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Playlist: Countdown: Big picture on climate change (8 talks)

Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/countdown_big_picture_on_climate_change

Playlist: The power of protest (8 talks)

Across history, protest has shaped societies in tremendous ways. These talks explore how movements catalyze monumental change.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_power_of_protest

Playlist: Climate change: Oh, it's real. (16 talks)

We still have a lot to learn about climate change, about why it's happening and what that means. But one thing is clear: It's real, alright. These talks provide a primer on the issue of our times.
Curated by TED · 16 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/climate_change_oh_it_s_real

Playlist: 5 questions about climate change (5 talks)

In the scope of Countdown, TED's initiative to accelerate solutions to climate change, the TED team collaborated with scientists and the creative studio Giant Ant to prepare five short animations explaining concepts and answering important questions related to the climate. They are narrated by Kristen Bell. Learn more about Countdown at countdow...
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/5_questions_about_climate_change

Playlist: Small ways to change the world (10 talks)

The little things that you (yes, you) can do now (yes, now) to make a difference.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/small_ways_to_change_the_world

Playlist: How space technology can change life on Earth (4 talks)

Sure, we're looking beyond the planet to other worlds we may one day inhabit -- but a lot of this technology we've developed can be used for the good of the Earth, too.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_space_technology_can_change_life_on_earth

Playlist: Geoffrey Canada: 7 talks on social change (7 talks)

Educator and activist Geoffrey Canada chose a powerful list of favorites — talks that address the cycles of poverty and gender violence, and offer bold suggestions for change.
Curated by Geoffrey Canada · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/geoffrey_canada_7_talks_on_so

Playlist: The Audacious Project: A new model to inspire change (22 talks)

The Audacious Project is TED's collaborative experiment to put bold ideas for social change into action. Learn more at AudaciousProject.org.
Curated by TED · 22 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_audacious_project

Environmental studies: Climate Change

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Climate Change, speakers give talks that boldly illuminate the nature and scale of current-day climate science, policy and ethics. They explore the economics and psych...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies

Playlist: How innovation changes the world (6 talks)

The big and small ways invention and transformation can bring about new eras of inspired action, thought and change. (Curated in partnership with Project Management Institute.)
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_innovation_changes_the_world

Playlist: Future-forward thoughts on tech (8 talks)

How will tech change our everyday life? Some fascinating ideas with far-reaching implications that could possibly change our world for the better.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/future_forward_thoughts_on_tech

Playlist: Why climate change is a human rights issue (11 talks)

Learn about the ways climate change is deeply altering how we live, where we live and the foods we eat -- ultimately threatening some of our most basic human rights.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/why_climate_change_is_a_human

Nate Garvis: Change our culture, change our world

We don't just need better laws -- we need better culture. Nate Garvis asks: What can we do to create an environment in which powerful institutions are used for the common good?
https://www.ted.com/talks/nate_garvis_change_our_culture_change_our_world

Playlist: Talks from inspiring teachers (10 talks)

A great teacher can change the trajectory of your life. Here, talks from teachers you'll wish you had.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_from_inspiring_teachers

Introductory essay

Written by the educators who created Climate Change, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. The greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is changing our climate now. James Hansen, June 24, 1988 The drought that cr...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies/introductory-essay

Activities

Deepen your understanding of Climate Change with these carefully crafted educational exercises that let you get the most out of this TED Studies subject. Activity 1 Al Gore, James Balog, Lee Hotz, James Hansen and Naomi Klein are all working in various ways to increase the general public's knowledge of and engagement with climate change issues. ...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies/activities

Playlist: Plug into your power! (8 talks)

There are more ways to be civically engaged besides voting. Tap into your inner activist with these talks about inspiring change in your community.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/plug_into_your_power

Playlist: Talks to help you understand what's really going on in the world (14 talks)

The headlines on the front page always change. But these talks — on the seismic phenomenon underlying them — will give you fresh insight.
Curated by TED · 14 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_when_you_realize_you

Tim Kruger | TED Speaker

Tim Kruger researches geoengineering: techniques to counteract climate change by deliberate, large-scale intervention in the earth system -- either by reflecting sunlight back into space or by reducing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Geoengineering researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_kruger

Robert Swan | TED Speaker

Robert Swan is the first person in history to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he wants to make sure that Antarctica, the world's last great wilderness, is never exploited.
Polar pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_swan

Nicholas Stern | TED Speaker

Lord Nicholas Stern studies the economics of climate change. He is a co-author of the position paper presented to the UN's 2014 Climate Summit, called "The New Climate Economy."
Climate economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lord_nicholas_stern

Allan Savory | TED Speaker

Allan Savory works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world.
Grassland ecosystem pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/allan_savory

Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_pilloton_teaching_design_for_change

Toby Eccles: Invest in social change

Here's a stat worth knowing: In the UK, 63% of men who finish short-term prison sentences are back inside within a year for another crime. Helping them stay outside involves job training, classes, therapy. And it would pay off handsomely -- but the government can't find the funds. Toby Eccles shares an imaginative idea for how to change that: th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/toby_eccles_invest_in_social_change

Summary analysis

After watching the collection of talks on Climate Change, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. For the last quarter century, citizens have turned to climate scientists and policymakers as expert 'claims makers' to make sense of 'what is' and 'what to do about' climate c...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/environmental-studies/summary-analysis

Playlist: The importance of educating girls (5 talks)

In far too many countries around the world, an education is not a given for girls. These moving talks are from those facing great risk to change that.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_importance_of_educating_gi

Antonio Donato Nobre | TED Speaker

Antonio Donato Nobre researches the “ingenious systems” of the Amazon. His work illustrates the beautiful complexity of this region, as well as its fragility against a backdrop of climate change.
Scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/antonio_donato_nobre

Toby Eccles | TED Speaker

Toby Eccles has created a radical financial instrument that helps private investors contribute to solving thorny public problems.
Social investment visionary
https://www.ted.com/speakers/toby_eccles

Renata Salecl | TED Speaker

Sociologist and philosopher Renata Salecl scrutinizes our individual and societal neuroses, and suggests ways out of our current paralysis.
Theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/renata_salecl

Rob Dunbar | TED Speaker

Rob Dunbar looks deeply at ancient corals and sediments to study how the climate and the oceans have shifted over the past 50 to 12,000 years -- and how the Antarctic ecosystem is changing right now.
Oceanographer, biogeochemist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rob_dunbar
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