Materials

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Materials.

Video playlists about Materials

Reduce, reuse, recycle

11 talks • 2h 7m
Discover the beauty in minimizing material goods, repurposing your most well-loved things and intentionally (and sustainably) lessening your carbon footprint.

Thrifty TED Talks

7 talks • 1h 21m
Give old things new life and even imagine a futuristic perspective on repurposing everyday items with these fun and thoughtful talks.

Talks for the fiber arts lover

6 talks • 1h 8m
These speakers weave together some of our most interesting talks on the fine arts of knitting, crocheting and fabrics in general.

Talks for when you want to start a new hobby

8 talks • 2h 5m
Always wanted to do something more with your free time? Let these talks inspire you to take up anything from a classic hobby, to something a little less conventional.

Talks about Materials

4:37

Tom Schuler

How we could make carbon-negative concrete

Posted Jan 2021
4:26

Karen Scrivener

A concrete idea to reduce carbon emissions

Posted Oct 2020
7:27

Skylar Tibbits

A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines

Posted May 2020
12:20

Suzanne Lee

Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution

Posted Jan 2020
13:51

Sarah Sze

How we experience time and memory through art

Posted Sep 2019
10:45

Majd Mashharawi

How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza

Posted Mar 2019
12:08

Débora Mesa Molina

Stunning buildings made from raw, imperfect materials

Posted Jan 2019
7:38

Aparna Mehta

Where do your online returns go?

Posted Nov 2018
10:34

Andrew Dent

To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift

Posted Apr 2018
9:47

Amit Kalra

3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem

Posted Feb 2018
12:44

Xavier De Kestelier

Adventures of an interplanetary architect

Posted Dec 2017
13:14

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Fashion has a pollution problem — can biology fix it?

Posted Nov 2017
13:01

Anna Heringer

The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings

Posted Sep 2017
12:39

Justin Davidson

Why glass towers are bad for city life — and what we need instead

Posted Jun 2017
12:46

Siamak Hariri

How do you build a sacred space?

Posted Apr 2017
6:01

Ashton Cofer

A plan to recycle the unrecyclable

Posted Mar 2017
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