TED Talks
TED: 5 lessons on building an emissions-free city | Heidi Sørensen
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...
TED Talks
TED: The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design | Manu Peni
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...
TED Talks
TED: What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature | Ralph Chami
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...
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TED: Lasting conservation, led by Indigenous heritage | Adjany Costa
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...
TED Talks
TED: How to find your voice for climate action | Fehinti Balogun
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...
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TED: An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth | Jupta Itoewaki
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...
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TED: How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons
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,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's hidden in Arctic ice? | Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard
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...
TED Talks
TED: The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future | Vanessa Nakate
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...
TED Talks
TED: The surprising climate benefits of sharing your stuff | Tessa Clarke
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...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: When are you actually an adult? | Shannon Odell
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...
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TED: 5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism | Jing Corpuz
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:...
PBS
This super strong concrete could repair aging bridges. Here’s what’s standing in the way
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...
Curated Video
Volkswagen unveils all-electric concept car at the Paris Motor Show.
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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Yoshinori Ohsumi wins medicine Nobel Prize
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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Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park
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...
Curated Video
Polar bear enjoys relocation to Scottish Highlands
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...
Curated Video
DiCaprio: We're Pushing Oceans To The Very Brink
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...
Curated Video
Danish fishermen face uncertain future over cuts
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...
Curated Video
Obama Links Conservation to Climate Change
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...
Curated Video
Organic farming provides fesh food in Cuba ++First run 13th August 2016++
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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Obama: Climate Deal 'Potential Turning Point'
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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Rescued orphan bear cubs released into the wild
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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Sustainable farming helps protect native trees
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...