- -: Kate Orff: Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
January 31, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landsca...
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- -: Authors@Google: Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly
May 16, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly visit Google's Santa Monica office to discuss their book "Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles." This event took place on March 23, 2009 as part of the Authors@Google series.
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- -: Cleantech: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America
December 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk December 3, 2009 ABSTRACT Presented by Luis Aguirre-Torres. Latin America, which currently accounts for one fifth of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions, represents a great opportunity for investors and cleantech firms alike. The new trend towards incorporating renewable energ...
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- -: Chris Jordan: Polluting Plastics
April 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Photographer Chris Jordan specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environment. In one of the most emotional presentations at PopTech 2009, Jordan shares heart-wrenching images of birds killed by ingesting plastics that increasingly pollu...
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- -: Justin Gallivan: Hacking Bacteria
July 16, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Justin Gallivan is an Emory University chemist who explores the boundaries of biology by engineering bacteria to behave in predictable ways. Gallivan's research on reprogrammable bacteria has important implications for complex challenges such as the need to track and clean up environmental pollut...
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- -: Take Out the Earbuds: Have We Lost Our Ability to Listen?
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/l2_innovation_forum_2011 Between the proliferation of earbuds, the culture of personal broadcasting, and the increasing pace of life across much of the globe, are we losing our ability to listen? Julian Treasure, author of Sound Business, laments what...
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- -: 50 Ways to Save the Ocean - David Helvarg
September 18, 2006 (over 17 years ago)Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=145 Environmental activist David Helvarg talks about his book, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, and explains how small, individual acts of conservation can work towards environmental preservation. ----- David Helvarg presents "50 Ways to Save...
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- -: Fallows and Schell - China's Looming Environmental Crisis
September 17, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1525 Atlantic Monthly National Correspondent James Fallows discusses China's growing impact on the global environment, in a conversation with author and China expert Orville Schell. ----- "A Year in Shanghai" with James Fallows and Orvill...
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- -: China, India, and the Global Environment - Fred Krupp
May 30, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/23/Fred_Krupp_on_Energy_and_Global_Warming Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp discusses how the U.S. and other developed nations can influence the environmental impacts of China and India's rapid growth. ----- Fred Krupp discusses his new ...
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- -: Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change?
June 6, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/28/Niall_Ferguson_and_Peter_Schwartz_on_Human_Progress Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on reasons to feel optimistic about the issue of global climate change. ----- Niall Ferguson and Peter Schwartz present Historian vs....
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