TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Viktor Aldrin
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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 between believers and non-believers. What lessons ca... Read more
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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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- -: Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary
January 16, 2012 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for s...
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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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- -: TEDxValletta - Marco Cremona - Water
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Two weeks ago the world population hit the 7 billion mark. The increase in world population coupled with a general improvement in the standard of living is placing additional stress on the world's limited freshwater resources. Can conventional systems for producing safe potable water, and treatin...
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- -: TEDxChemungRiver - Colleen Parsons - Choices Change Us
December 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Colleen Parsons says, "TED has changed my life in so many incredible ways. Four years ago, I watched a documentary about TED and applied to attend what is now known as TEDActive. Who would have thought I would be accepted?! That is where I learned that TED event attendees are not just an audience...
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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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