- -: TEDxUTK - David Grueser - Earthbags
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)David Grueser is a Junior at The University of Tennessee majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In his talk, entitled "Earthbags", he discusses the possibilities for cheap and sustainable housing around the globe.
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- -: TEDxUTK - Gawan Fiore and Yoni Kalin - Activism
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Gawan Fiore and Yoni Kalin are 17 year old high school students from Washington D.C. In their talk, entitled "Activism", they discuss using "the art of perception" to discover potential in all things. Using their own experiences with their "Color My World" project, they map out the process of aba...
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- -: TEDxUTK - Stephen Levy - Electrical Energy
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Stephen Levy is the Director of the Tennessee Solar Energy Association. In his talk, entitled "Electrical Energy", he offers insight on the past, present, and the future of solar energy.
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- -: TEDxUTK - Tyler Rowe - Nuclear Reactors
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Tyler Rowe is an Engineering student at The University of Tennessee. In his talk, entitled "Nuclear Reactors", he discusses his work within the Nuclear Engineering Department and the future of nuclear technology.
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- -: Paul Gilding: The Earth is full
February 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future
February 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down." TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Greg Van Kirk - Social Entrepreneurship: You are the Relative Expert
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Senior Ashoka Fellow talks about successful social innovation in the context of his efforts to found the MicroConsignment model -- a sustainable, replicable means of delivering health-related goods and services to remote villages using entrepreneurship and local empowerment. In the spirit of ide...
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- -: TEDxOU - Jason Roberts - How To Build a Better Block
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Opposite to the 'top down' concept of urban design is BETTER BLOCK, founded in Dallas' Oak Cliff by Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard. The Better Block project is a demonstration tool that temporarily re-visions an area to show the potential to create a walkable, vibrant, neighborhood center. The i...
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- -: TEDxManhattan - Blair McMillen - Claude Debussy's "What the West Wind Saw"
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/2012talks Hailed by the New York Times as "riveting," "brilliant" and as "new music's torchbearer," Blair McMillen has established himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after pianists today. He has performed in venues both traditional and avant-garde; from...
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- -: TEDxManhattan - ETHEL feat. Blair McMillen - The Who's "5:15"
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/2012talks Acclaimed as America's premier postclassical string quartet, ETHEL invigorates contemporary concert music with refreshing exuberance, fierce intensity, imaginative programming and exceptional artistry. Formed in 1998, New York's ebullient ETHEL performs ad...
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