TEDxGateway:Sofia Jannok:Singer of the people of wind & sun talks about rights to earth & freedom
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As a child of the indigenous Sami people, Sofia has been strongly influenced by the powerful landscapes that surround her and the deep connection that her ancestors have fostered through their traditional livelihoods which bond them to their land. As a singer/songwriter, she has toured around the world performing her unique blend of jazz and... Read more
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- -: TEDxGateway:Sofia Jannok:Singer of the people of wind & sun talks about rights to earth & freedom
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)As a child of the indigenous Sami people, Sofia has been strongly influenced by the powerful landscapes that surround her and the deep connection that her ancestors have fostered through their traditional livelihoods which bond them to their land. As a singer/songwriter, she has toured around ...
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- -: Charlie Rose - Max von Sydow (01/23/12)
January 24, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Legendary Swedish actor Max von Sydow on Ingmar Bergman www.CharlieRose.com
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Viktor Aldrin
January 17, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Religious Water as Problem - Religious Water as Solution Water is an important element in all religions and often connected to the divine. We come alive through water and many religions use water in their ceremonies. Despite the differences among the major religions conflicts often seem to be be...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Sasha Becker - Reads Tranströmer
January 12, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Tomas Tranströmer was 2011 awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature with the motivation "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality". Watch Sasha Becker's beautiful reading of Tranströmer during TEDxUniversityofGothenburg. Sasha Becker has been an a...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Maria Sundin - Water - a necessity for life on Earth and other Planets
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Why is there water on earth? Life is highly connected to liquid water so the question arises, are there other worlds like ours? Maria Sundin is an associate professor in theoretical physics at the University of Gothenburg. Her main research interests are computer simulations of barred and intera...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Kerstin Johannesson - Oceans of Biodiversity
January 5, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Genetic variation is a key factor for biodiversity both in the short and long run. But why is the genetic level of biodiversity not handled stronger politically? Kerstin Johannesson is professor in Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg, director of the Linnaeus Research Centre in Marine...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Erika Harlitz - In Cod We Trust
January 4, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Wherein lays the historical foundation for the overfishing of today? Erika Harlitz received her Ph.D. with the dissertation Urban Systems and State Formation in Scandinavia. A Study of the Rise and Fall of Lödöse, c. 1050-1646 at the Department for Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg. S...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Anders Jägerskog - Water that Crosses Boundaries
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Water that Crosses Boundaries -- a reason to Fight or Work Together Anders Jägerskog is associate professor at the School of Global Studies and a Programme Director at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). He is specialised in transboundary waters and water governance and has vast ...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Jan Eliasson - The Global Water and Sanitation Crisis
December 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Access to clean water is a human right and is closely incorporated in the Millennium Development Goal number 7 with the aim to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Jan Eliasson is chairman of the Swedish WaterAid, former ...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Joakim Larsson - Our Drugs in their Water
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Where do the drugs we use come from, and what happens with the waste from their production? A daunting journey from Sweden to India and the pollution of active substances affecting the environment in so many ways. Joakim Larsson is associate professor of physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Un...
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