Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby?
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http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a di... Read more
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- -: Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby?
February 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphib...
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- -: TEDxNewy 2011 - Tim Silverwood - How did our lives become so plastic?
December 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)In July 2011, Tim Silverwood sailed 5000km from Hawaii to Vancouver to research and document the accumulation of plastic in the infamous North Pacific Gyre, otherwise known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Tim, a keen surfer, developed a love affair with the ocean from a young age and has sinc...
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- -: TEDxStGIS - Bojidar Nikolov - Plastic Isn't That Fantastic
May 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Bojidar has been at StGIS from the start and will be a member of the inaugural graduating class .Originally from Bulgaria, he might be California Dreaming, since he aspires to meet Steve Jobs and one day to work for Apple. While most people know Bojidar as the resident tech expert, you might be s...
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- -: TEDxAlcatraz - Michael Zuckerman - A World's Cup
August 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Michael Zuckerman is the founder of 3rdSpaces, Director of Sustainability for San Francisco's Temple Nightclub, and Chair of the Kyebando Green Age in Kampala, Uganda. Under his guidance, Temple Nightclub (the host site of the inaugural TEDxAlcatraz) has established industry best practices in res...
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- -: Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures
September 6, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TE...
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- -: Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
February 25, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Michael Merzenich on re-wiring the brain
April 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain's incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's researching ways to harness the brain's plasticity to enhance our skills and recover lost function. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?
October 4, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the ...
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- -: Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution
October 20, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives -- and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the plastic gyre. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world...
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- -: Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic
January 21, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Van Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries "first and worst," with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what we earn. At TEDxGPGP, he offers...
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