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TED Talks

TED: 5 lessons on building an emissions-free city | Heidi Sørensen

12th - Higher Ed
Confronting climate change makes for better cities and a better quality of life, says Heidi Sørensen, director of the climate agency for the city of Oslo, Norway. From construction sites without noise pollution to fully electric...
Instructional Video11:54
TED Talks

TED: The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design | Manu Peni

12th - Higher Ed
When human rights advocate Manu Peni returned to Papua New Guinea from abroad, he built a home for himself using modern techniques -- and promptly learned a harsh lesson on how the newest ideas aren't always the best ideas. Peni calls...
Instructional Video14:37
TED Talks

TED: What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature | Ralph Chami

12th - Higher Ed
How much is one living blue whale worth in the fight against climate change? A lot more than you may think, says financial economist Ralph Chami. He explains the value of bringing the language of dollars and cents to conservation -- and...
Instructional Video5:40
TED Talks

TED: Lasting conservation, led by Indigenous heritage | Adjany Costa

12th - Higher Ed
Conservation champion and TED Fellow Adjany Costa is on a mission to empower Indigenous communities. Instead of imposing pre-designed policy and plans on local people, she says, conservation efforts should center those who know the land...
Instructional Video9:57
TED Talks

TED: How to find your voice for climate action | Fehinti Balogun

12th - Higher Ed
Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun pieces together multiple complex issues -- climate change, colonialism, systemic racism -- in a talk that's part spoken-word poem, part diagnosis of entrenched global problems. Seeing the connections is...
Instructional Video14:07
TED Talks

TED: An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth | Jupta Itoewaki

12th - Higher Ed
Eighty percent of the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories, yet these communities often don't have a say when it comes to protecting the lands they inhabit. Environmental activist Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous...
Instructional Video14:12
TED Talks

TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

12th - Higher Ed
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados,...
Instructional Video5:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What's hidden in Arctic ice? | Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In June 2022, a gold miner in the Canadian Yukon made a remarkable discovery. While working on the traditional lands of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, he uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved, frozen remains of a wooly mammoth...
Instructional Video25:18
TED Talks

TED: The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future | Vanessa Nakate

12th - Higher Ed
Climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate sits down with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson for an enlightening, intergenerational conversation about the state of the climate crisis. Nakate paints a picture of life in her home...
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TED Talks

TED: The surprising climate benefits of sharing your stuff | Tessa Clarke

12th - Higher Ed
There's something simple we can all do to help the planet -- and it's probably not what you think. With one-third of all the food we produce globally each year being thrown away, entrepreneur Tessa Clarke believes that sharing more and...
Instructional Video5:06
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: When are you actually an adult? | Shannon Odell

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Most countries recognize 18 as the start of adulthood by granting various freedoms and privileges. Yet there's no exact age or moment in development that we can point to as having reached full maturity. If there's no consensus on exactly...
Instructional Video13:22
TED Talks

TED: 5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism | Jing Corpuz

12th - Higher Ed
Indigenous wisdom can help solve the planetary crises that colonialism started, says lawyer Jennifer "Jing" Corpuz. Her ancestors, the Kankanaey-Igorot people of the Philippines, are known for creating the Banaue Rice Terraces:...
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PBS

This super strong concrete could repair aging bridges. Here’s what’s standing in the way

12th - Higher Ed
There's a dire need to repair aging infrastructure in the U.S., and an innovative building material could be a game changer. Embedded with steel fibers, ultra-high performance concrete is about five to 10 times stronger than standard...
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Curated Video

Volkswagen unveils all-electric concept car at the Paris Motor Show.

Higher Ed
LEAD IN:German auto maker Volkswagen has unveiled a new, all-electric concept car at the Paris Motor Show.'I.D.' boasts a range of up to 600 kilometres and is set to hit production lines in 2020.STORY-LINE:It's called 'I.D.' and it's...
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Curated Video

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins medicine Nobel Prize

Higher Ed
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honoured Ohsumi for "brilliant...
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PBS

Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park

12th - Higher Ed
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are...
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Curated Video

Polar bear enjoys relocation to Scottish Highlands

Higher Ed
AP Television Aviemore, Scotland, 10 March 2010 1. Various of Mercedes rolling in the snow 2. Mid of deer watching Mercedes 3. Wide of senior keeper David Barclay throwing faeces into the enclosure 4. Close of Mercedes rolling in snow...
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Curated Video

DiCaprio: We're Pushing Oceans To The Very Brink

Higher Ed
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - 15 September 20161. Wide of DiCaprio taking stage with Secretary Kerry2. SOUNDBITE (English) Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor:"This conference has become a true...
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Curated Video

Danish fishermen face uncertain future over cuts

Higher Ed
A stiff wind buffets Ulrik Koelle Hansen's trawler as he heads out of this tiny fishing village in search of an early morning catch, but it's nothing to the battering he predicts if the European Union slashes the fishing quota for cod in...
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Curated Video

Obama Links Conservation to Climate Change

Higher Ed
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus062268Standing beneath the forest-green peaks of the Sierra Nevada, President Barack Obama drew a connection Wednesday between conservation efforts and stopping global warming, describing the two...
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Curated Video

Organic farming provides fesh food in Cuba ++First run 13th August 2016++

Higher Ed
LEAD IN: Cuba's former President Fidel Castro celebrates his 90th birthday today (August 13, 2016).Things have changed on the island nation since Castro's brother Raul replaced him as president in February 2008.Cuba's urban organic farms...
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Curated Video

Obama: Climate Deal 'Potential Turning Point'

Higher Ed
President Barack Obama is welcoming the news that the Paris agreement on climate change will take effect in a month as a historic achievement.Obama, speaking in the Rose Garden, says that on this day, "the world meets the moment."Obama...
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Curated Video

Rescued orphan bear cubs released into the wild

Higher Ed
AP Television Bubonitsy, Tver Region, Russian - April 20, 2012 1. Mid of bear cubs being taken out from a box in their "den house" and placed into a portable box 2. Mid of two bear handlers closing the portable box 3. Mid of IFAW rescue...
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Curated Video

Sustainable farming helps protect native trees

Higher Ed
CAMEROON BARKSOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:29SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionNjinikom, Cameroon - 16 August 20161. Various of a...