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Rivers
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Rivers.
Talks about Rivers
13:21
Kelsey Leonard
Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
13 minutes 21 seconds
13:46
Lara Maiklem
Trash or historical artifact?
13 minutes 46 seconds
13:19
Tina Arrowood
A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean
13 minutes 19 seconds
13:30
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
13 minutes 30 seconds
11:08
Liz Hajek
What rivers can tell us about the earth's history
11 minutes 8 seconds
03:58
Lisa Winer
Can you solve the river crossing riddle?
3 minutes 58 seconds
05:51
Nathan S. Jacobs
How do schools of fish swim in harmony?
5 minutes 51 seconds
15:49
Andrés Ruzo
The boiling river of the Amazon
15 minutes 49 seconds
16:35
Mark Plotkin
What the people of the Amazon know that you don't
16 minutes 35 seconds
21:35
Antonio Donato Nobre
The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us
21 minutes 35 seconds
05:39
Aziza Chaouni
How I brought a river, and my city, back to life
5 minutes 39 seconds
08:46
Rob Harmon
How to keep rivers and streams flowing
8 minutes 46 seconds
17:14
Anupam Mishra
The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
17 minutes 14 seconds