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.
Archive for 'Earth'
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.
Advanced Thermostat
The Nest is the latest thing in home thermostats that learns from you throughout the day as you re adjust the temperature. Here is a link to their website. http://www.nest.com
Greener Cities
Alex Steffen talks to a group at TED about how the cities of tomorrow that we can built today will help in our efforts to living a “greener” life.
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.
Solving Energy Needs With A Kite
As we search for clean ways to solve our energy needs, a group of engineers are experimenting with kites as a method to help find the way.
Nanotechnology Advancements
This is the video of Dr Wade Adams talking to a group at TED about nanotechnology what it is, what it can do and how it is advancing medicine and energy development.
One Million Pounds Of Food Grown On Three Acres
These are fascinating videos that show how Will Allen with Growing Power is growing one million pounds of food a year in green houses that cover only 3 acres with the help from the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. Here is a link to their web sites. http://www.growingpower.org http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/home
Bike Lane Protest
This video was made by a guy that was upset because the NYC police were giving tickets to people who were riding their bikes but not staying in the bike lane. His problem with this whole thing is that everyone parks in the bike lane, even the police.
Bicycle Rush Hour
This is a video that shows a time lapse of the bicycle traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands during rush hour.
