TEDxOilSpill organizers Dave Troy, left, and Nate Mook at the TEDx Hosts mini-conference, Monday, July 12, in Oxford. Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson Just before TEDGlobal, several dozen TEDx organizers met at Keble College to run a mini-workshop on making great TEDx events. We’ll have a longer report tomorrow, but tonight we wanted to […]
The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it’s bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf — and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse. (Recorded at TEDxOilSpill, June 2010 in Washington, DC. Duration: 19:56) Watch Carl […]
Above, TED Senior Fellow Jon Gosier talks about SwiftRiver, a new piece of software that helps makes sense of data during a crisis. Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson The Sunday before TEDGlobal, the TED Fellows held an extraordinary workshop with five Senior Fellows — young thinkers and doers who’ve been asked to continue with […]
The world’s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the world’s poorest people can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you’ll see). (Recorded at TED@Cannes, June 2010 […]
Nalini Nadkarni challenges our perspective on trees and prisons — she says both can be more dynamic than we think. Through a partrnership with the state of Washington, she brings science classes and conservation programs to inmates, with unexpected results.(Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 5:07) Watch Nalini Nadkarni’s talk on […]
[Update: Deadline passed]: Write a haiku containing the phrase “smarter planet” and tweet it to @WiredUK — and you could win a pass to TEDGlobal 2010 next week! The contest is supported by IBM and WiredUK, and is open to UK residents only. The competition closes at Midday BST on Thursday 8 July, 2010. The […]
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project — a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics. (Recorded at TEDxEast, May 2010 […]
At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 — the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 17:10) Watch Benoit Mandelbrot’s talk on TED.com, where […]
TED Fellow and urban designer Mitchell Joachim presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: eco-friendly abodes grown from plants and — wait for it — meat. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 02:57) Watch Mitchell Joachim’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find […]
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For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it’s being shared with facilities around the world. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 6:57) Watch […]
The WWF’s Darron Collins and team went to the Gulf to document stories missing from oil spill coverage: the daily life of a luckless, out-of-work flatboat captain; baby crabs beset by chemical dispersants; unreported oil spills around the world gushing any given day. (Photo: Kris Krug) Lisa Margonelli talks about the “political chemistry of the […]
Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead “big box” stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands. (Recorded at TEDxAtlanta, January 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Duration: 19:23) Watch Ellen Dunham-Jones’ talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate […]
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TED’s conference registration system is back up. If you’re registering for the TEDGlobal 2010 Associates webcast or TEDActive next spring … building your badge for TEDGlobal 2010 … or applying to become TED Fellows — you should be good to go. See any lingering issues? Please email registration@ted.com, and thanks!
A heads-up for those registering for the TEDGlobal 2010 Associates webcast or TEDActive next spring … for people building badges for the upcoming TEDGlobal 2010 … and for people applying to become TED Fellows: TED’s conference registration system will be completely offline tomorrow, Saturday, June 26, starting at 9am EST, for 24 hours. We’ll post […]