Random Talks

JD Russo, Advisory Board Member of Plastic Pollution Coalition, speaks about indifference, and the need to be personally involved in creating change.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/vermicompos… Nearly one third of our food ends up in the trash can. There is hope, however, in the f

Producer of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” Laurie David has authored best-selling books, executive produced television specials

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-the-arc… The Arctic may seem like a frozen and desolate environment where nothing ever changes.

Sarah Ihab is an eleven year old sixth grader at Khartoum Basic School. She was born in Seattle, WA, USA. She then moved back to Sudan. From an early

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel t

Winter thinks a lot about something we’d rather not dwell on: wastewater treatment and sanitation innovation, or lack thereof.  Surprisingly, pr

Fabien Cousteau speaks of the impact plastic pollution has on marine environment.

18-year-old Boyan Slat combines environmentalism, entrepreneurism and technology to tackle global issues of sustainability. After diving in Greece, an

Bringing clean energy to the people of Haiti Dan is Founder and Executive Director of EarthSpark International which focuses on promoting the developm

Alvaro Cedeno believes that social innovation can and should bypass governments to solve public woes. Costa Rica’s ambassador to Japan, Alvaro studied

At 74 years old, Jean-Michel Cousteu, son of the explorer Jacques Cousteau, till considers himself to be a sponge that is always absorbing new lessons

Charlotte Weir invites the audience to think about the future and wok towards solutions.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-moun… At 8,850 meters above sea level, Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, has the highe

Zé Cláudio Ribeiro lives in the Maraba, in Para, producing nuts in a sustainable way and resisting the construction boom in the Amazon, and the pressu

Does engaging in creative reuse projects activate problem-solving in the brain that could lead to new ways to deal with major environmental problems?