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Pollution

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

Video playlists about Pollution

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.

Talks about Pollution

Xiye Bastida

If you adults won't save the world, we will

Posted Sep 2020

Al Gore

The new urgency of climate change

Posted Jun 2020

Nicola Jones

The dangers of a noisy ocean — and how we can quiet it down

Posted Mar 2020

María Neira

This is your brain on air pollution

Posted Feb 2020

Suzanne Lee

Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution

Posted Jan 2020

Kelsey Johnson

The problem of light pollution — and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it

Posted Dec 2019

Alejandro Durán

How I use art to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans

Posted Dec 2019

Arunabha Ghosh

5 steps for clean air in India

Posted Nov 2019

Mani Vajipey

How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution

Posted Nov 2019

Andrew Forrest

A radical plan to end plastic waste

Posted Oct 2019

Tim Flannery

Can seaweed help curb global warming?

Posted Sep 2019

Federica Bianco

How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems

Posted Sep 2019

Kelly Wanser

Emergency medicine for our climate fever

Posted Aug 2019

Morgan Vague

These bacteria eat plastic

Posted May 2019

Joanne Chory

How supercharged plants could slow climate change

Posted May 2019

Romain Lacombe

A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing

Posted Apr 2019

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Exclusive articles about Pollution

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4 ways to curb our addiction to plastic

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