Instructional Video12:14
TED Talks

TED: The molecular love story that could help power the world | Olivia Breese

12th - Higher Ed
The key to revolutionizing the world's energy landscape may lie in an unlikely love story, says energy innovator Olivia Breese. She details the fateful marriage of a green electron and a water molecule -- a powerful source of...
Instructional Video2:56
MinuteEarth

What if We Replaced Nuclear With Potatoes

12th - Higher Ed
Energy use can be confusing – I mean, how do you compare gasoline in your car to electricity piped to your house? That's why we made these things spud-tacularly simple.
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow

Why Carbon Dating Might Be in Danger

12th - Higher Ed
Carbon dating transformed fields like archeology and paleontology, but its use might be in danger.
Instructional Video9:53
SciShow

How Can E. coli Help Save Humanity?

12th - Higher Ed
The name "E. coli" is enough to strike terror into the stomachs of anyone who has experienced food poisoning. But some strains of this bacteria don't actually make you sick, and have turned out to be useful tools for bioengineers.
Instructional Video10:59
SciShow

Engineering Plants That Fertilize Themselves to Save the World

12th - Higher Ed
Humans have relied on fertilizers to grow their plants for thousands of years. But the production of synthetic fertilizers also requires an immense amount of energy that comes primarily from fossil fuels and therefore contributes to...
Instructional Video6:07
SciShow

Our Roadmap to Fix Climate Change | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of its sixth assessment report. In it, they steer away from the gloom and doom and remind us of a future that's still remarkably possible.
Instructional Video6:14
SciShow

Where Did Last Year's Banana Trees Go?

12th - Higher Ed
Everyone loves bananas. But because banana trees die and grow back every year, researchers want to find ways to recycle all that biomass -- from bioplastic, to solar panels, to skateboards.
Instructional Video15:22
TED Talks

TED: A faster way to get to a clean energy future | Ramez Naam

12th - Higher Ed
When it comes to cost, clean energy is bound to beat out fossil fuels, says technologist Ramez Naam. But the hesitancy to build amid the prevalence of "not in my backyard" campaigns is preventing the creation of our sustainable future....
Instructional Video9:57
TED Talks

TED: The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story | Luisa Neubauer

12th - Higher Ed
The fossil fuel industry is a factory of fairy tales, says activist and School Strike for Climate organizer Luisa Neubauer. Tracing the industry's five-decade trickle of lies about climate science, she busts the myth that economic growth...
Instructional Video23:41
TED Talks

TED: How to transform your climate concern into action | Jane Fonda

12th - Higher Ed
Actor and activist Jane Fonda discusses her frontline work fighting for climate action, including recent efforts to support climate-minded candidates running for office in the US and to break the fossil fuel industry's stranglehold on...
Instructional Video7:45
TED Talks

TED: The clean energy hub of the future | Rebekah Shirley

12th - Higher Ed
Why aren't more people investing in Africa's green energy? Environmental researcher Rebekah Shirley outlines the continent's immense potential for renewable power and calls for collaborative international investment -- and partnership --...
Instructional Video8:13
TED Talks

TED: What happens to gas stations when the world goes electric? | Emily Grubert

12th - Higher Ed
When the world goes fully electric, what happens to the cars, tools and livelihoods that rely on fossil fuels? Civil engineer and environmental sociologist Emily Grubert visualizes what a clean energy future will look like, outlining the...
Instructional Video19:08
TED Talks

TED: A socialist perspective on the pursuit of happiness | Aaron Bastani

12th - Higher Ed
Several crises are set to define the next century -- but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have the technological ability to meet our biggest challenges and create unprecedented levels of prosperity for all. He shows how we could get...
Instructional Video25:18
TED Talks

TED: The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future | Vanessa Nakate

12th - Higher Ed
Climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate sits down with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson for an enlightening, intergenerational conversation about the state of the climate crisis. Nakate paints a picture of life in her home...
Instructional Video6:38
Bozeman Science

PS3D - Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how energy is used in chemical processes and everyday life. Students should understand that energy is neither created or destroyed but is converted. Most of the energy is delivered to our planet from...
Instructional Video6:41
Bozeman Science

Energy Reduction

12th - Higher Ed
The best form of energy available to the world is energy reduction. In this video Paul Andersen explains how energy conservation and energy efficiency and be used to decrease energy during peak demand. Tiered and variable pricing, as...
Instructional Video11:03
Crash Course

Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202

12th - Higher Ed
So, the stars made the elements, we're all made of star stuff, etc. But what does all this mean? This week Emily Graslie teaches you how the formation of chemical elements in the bellies of the earliest stars made life as we know it...
Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

The "myth" of the boiling frog | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Since 1850, global average temperatures have risen by 1 degree Celsius. That may not sound like a lot, but it is. Why? 1 degree is an average. Many places have already gotten much warmer and if average temperatures increase one more...
Instructional Video13:30
TED Talks

TED: The bad math of the fossil fuel industry | Tzeporah Berman

12th - Higher Ed
We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, but the industry continues to expand oil, gas and coal production and exploration. With searing passion and...
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

How Engineers Are Turning Wind into Protein Powder

12th - Higher Ed
Alternative energy is great, but our infrastructure isn't exactly equipped to handle it. So scientists are coming up with other ways to use it, including turning it into food.
Instructional Video9:15
TED Talks

TED: How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era | Vaitea Cowan

12th - Higher Ed
As climate change accelerates, finding clean alternatives to fossil fuels is more urgent than ever. Social entrepreneur Vaitea Cowan believes green hydrogen is the answer. Watch as she shares her team's work mass producing electrolyzers...
Instructional Video13:14
TED Talks

TED: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? | Natsai Audrey Chieza

12th - Higher Ed
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple...
Instructional Video13:59
TED Talks

TED: Climate action needs new frontline leadership | Ozawa Bineshi Albert

12th - Higher Ed
We can't rely on those who created climate change to fix it, says climate justice organizer Ozawa Bineshi Albert. An Indigenous woman living in the heart of oil and gas country in the US, she's observed an alarming disconnect between...
Instructional Video10:43
TED Talks

TED: Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they? | Myles Allen

12th - Higher Ed
The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and...