TED Talks
TED: 4 environmental 'heresies' | Stewart Brand
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits
Debate about the relationship between environmental limits and economic growth has been taking place for several decades. These arguments have re-emerged with greater intensity following advances in the understanding of the economics of...
Curated Video
Choosing the Best Water: Bottle vs. Tap
This video discusses the debate between bottled water and tap water, highlighting that bottled water is often just filtered tap water and may contribute to environmental issues. It also touches on the potential health impacts of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Satyajit Das: The Cultural Transformation of the World of Finance (5/6)
We are reaching the end of the cycle of financialization as a growth machine. In addition, the speculation that drives food prices ultimately may lead to social unrest and the rise of political extremism, Das says in Part 5 of this INET...
Next Animation Studio
Creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the 'oldest ancestor of all living creatures'
Geologists examining fossil impressions from South Australia have found evidence of the earliest relative of most animal life on Earth, a tiny, wormlike creature that lived 555 million years ago, according to a study published in the...
Curated Video
Hog farming has a massive poop problem
Inside North Carolina’s search for solutions for its thousands of pig manure lagoons. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For this third episode of our video series with Vox’s Future...
Curated Video
This lake now has legal rights, just like you
Why the “rights of nature” could be the next frontier for environmentalism. This video is presented by CuriosityStream: https://www.curiositystream.com/Vox Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab Read more about the movement behind...
Curated Video
Green: at what price?
Reforestation, environmental development, growth in the developing world: when does a green economy come at too high a price? The Ugandan Government wants to encourage development and boost it’s forest reserves. They’ve leased over 8000...
Curated Video
Worth dying for?
Berta Cáceres, Honduras’ most well-known land and environmental campaigner, and winner of the International Goldman Prize for the Environment, was brutally murdered in her home over a year ago. More people in Honduras are killed per...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Shellenberger: Energy and the Economics of Renewables
In this interview we discuss the impact of Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction in economic thinking - and specifically in energy. Most crucially we debate the issues surrounding conservation and the use of new oil and gas...
Schooling Online
Physics Kinematics: Motion in a Straight Line - Speed and Velocity
While Mark Brent snoozes through his alarms, Lotus Lang is hot on the missile’s trail. Can she catch the culprits? This lesson will compare and contrast speed and velocity. Definitions included: speed, velocity Equations: average speed,...
California Academy of Science
What is the Environmental Impact of Feeding the World?
One in every seven people suffer from a lack of basic food. Our Hungry Planet introduces this complex issue in the second lesson of an interesting 13-part unit. It discusses the space needed to grow and raise food, the transportation of...
California Academy of Science
Think Before You Eat
Small changes in individual diets add up quickly, which is the theme of the ninth lesson in the 13-part Our Hungry Planet unit. Viewers watch a video to learn basic facts before reading a handout and discussing their own choices.