Let’s unite as Team Humanity to revive degraded land: A conversation with TED Books author Allan Savory and rancher Gail Steiger
All over the world, land is turning into desert at an alarming rate. Biologist Allan Savory has dedicated a lifetime to figuring out what’s ...
Field, fuel & forest: Fellows Friday with Sanga Moses
When former accountant Sanga Moses ran into his sister on a far-from-home road carrying firewood on what was supposed to be a school day, hi...
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 th...
8 tips to make your life more surprising, from Tania Luna, Surprisologist
In today’s talk, Tania Luna shares her experience of immigrating to the United States from Ukraine as a little girl. Perfectly happy w...
Red Hook still hurting after Hurricane Sandy: A diary
New York is slowly but surely coming back to life after being battered by Hurricane Sandy. Nearly all of Manhattan has electricity, and subw...
‘It will not be cheap or easy’: Highlights from our chat with Vicki Arroyo
[ted id=1583 width=560 height=315] On Friday, Oct. 5, the TED Conversations community hosted Vicki Arroyo for a one-hour live chat to talk a...
Put a value on nature! Pavan Sukhdev on TED.com
Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more...
Flesh-eating mushrooms: Fellows Friday with Jae Rhim Lee
Artist Jae Rhim Lee (watch her TED Talk) is asking us to rethink our relationship with death and the planet — with the help of flesh-e...
Freeing energy from the grid: Justin Hall-Tipping on TED.com
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials...