Tag: Ted
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A pep talk for the climate movement
Paul Gilding has penned an optimistic and uplifting piece on the progress the climate movement has made and why he thinks we're on the verge of victory.
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Elon Musk TED Talk: Tesla, SolarCity, SpaceX, etc
If there's one thing that can't be said of Elon Musk, it's that he doesn't try his best. Few entrepreneurs succeed in just one of the many difficult fields that he's tackled, but it's almost unprecedented to see a single person attack on so many fronts.
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The Latest in TEDliness From the Onion: A Car That Runs on Compost
Step 1: The idea of a car that runs on compost. Step 2: Implementation of a car that runs on compost. We're half done.
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How Not to Convince People to Go Green: Throw More Facts At Them (Video)
Simran Sethi's recent TEDx talk offers some powerful advice on how to and how not to create environmental and social change.
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How to Dry Your Hands Using Just One Paper Towel
Behold, wet-handed readers, there's a better way.
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2012 TED Prize Winner is an Idea, Not an Individual: The City 2.0
" It is an idea upon which our planet’s future depends."
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Graham Hill Explains How Less Stuff Leads to More Freedom at TED
TreeHugger Founder Graham Hill stopped by the TED Conference recently to outline his LifeEdited project—and explain why a keen ability to edit will be the most important skill of the next century.
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TEDxOilSpill: An Idea More Powerful Than a Faster Horse
Innovation may be a fundamental part of
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TEDxOilSpill: Observing a Disaster
Every year, the TED—Technology, Education, Design—conference convenes with the intention of showcasing "ideas worth spreading."
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Six Selfish Reasons You Don't Want Dead Oceans
TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world's big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from
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Strandbeests Blowin' In The Wind
"Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. He makes skeletons
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Video: Philippe Starck on "Why Design?" at TED
TreeHugger goes on and on (and on) about why design matters; here, legendary designer Philippe Stark gives us his own captivating take on the topic at TED in March 2007.
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2008 TED Prize: And The Winners Are...
Congratulations are in order for cosmologist Neil Turok, writer Dave Eggers, and religious historian Karen Armstrong, the winners of the 2008 TED Prize. The award, whose past recipients have included Bill Clinton in 2007 and Cameron Sinclair in 2006
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Quote of the Day: Majora Carter on Greening the Ghetto
We've brought MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter's most-excellent speech at TED 2006 to your attention before, but she's so amazing and inspiring we had to stick the video in front of you (again). Watch this formidable force of nature in action.
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John Doerr Pleads for a Greener Future
When John Doerr talks, people listen. As one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capitalists, having earned upwards of $1 billion betting on tech heavyweights like Amazon, Compaq and Google, investors and businessmen paid close attention when he
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Meet The Greens: TED's Animated Enviro Education
Chronicling the adventures of Mom, Izz, Dad, Mrs. Greener and more, The Greens is a new project conceived by photographer Ed Burtynsky and realized by TED and WBGH in Boston. The animated "online project" (the aren't calling it a show...yet) aims to
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2007 TED Prize Winners Announced
The 2007 TED prize announcement was made the evening of Oct 30, 2006 in San Francisco, CA. In Ft Mason's Golden Gate Room, a small but quickening crowd assembled to honor next year's TED recipients. The space had been transformed from an otherwise
