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TED Talks
A bold idea to rebuild the working class | Molly Hemstreet
Struggling communities don’t need handouts — they need bold new ways to root wealth. Meet Molly Hemstreet — a TED Fellow, Southern Appalachia native and cofounder of worker support network the Industrial Commons — who’s flipping the...
TED Talks
TED: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? | Natsai Audrey Chieza
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple...
TED Talks
Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future
Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few...
TED Talks
Bernie Dunlap: The life-long learner
Wofford College president Bernie Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
Curated Video
How South African Farmers Harvest & Process Millions of Aloe Vera Leaves
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the fascinating world of traditional agriculture from aloe vera fields in South Africa and sugarcane trains in Indonesia to cotton farms in Pakistan and peaceful beekeeping...
Curated Video
Pakistan’s Cheapest Solution to Transport Tons of Fresh Cotton
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature behind the hardworking process of the cotton processing industry. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of...
Curated Video
St Gallen - Historical City in Switzerland
St. Gallen, nestled in a green high valley between Lake Constance and eastern Switzerland’s highest mountain, has a rich history dating back to its incorporation into the Swiss Confederation in 1454. Known for its world-famous Abbey...
Jabzy
Sack of Antwerp - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Sack of Antwerp
SWPictures
SCHOOL'S OUT - The Piano Makers
Germany has a great tradition of piano making. We go to the C Bechstein piano factory, which has been making instruments since 1853. Craftsmen have passed the traditions of piano making down from generation to generation. Bechstein only...
TMW Media
ChangeMakers Eunice Olumide – Creating Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles
ChangeMakers Eunice Olumide – Creating Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles
Ancient Lights Media
Bangladesh
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Bangladesh.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Impact of Technology: Nylon
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of nylon. [3:51]