19 Year Old Builds Electric Car
Mark King built an electric car to save on a $250 parking sticker at school but wound up with a car that cost 2 cents a mile to run.
Archive for 'Environmental Issues'
Follow The Frog
This is a funny commercial to bring the plight of the Rain Forrest to the forefront and show you what you can do.
The Future Looks Scary
David Roberts gives a talk to a group at TED about what the future of our planet looks like in simplest terms; his topic is “Climate Change is Simple”.
A Safe Nuclear Reactor
This is a presentation on how a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) works and how it could help solve a large portion of the planets energy needs.
America’s Dead Sea
http://vimeo.com/21347521 When the Colorado River broke through an irrigation canal 100 years ago it formed the Salton Sea that went from tourist destination to toxic dump in no time flat.
Thorium For Tomorrows Energy Needs
Kirk Sorensen talks to a group at TED about how thorium can be used as a safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to nuclear fuel. Here is a link to his website http://energyfromthorium.com
Solar Empowered Grandmothers
Bunker Roy gives an interesting and entertaining talk to a group at TED about a new school model that teaches grandmothers around the World how to bring solar power to their villages.
Clean Water For Everyone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV27WhJfdGs This is the video of Michael Pritchard giving a talk and demonstration to a group at TED about a device called the “Live Saver” bottle that can turn the dirtiest water into clean drinking water.
Small Way To Solve Our Needs
Justin Hall-Tipping talks to a group at TED about how science and nanotechnology are making advancements that can help solve our problems.
Ken Learns The Truth About Barbie
This is a video made by Green Peace about how Mattel is contributing to the destruction of the rainforests.
