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Unreasonable at sea: Fellows Friday with Cesar Harada, who circumnavigated...
In January of 2013, TED Fellow Cesar Harada, inventor of an open-source sailing robot, set sail on a four-month, 14-country round-the-world journey with Unreasonable at Sea, a global innovation...
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A walk on the wild side: 7 fascinating experiments in rewilding
George Monbiot gets in touch with his rewilding side at TEDGlobal 2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson George Monbiot begins today’s talk by recalling a time he was “ecologically bored.” “We evolved in...
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What is it about bees? Three experts discuss why they’re fascinating, why...
Marla Spivak speaks on the beauty and tragedy of bees. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In 1945, there were 4.5 million bees in the United States. Today, there are just about 2 million. It’s been a subtle...
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TED Radio Hour: Everything is Connected
Take a step back and consider the exquisite network of systems that sustain life on Planet Earth. The air we breathe, the food we eat and the ground we walk on are all carefully regulated by natural...
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8 hilarious IKEA memes, videos and homage websites
Steve Howard talks about IKEA’s super-sized sustainability strategies at TEDGlobal 2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson After 25 years working in sustainability, Steve Howard made a surprising move: he...
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Robin Chase’s new ideas? The Zipcar founder on how drivers could generate...
Is sharing the solution to our global challenges? Twice, Robin Chase has stood on the TED stage and offered powerful visions for a green, and shared, transportation future. At TED2007, the Zipcar...
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This 13-year-old entrepreneur is out to change the world: A Q&A with Maya Penn
Maya Penn is a tiny, vibrant force of nature. She’s an entrepreneur, philanthropist, fashion designer, animator, blogger, writer and illustrator. She runs a budding eco-friendly fashion business and a...
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Can you design a phone that’ll be used longer? A refrigerator that...
At TED2013, Leyla Acaroglu pondered the question: Paper or plastic? Below, play her sustainability card game. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Leyla Acaroglu aims to make people think about how the choices...
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Why models of climate change matter: Gavin Schmidt at TED2014
Gavin Schmidt. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Gavin Schmidt is the author of Climate Change: Picturing the Science, described by Popular Mechanics as “the first book anyone seeking a layman’s...
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China’s pollution problem, everyone’s problem: Peggy Liu at TED2014
Peggy Liu. Photo: James Duncan Davidson “I am so happy to be here, because I can actually breathe the air,” says Peggy Liu, who lives in China, as she steps on the TED2014 stage. Her typical day begins...
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12 talks to watch this Earth Day
Planet Earth doesn’t exactly have a birthday. But every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day — the anniversary of the moment the environmental movement went mass. According to EarthDay.org, Earth...
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Ikea’s sustainable instinct: Steve Howard at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Steve Howard has spent his life working toward sustainability. So on the TEDGlobal 2013 stage, he explains why he wanted to work for, of all places, Ikea. Howard, who now...
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For more wonder, rewild the world: George Monbiot at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Writer and political activist George Monbiot (with only three days’ notice, says Bruno!) joins Session 1: “Moments of Truth.” As a young man, Monbiot went off on adventures...
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Nature revealed: Biodiversity in 3D: Greg Asner at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Greg Asner closes Session 2 of TEDGlobal 2013, “Those Flying Things,” with a very different vision of the Earth. We spend a lot of time, money and resources conserving...
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The future of the sustainable Earth: Johan Rockström at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Johan Rockström returns to the TEDGlobal three years after his talk on environmental development to talk about the — hopeful! — future of our environment in crisis. Johan...
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Explorer Steve Boyes takes us on an epic journey to save Africa’s last...
Steve Boyes is passionately devoted to the preservation of wilderness, as well as to restoring and protecting species and landscapes already damaged by human intervention. At TED2014, the...
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Surprise! You’re the president: A conversation with the first female...
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was just sworn in as the first female president of Mauritius. A TEDGlobal 2014 speaker, she shares the unusual way this happened and what she plans to do while in office. Photo:...
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10 years of changing views on climate change, in TED Talks
10 years after Al Gore gave his eye-opening TED Talk about global warming, the UN’s Christiana Figueres described the first global effort to fight it. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED On July 27, 2006, the...
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Exploring our curiosity at TEDNYC: What Drives Us
TED’s Science Curator David Biello hosts TEDNYC: What Drives Us, a night of talks in our New York City offices. (Photo: Ryan Lash / TED) We’re creatures of curiosity. Our impulse to explore and...
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Playlist: 10 TEDWomen talks for Earth Day
Earlier this week, I had the privilege and honor to plant trees with the daughter and granddaughter of environmentalist Wangari Maathai. In recognition of her life’s work promoting “sustainable...
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