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Sustainability

It's the question of our generation: Can we find sustainable solutions for energy, water, food, stuff? In these TED talks, scientists and inventors offer visionary solutions for a greener future.

Video playlists about Sustainability

5 questions about climate change

In the scope of Countdown, TED's initiative to accelerate solutions to climate change, the TED team collaborated with scientists and the creative studio Giant Ant to prepare five short animations explaining concepts and answering important questions related to the climate. They are narrated by Kristen Bell. Learn more about Countdown at countdown.ted.com.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Discover the beauty in minimizing material goods, repurposing your most well-loved things and intentionally (and sustainably) reducing your carbon footprint.

Thrifty TED Talks

Give old things new life and even imagine a futuristic perspective on repurposing everyday items with these fun and thoughtful talks.

The big problem with fashion -- and how to fix it

The fashion industry has a big carbon footprint. How can we find a sustainable solution that fits?

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Talks about Sustainability

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

The future of the food ecosystem -- and the power of your plate

A new economic model for protecting tropical forests

5 promising factors propelling climate action

A vision for sustainability in aviation

Jennifer Holmgren

How we're turning carbon waste into jet fuel (and everything else)

Xiaowei R. Wang

Why entrepreneurship flourishes in the countryside

Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution

How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Jamey Stillings

An aerial perspective on renewable energy

The ingredient in almost everything you eat

What seaweed and cow burps have to do with climate change

3 ways your company's data can jump-start climate action

Ozawa Bineshi Albert

Climate action needs new frontline leadership

Gay Gordon-Byrne

You deserve the right to repair your stuff

What nature can teach us about sustainable business

How to fix the "bugs" in the net-zero code

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Exclusive articles about Sustainability

Want to make your wardrobe more sustainable? Cut your new clothing purchases by 75%

In the past 15 years, clothing production has doubled, draining our natural resources and using up Earth's limited carbon budget. Here, sustainability researchers share four things that we can do to tackle the fast fashion problem.

Posted Apr 2022

Leather is bad for animals and the planet — but what if we made it in a lab?

Leather is part of many of our wardrobes, but producing it creates carbon pollution and drives deforestation. Thanks to science, sustainable lab-grown leather could soon be a reality. Entrepreneur Andras Forgacs explains how it works.

Posted Apr 2022

16 planet-friendly gift ideas, recommended by TED speakers

We asked 16 TED speakers to share their Earth-friendly gift recommendations -- and here's their green gift list.

Posted Dec 2021

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