SciShow
The Mosquito That Doesn’t Bite You, Even Though It Could
If you know one thing about mosquitoes, it’s probably their lust for blood. But there’s actually one species that almost never bites, even though it can. Could finding out why help us combat blood-borne diseases? Hosted by: Michael Aranda
TED Talks
TED: 3 ways your money can fight climate change | Veronica Chau
What if we could solve the climate and housing crises at the same time? Financial institutions have pledged trillions to transform the economy and accelerate climate action -- but right now, that money is not flowing at the speed it...
SciShow
Music in Your DNA and A New Species of Human?
Is musical ability genetic? And were there more species of ancient humans than we once thought? SciShow News investigates!
TED Talks
Chris McKnett: The investment logic for sustainability
Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world's most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris McKnett makes the case that it's large institutional investors. He shows how...
SciShow
The Mosquito That Doesn’t Bite You, Even Though It Could
If you know one thing about mosquitoes, it’s probably their lust for blood. But there’s actually one species that almost never bites, even though it can. Could finding out why help us combat blood-borne diseases?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How plants tell time - Dasha Savage
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
SciShow
What Does "Organic" Mean, and Should You Buy Organic Foods?
There’s a lot of confusion over what organic means, and food with that label might not be as healthy or environmentally friendly as you think.
Curated Video
Electricity: The Costs
Where does the electricity we use come from? Are we damaging our environment just to keep the lights on? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. Electricity is essential to our society and the way we live. Electricity...
Curated Video
Palm Oil: Biofuel of the Future?
Explore whether the production of palm-oil biodiesel is sustainable. Do the positive impacts for farmers and consumers outweigh the negative impacts on the rainforest environment? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. Palm...
Curated Video
Frontier Oil Exploration
Dwindling oil supplies mean exploration drilling is moving to far-flung reaches of the Earth. What difficulties does this pose, and what could the environmental impacts be? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. In the USA,...
FuseSchool
Beyond Plastic| Strategies to fight Global Pollution
This video highlights the dual impact of plastics on society. While plastics have revolutionized industries by providing waterproof packaging, non-stick cookware, and medical equipment, they have also caused severe environmental...
PBS
Mapinguari: Fearsome Beast and Protector of the Amazon
Deep within the Amazon rainforest lurks a mysterious creature called the Mapinguari. Notoriously elusive, this cave-dwelling giant leaves a trail of broken trees and trampled ferns in its wake. Massive, hairy, and pungent, this beast...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Waste Disposal at Sea: Innovative Technologies for Naval Ships
This video highlights the innovative waste disposal technologies being developed by Kinetic in partnership with the British Defence Logistics Organization for naval ships at sea. These technologies aim to efficiently and safely manage...
Curated Video
What are an Organization's Environmental Responsibilities under CSR?
The Triple Bottom Line that I discussed in an earlier video suggests businesses focus on Profits, People, and Planet. So, what is the Corporate Social Responsibility towards our environment?
The Business Professor
PEST (EL) Analysis
What is a PESTEL Analysis? A PESTEL analysis is a framework or tool used by marketers to analyze and monitor the macro-environmental (external marketing environment) factors that have an impact on an organization, company, or industry.
Curated Video
Water Pods
The video titled “Water Pods” is an infomercial that illustrates the need for an alternative to plastic bottles and discusses a possible solution.
Curated Video
Setting a Better Example
Historian and Chinese Studies specialist Karl Gerth (UCSD) urges Westerners to set a better example to help China grapple with its difficult environmental issues.
Curated Video
Leading By Example
UCSD Prof. of Chinese Studies Karl Gerth describes how the West should set a better example in a number of key public policy areas in its dealings with China, and how a close examination of China can help us improve as well.
Curated Video
Immigrants and Migration
Immigrants and Migration analyzes how political, environmental, social, and economic factors cause people to move from place to place by defining the terms migration and immigrants.
Curated Video
Environmental Changes and Animals
Environmental Changes and Animals compares the differences of animals that die or relocate to animals that survive and reproduce when their environment changes.
Curated Video
Characterizing Autism
UCL development psychologist Uta Frith relates her view on what the essence of autism is, describing how the critical feature of autism is a lack of an innate ability to “mentalize” or attribute an inner life to others.
Curated Video
Autism and Vaccines
UCL developmental psychologist Uta Frith describes how the hypothesis that childhood vaccines are linked to autism, while initially plausible, was subjected to rigorous scientific testing and found to be false.
Nature League
Do humans have a mating "season", and what might affect it?
In this episode of Nature League, Adrian asks Brit about whether human mating seasons are a thing, and why we’re different from other species in this arena.
Nature League
Does a balance of nature actually exist?
In part 2 of this Nature League miniseries on philosophy and climate change, Brit and Gray discuss the conceptual issues with the "balance of nature" concept, and climate change as a disruptive force therein.