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Al Gore: 15 Ways to Help Prevent a Climate Crisis: TED 2006 Video

Al Gore

Losing the presidential race didn't defeat Al Gore. In this 2006 talk, he is funnier, more passionate, and more practical than ever. Building upon the awareness of climate change created by An Incovenient Truth, here he identifies 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. His message: Doing something is easier than you think.

 

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Nicholas Negroponte: Bringing Computing to the Developing World: TED 2006

Nicholas Negroponte

In the past two years, the tech community has been abuzz with discussion of the One Laptop Per Child project. At TED 2006, Nicholas Negroponte, formerly of the MIT Media Lab, explained the vision and details of the project just as it was beginning. He takes us inside the strategy for building the "$100 laptop," and explains why and how the project plans to launch "at scale," with millions of units distributed in the first seven countries. "This is not a laptop project; it's an education project," he says.

 

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Dr. Dean Ornish: The World Now Eats (and Dies) Like Americans: TED 2006 Video

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American exports are changing the world. Some, like our eating habits, are bringing death, not life. In a sobering 3-minute talk, Dr. Dean Ornish tracks the dramatic spread of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease around the globe, concluding that this may be "the first generation in which our kids live a shorter lifespan than we do."

The good news? These trends are preventable and even reversible through diet and exercise.

 

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Dr. Dean Ornish: The World Now Eats (and Dies) Like Americans: TED 2006 Video

presenter name

American exports are changing the world. Some, like our eating habits, are bringing death, not life. In a sobering 3-minute talk, Dr. Dean Ornish tracks the dramatic spread of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease around the globe, concluding that this may be "the first generation in which our kids live a shorter lifespan than we do."

The good news? These trends are preventable and even reversible through diet and exercise.

 

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Nicholas Negroponte: Bringing Computing to the Developing World: TED 2006

Nicholas Negroponte

In the past two years, the tech community has been abuzz with discussion of the One Laptop Per Child project. At TED 2006, Nicholas Negroponte, formerly of the MIT Media Lab, explained the vision and details of the project just as it was beginning. He takes us inside the strategy for building the "$100 laptop," and explains why and how the project plans to launch "at scale," with millions of units distributed in the first seven countries. "This is not a laptop project; it's an education project," he says.

 

Read more

Al Gore: 15 Ways to Help Prevent a Climate Crisis: TED 2006 Video

Al Gore

Losing the presidential race didn't defeat Al Gore. In this 2006 talk, he is funnier, more passionate, and more practical than ever. Building upon the awareness of climate change created by An Incovenient Truth, here he identifies 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. His message: Doing something is easier than you think.

 

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