New York City resident, Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food, despite living in a tiny apartment. She and a few industrious friends, using trial and error and social networking, developed a system for an indoor window garden growing plants in discarded plastic bottles. Through their social media site, they shared their research and [...]

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Jonathan Drori shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species. All life depends on plants.   About Jonathan Drori Tweet

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Michael Pollan, author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, asks us to look at ourselves from the point of view of plants and animals. About Michael Pollan Tweet

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In this TED video, Van Jones frames plastic pollution in terms of social justice. Plastic trash affects poor people and poor countries “first and worst.” Van Jones Bio Tweet

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We study incredibly narrow topics — things as narrow as a few processes or a few molecules. – Rachel Pike In this 4 minute TED video, Cambridge Ph.D candidate and atmospheric chemist, Rachel Pike, provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change. Rachel Pike’s Bio Tweet

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In this TED talk, Johan Rockstrom identifies nine “planetary boundaries”: climate change, ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, ocean acidification, global freshwater use, land system change, rate of biodiversity loss and biogeochemical loading. Understanding these systems can guide us in protecting our planet’s many overlapping ecosystems, moving us toward transformative change, turning crisis into opportunities. About [...]

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After the worst famine in 50 years struck the African country of Malawi in 2002, William Kamkwamba was forced to quit school when his family of subsistence farmers could no longer afford the $80/year tuition. Undaunted, the curious 14 year old came across a book about energy in the local library. Working with scrap materials [...]

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