How is the Western Wyoming Ecosystem different from the ecosystem that you inhabit? |
Following is a great list of hyperlinked TED lecture videos (Compiled by Melissa Michalak, William H. Taft HS, San Antonio, TX and located at http://www.ted.com).
You must select 1 video. Summarize the key points, select and describe 2 factors that changed due to human influence, and post your results as a comment to this post on the blog. You must select a topic that has not yet been selected, so be prepared to let Dr. Scott know (in class only) which video you will choose as soon as possible!
Pollan – Gives a plant’s eye view – 2007
Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable - 2009
Diamond on why societies collapse – 2003
Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world – 2008
fragile Earth in wide-angle – 2009 (You tube)
Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers -2010
Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest – 2008
Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City – 2009
Smits restores a rainforest – 2009
Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - 2010
Palumbi: Following the mercury trail - 2010
on averting climate crisis – 2006
Charles Moore on the seas of plastic – 2009
Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis – 2008
Nadkarni on conserving the canopy
Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes
Skerry reveals ocean’s glory and horror – 2010
Gallo shows underwater astonishments – 2007
Gallo on life in the deep oceans – 1998
Preston on giant trees – 2008
Rosling on global population growth – 2010
Shermer on strange beliefs – 2006
Savage on the Dodo bird
Steel on how food impacts cities
vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees – 2008
Steinberg: Natural pest control… using bugs! - 2010
McDonough on Cradle to Cradle