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		<title>TED and National Geographic: Shared mission, shared planet, shared stage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic shares stories that inspire people to care for our world, and TED leverages the power of ideas to change the world. It could be said that we share some common ground. Unsurprisingly, almost half of the National Geographic Explorers, as well as a few members of their staff, have given TEDTalks. Below the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;post=40651&#038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic</a> shares stories that inspire people to care for our world, and TED leverages the power of ideas to change the world. It could be said that we share some common ground.</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, almost half of the <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers">National Geographic Explorers</a>, as well as a few members of their staff, have given TEDTalks. <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/shared_mission.php#more">Below the jump</a> is a list of links to all the talks that bring TED and National Geographic together.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize 2009 winner Sylvia Earle:</p>
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<p><span id="more-40651"></span><b>National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence:</b></p>
<p>Robert Ballard, Oceanographer<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans.html">Robert Ballard: Exploring the ocean&#8217;s hidden worlds</a></p>
<p>Jared Diamond, Scholar<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse.html">Jared Diamond: Why societies collapse</a></p>
<p>Louise Leakey, Paleoanthropologist<br />
<a href ="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins.html">Louise Leakey: Digging for humanity&#8217;s origins</a></p>
<p>Paul Sereno, Paleontologist<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs.html">Paul Sereno: What can fossils teach us?</a></p>
<p>Jane Goodall, Primatologist and Environmentalist<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jane_goodall_on_what_separates_us_from_the_apes.html">Jane Goodall: What separates us from the apes?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07.html">Jane Goodall: Helping humans and animals live together in Africa</a></p>
<p>Wade Davis<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html">Wade Davis: Cultures at the far edge of the world</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual.html">Wade Davis: The worldwide wed of belief and ritual</a></p>
<p>Tierney Thys, Marine Biologist/Filmmaker (a 2004 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tierney_thys_swims_with_the_giant_sunfish.html">Tierney Thys: Swim with giant sunfish in the open ocean</a></p>
<p>Spencer Wells, Genographer (a 2004 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/spencer_wells_is_building_a_family_tree_for_all_humanity.html">Spencer Wells: Building a family tree for all humanity</a></p>
<p>Zeresenay Alemseged, Paleoanthropologist (a 2004 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/zeresenay_alemseged_looks_for_humanity_s_roots.html">Zeresenay Alemseged looks for humanity&#8217;s roots</a></p>
<p>Joseph Lekuton, Teacher (a 2006 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joseph_lekuton_tells_a_parable_for_kenya.html">Joseph Lekuton: A parable for Kenya</a></p>
<p>Corneille Ewango,  Tropical Botanist (a 2007 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest.html">Corneille Ewango: A hero of the Congo Basin forest</a></p>
<p>Nathan Wolfe, Biologist (a 2009 <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/emerging-explorers.html">Emerging Explorer</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids.html">Nathan Wolfe: Hunting the next killer virus</a></p>
<p><b>National Geographic staff</b></p>
<p>Frans Lanting, National Geographic Photographer-in-Residence<br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos.html">Frans Lanting: A lyrical view of life on Earth</a></p>
<p>Keith Bellows, Editor in Chief, <em>National Geographic Traveler</em><br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/keith_bellows_on_the_camel_s_hump.html">Keith Bellows: Celebrating the camel</a></p>
<p>David Griffin, Director of Photography, <em>National Geographic Magazine</em><br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects.html">David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world</a></p>
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