Random Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/the-threat-… Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot tre

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

Corporations and governments regularly ask Chandran Nair how to do business the right way in Asia. Chandran—who built Asia’s top environmental consult

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

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

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

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.