- -: Is Society on the Verge of Collapse?
August 10, 2011 (almost 2 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses the implications of a society that defines success as perpetual exponential growth. West suggests that a collapse may be as inevitable as a heart at...
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- -: Tom Murphy: The Fossil Fuel Joyride Is Over
November 10, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/compass_summit_2011 Tom Murphy, associate physics professor at the University of California San Diego, projects energy needs for future enerations to argue that current ways of living are unsustainable. Disputing the argument that technology can save ...
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- -: Clean Energy Economy Forum: Sustainable Building Part 4 of 4
July 20, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Panel 3 - The Call for Innovation: Research, Technology and Practice.
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- -: Clean Energy Economy Forum: Sustainable Building Part 3 of 4
July 20, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Panel 2 - Financing.
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- -: Clean Energy Economy Forum: Sustainable Building Part 2 of 4
July 20, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Panel 1- Leveraging Scale and The Role of Government Leading by Example.
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- -: Clean Energy Economy Forum: Sustainable Building Part 1 of 4
July 20, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)Opening Remarks by Nancy Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.
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- -: Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic
October 6, 2011 (over 1 year ago)http://www.ted.com Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can,...
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- -: Authors@Google: Joel Salatin discusses 'Folks, This Ain't Normal'
October 28, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Farmer, author, and activist Joel Salatin discusses his new book, "Folks, This Ain't Normal," as well as sustainable farming, food policy, and solutions to America's food woes
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Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that Repairs Itself
July 1, 2009 (almost 4 years ago)In this talk, Rachel Armstrong introduces us to a technology that potentially could alter the way we do architecture in the future. Where man-made structures and the natural world can interact in many different ways.
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