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A poet's plea to save our planet

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Spoken word artist IN-Q poetically captures the urgency of climate change in his original spoken word poem, "Movie Stars." He urges us to take ownership of the Earth and the damage we've committed, and ends with a call to action: "One little dot is all that we've got," says IN-Q. "We just forgot that none of it's ours; we just forgot that all of it's ours."

Spoken word artist IN-Q poetically captures the urgency of climate change in his original spoken word poem, "Movie Stars." He urges us to take ownership of the Earth and the damage we've committed, and ends with a call to action: "One little dot is all that we've got," says IN-Q. "We just forgot that none of it's ours; we just forgot that all of it's ours."

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

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IN-Q

IN-Q

Poetry slam champion

Recently named one of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 thought leaders, IN-Q groundbreaking performances include selling out the largest one-man poetry show in Los Angeles history, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. As a songwriter, IN-Q’s hit single “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena Gomez went multi-platinum, winning him a BMI award. He has also written with renowned artists including Aloe Blacc, and Miley Cyrus. IN-Q writes to entertain, inspire, and challenge his audiences to look deeper into the human experience and ask questions about themselves, their environment and the world at large.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

Read more about the TED Institute.