Rachel Sussman is photographing organisms that are more than 2000 years old. The project was inspired by Jamon Sugi, a two thousand year old Japanese… Read More »TEDGlobal: Rachel Sussman photographs plants from before year zero

(Clay’s talk is similar to the one he gave at the Aspen Institute last year, though that talk was more than an hour long and,… Read More »TEDGlobal: Jason Clay and a sustainable future through corporate collusion

Ecologist Johan Rockström begins by reminding us modern humans have just experienced “10,000 years of grace,” an interglacial period capable of supporting human development. He… Read More »TEDGlobal: Johan Rockström and resilience

Sugata Mitra tells us that there are places on Earth, in every country where, for various reasons, good schools cannot be built and good teachers… Read More »TEDGlobal: Sugata Mitra, beyond Hole in the Wall

Sebastian Seung asks the room at TEDGlobal whether they are more than their genes. After all, genes seem like they have awesome power. They control… Read More »TEDGlobal: Sebastian Seung mapping the connectome

Botanist Stefano Mancuso sees something moving from the biblical story of the ark. “Where are the plants?” There’s a deep bias in human history that… Read More »TEDGlobal: Stefano Mancuso and plant intelligence