Pollution

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

Talks about Pollution

5:27 Under 6 minutes

Mei Lin Neo

The fascinating secret lives of giant clams

Posted Sep 2017
11:03

Tomás Saraceno

Would you live in a floating city in the sky?

Posted Sep 2017
7:14

Kristen Marhaver

Why I still have hope for coral reefs

Posted Jul 2017
14:41

Anab Jain

Why we need to imagine different futures

Posted Jun 2017
9:03

Triona McGrath

How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry

Posted May 2017
13:07

Ted Halstead

A climate solution where all sides can win

Posted May 2017
14:56

Jonathan Marks

In praise of conflict

Posted Apr 2017
6:01

Ashton Cofer

A young inventor's plan to recycle Styrofoam

Posted Mar 2017
11:54

Caitlin Doughty

A burial practice that nourishes the planet

Posted Mar 2017
6:10

Jeff Kirschner

This app makes it fun to pick up litter

Posted Feb 2017
14:10

Jonathan Rossiter

A robot that eats pollution

Posted Feb 2017
10:49

Emily Parsons-Lord

Art made of the air we breathe

Posted Jan 2017
13:46

Joe Lassiter

We need nuclear power to solve climate change

Posted Nov 2016
13:58

Michael Shellenberger

How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment

Posted Sep 2016
15:52

Monica Araya

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

Posted Aug 2016
12:52

Michael Metcalfe

A provocative way to finance the fight against climate change

Posted Apr 2016
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The cultural legacy of pollution

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