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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- -: President Obama Speaks at Conference on Conservation
March 3, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Effective conservation is about more than protecting the environment, it's about strengthening the economy. March 2, 2012.
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- -: TEDxDaejeon - YongSoon Park - Korean traditional hawk hunting
May 29, 2011 (almost 2 years ago)Yong-soon Park : Daejeon 8th Intangible Cultural Properties, is a falconer and falconry is designated as UNESCO intangible heritage of humanity His first hawking was in his 12 when he grew the falcon which he hunted in mountain at the back of his home. After he was designated as Daejeon Intangib...
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- -: Witch Hunts and Economic Scapegoats - Raymond Fisman
April 24, 2009 (about 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/24/Ray_Fisman_Economic_Gangsters Economist Raymond Fisman examines the phenomenon of economic scapegoating, as illustrated through modern-day witch hunts in Tanzania. ----- Raymond Fisman, Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School, di...
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- -: Megafauna Extinction: Did Humans or Climate Kill Off the Mammoths?
May 27, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/18/Dr_Elizabeth_Hadly_Mammals_and_Climate_Change Stanford biologist Elizabeth Hadly recaps a debate among biologists over whether prehistoric megafauna like mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats became extinct due to overhunting by humans, or by ...
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- -: The Assassin: A Spider That Hunts Other Spiders
November 10, 2010 (over 2 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/03/Hannah_Wood_Assassin_Spiders_from_Around_the_World Arachnologist Hannah Wood introduces the "stealthy predator" of the world of arachnids: the assassin spider. With its unusually long neck, the assassin spider actively hunts its only prey -- other spi...
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- -: Cheney Bags Lawyer: The Art of Political Language
December 4, 2010 (over 2 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/26/Lera_Boroditsky_How_Language_Shapes_Thought Using former Vice President Dick Cheney's 2006 quail hunting accident as an example, cognitive linguist Lera Boroditsky examines how carefully chosen language can affect an altered interpretation of real-wor...
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- -: The Obama Administration's Commitment to Rural America
May 3, 2010 (about 3 years ago)Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a longtime resident and former governor of Iowa, gives an overview of the Administration's framework that will lead to a more prosperous rural America.
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Christopher McDougall: Are We Born to Run?
July 1, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Christopher McDougall shares the mysteries of running starting from the Tarahumara tribe up until the modern day marathons. He presents the fact that humans are made to run and are designed to run long distances as part of our survival instincts.
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Beverly Joubert: Life Lessons From Big Cats
December 1, 2010 (over 2 years ago)Dereck and Beverly Joubert shows how their study about animal emotion in wild cats opened new understanding to animal protection and preservation.
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