TED Talks

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11:03

Tomás Saraceno

Would you live in a floating city in the sky?

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Ingenious

12:18

Daan Roosegaarde

A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

12:57

Katrina Spade

When I die, recompose me

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Ingenious, Informative

9:11

Shubhendu Sharma

How to grow a forest in your backyard

Posted Jul 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

15:52

Emma Marris

Nature is everywhere — we just need to learn to see it

Posted Jul 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

7:14

Zaria Forman

Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth

Posted May 2016 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

12:52

Michael Metcalfe

A provocative way to finance the fight against climate change

Posted Apr 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

14:49

Juan Enriquez

We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely

Posted Apr 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

18:54

Tshering Tobgay

This country isn't just carbon neutral — it's carbon negative

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

15:55

Caleb Harper

This computer will grow your food in the future

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

19:18

Travis Kalanick

Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

10:10

Thomas Peschak

Dive into an ocean photographer's world

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

12:34

Audrey Choi

How to make a profit while making a difference

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

15:18

Mike Velings

The case for fish farming

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

11:00

Melati and Isabel Wijsen

Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

7:17

Achenyo Idachaba

How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Inspiring, Ingenious

13:56

Jill Farrant

How we can make crops survive without water

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

6:49

Jill Heinerth

The mysterious world of underwater caves

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Fascinating, Informative

13:37

David Sedlak

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

14:23

Alice Bows-Larkin

Climate change is happening. Here's how we adapt

Posted Oct 2015 Rated Informative, Persuasive

10:17

Elora Hardy

Magical houses, made of bamboo

Posted May 2015 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

17:49

Pamela Ronald

The case for engineering our food

Posted May 2015 Rated Informative, Persuasive

7:04

Angelo Vermeulen

How to go to space, without having to go to space

Posted Feb 2015 Rated Informative, Fascinating

15:16

Tasso Azevedo

Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests

Posted Jan 2015 Rated Informative, Inspiring

5:39 Under 6 minutes

Aziza Chaouni

How I brought a river, and my city, back to life

Posted Aug 2014 Rated Inspiring, Informative

11:10

Jackie Savitz

Save the oceans, feed the world!

Posted May 2014 Rated Informative, Persuasive

12:50

Michel Laberge

How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

Posted Apr 2014 Rated Informative, Ingenious

12:19

Chris McKnett

The investment logic for sustainability

Posted Feb 2014 Rated Informative, Persuasive

18:07

Leyla Acaroglu

Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore

Posted Feb 2014 Rated Informative, Persuasive

13:58

Harish Manwani

Profit’s not always the point

Posted Jan 2014 Rated Inspiring, Informative

12:11

Diébédo Francis Kéré

How to build with clay ... and community

Posted Dec 2013 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

14:17

Enrique Peñalosa

Why buses represent democracy in action

Posted Dec 2013 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

13:30

Lian Pin Koh

A drone's-eye view of conservation

Posted Nov 2013 Rated Informative, Ingenious

13:18

Steve Howard

Let's go all-in on selling sustainability

Posted Oct 2013 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

9:02

Andras Forgacs

Leather and meat without killing animals

Posted Sep 2013 Rated Fascinating, Ingenious

15:57

Marla Spivak

Why bees are disappearing

Posted Sep 2013 Rated Informative, Persuasive

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