Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
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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 podcast of the best talks and performances from the ... Read more
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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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- -: 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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- -: 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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- -: Is Recycling a Waste of Time?
November 26, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/27/Battle_of_Ideas_Recycling_is_a_Waste_of_Time German journalist and commentator Thomas Deichman argues that most modern recycling methods are a waste of time and money. ----- "Recycling is a Waste of Time" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas conference hoste...
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- -: Dumpster Diving for Gourmet Pig Feed - Novella Carpenter
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/Education_of_an_Urban_Farmer_Novella_Carpenter Author Novella Carpenter reads an excerpt from her book Farm City, describing how she scrounged feed for her urban farm animals. "In five minutes we found a squashed key lime pie, a bag of still-warm bean...
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- -: Where Does Recycled Plastic Go? To China and Back
October 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/30/The_Story_Behind_Our_Obsession_with_Bottled_Water Peter Gleick, author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, briefly summarizes the economics of shipping recycled plastic to China. Once in China, plastic waste is used...
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- -: Waste Hierarchy: How an iPad Gets Recycled
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/26/Taking_Out_GEs_Trash Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of Terracycle, describes the recycling process for electronic devices. "Each type of waste stream has what we call a waste hierarchy," says Szaky. He explains that while many electronics are refurbished,...
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- -: Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic
October 6, 2011 (over 12 years 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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Van Jones: The Economic Injustice of Plastic
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Van Jones explains how saving plastic and saving lives can be done simultaneously with the right passion for the planet and respect for all species.
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Eben Bayer: Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)As a solition to the increasing mountains of non-biodegradable materials piling up on our planet, Eben Bayer lunches a mushroom-based natural polymer that is being mass produced to replace those "toxic white stuff."
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