Rise of the Western World?
May 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Historian Ian Morris examines how the transatlantic trade economy and the geography of those trade routes led to mathematical breakthroughs in the 17th century. Morris argues that the advancement of mathematics caused a chain reaction of innovative thought that culminated in industrial and scient...
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