The big bee bummer: Marla Spivak at TEDGlobal 2013
Our supermarket produce aisles would look very, very bare without bees. As MacArthur Fellow Marla Spivak explains on the TEDGlobal stage, th...
The voice of the natural world: Bernie Krause at TEDGlobal 2013
Bernie Krause is here to talk about soundscapes, the unique sound signatures he says are the foundation of every habitat, if only you know w...
Video: Opening titles for Listening to Nature, Session 5 of TEDGlobal 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3hN36gQEeQ&w=560&h=315] Buzzing past a hummingbird with its beak in a flower, narrowly avoi...
Listening to Nature: The speakers in Session 5 at TEDGlobal 2013
This session asks us to pay closer attention to what nature has to tell us — both about itself and about the world around us. We’...
Benjamin Barber on Rob Ford, Michael Bloomberg and the role of mayors in global society
What would the world be like if it were run by city mayors? Benjamin Barber will pose this question as part of Session 8 at TEDGlobal, theme...
TED Institute: How to bring TED to your organization
Losing a passport shortly before an international flight probably wouldn’t strike most people as an obvious moment to reflect upon alt...
A marriage of private and public investments for social good: Toby Eccles at TEDGlobal 2013
Toby Eccles doesn’t believe that the private and public sectors have to operate separately for social change. And he and his colleague...
The art of misdirection: Apollo Robbins at TEDGlobal 2013
“Do you think it’s possible to control someone’s attention, or even their behavior? To me that would be the perfect superp...
Government — investor, risk taker, innovator: Mariana Mazzucato at TEDGlobal 2013
Governments’ role in spurring innovation is a controversial one. In rough terms, political debates about public spending usually go somethin...