These young women might just save the planet
One of anthropologist Margaret Mead’s most famous quotes instructs us: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can...
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 ...
A sobering new video from Beverly and Dereck Joubert on World Lion Day
Documentary filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert have worked to conserve wildlife in Africa for more than 30 years. Last year, I visited th...
Paul Nicklen’s new images carry a dire warning about climate change
This post first appeared at BillMoyers.com. In the summer of 2014, one of the world’s top nature photographers was on an expedition in the f...
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 e...
TEDxGalápagos tells the story of Galapagos’ humans
There aren’t many places on earth more mythical than the Galápagos Islands, the archipelago that sparked Charles Darwin to form his theory o...
The misunderstood grizzly: A TED-Ed conversation on why brown bears deserve respect, not fear
In the 1800s, around 50,000 brown bears — or grizzlies — roamed much of the Western United States. Today, those bears can be see...
Video: How wolves can alter the course of rivers
Wolves will travel to drink from a river. But could the presence of wolves lead a river to change its behavior? In his TED Talk, George Monb...
An infographic cheat sheet for key concepts in “The Grazing Revolution”
Allan Savory has spent decades studying the devastating effects of “desertification“: healthy land degrading into deserts all ar...