Instructional Video9:49
TED Talks

TED: Your right to repair AI systems | Rumman Chowdhury

12th - Higher Ed
For AI to achieve its full potential, non-experts need to contribute to its development, says Rumman Chowdhury, CEO and cofounder of Humane Intelligence. She shares how the right-to-repair movement of consumer electronics provides a...
Instructional Video7:00
TED Talks

TED: A climate solution? The wisdom passed down through generations | Louise Mabulo

12th - Higher Ed
Louise Mabulo grew up on seemingly strange farming tips from her parents and grandparents — like planting crops during a full moon or burying a rock beneath them. Now a farmer and climate activist herself, she sees how these practical...
Instructional Video12:26
TED Talks

TED: A cleaner world could start in a rice field | Jim Whitaker and Jessica Whitaker Allen

12th - Higher Ed
Rice is the world's largest food source — and it's also a massive emitter of methane gas, a key contributor to climate change. Fifth-generation rice farmer Jim Whitaker and his daughter, farmer and conservationist Jessica Whitaker Allen,...
Instructional Video6:27
Be Smart

Are We Running Out Of Food??

12th - Higher Ed
If you tried to sum up the last 150 years or so in one image, a chart of exponential growth would be a good place to start. It shows that some things change faster over time. You could apply it to life expectancy. Or compound interest....
Instructional Video9:00
TED Talks

TED: The tree-growing movement restoring Africa's vital landscapes | Wanjira Mathai

12th - Higher Ed
2023 Audacious Project grantee Wanjira Mathai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. Through the forest restoration initiative Restore Local, she's working to help both Africa's people and its landscapes flourish. Learn more...
Instructional Video3:35
MinuteEarth

What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

12th - Higher Ed
The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
Instructional Video3:48
SciShow

Viroids: Possibly the Smallest Pathogens on Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Potato spindle tuber disease wasn't a life-or-death situation, but it led to the discovery of viroids: infectious, replicating bits of RNA
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...
Instructional Video11:38
SciShow

How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?
Instructional Video15:46
TED Talks

TED: Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot

12th - Higher Ed
Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What's more: the global food system could be heading toward collapse. Detailing the technological solutions we need to radically reshape...
News Clip6:51
PBS

College turns its football field into a farm and sees students transform

12th - Higher Ed
At Paul Quinn College, where once there was a football field, now there's an organic farm. It's not just a symbol of renewal for this once-struggling historically black college in Dallas; it's where students work to pay tuition. As part...
News Clip6:37
Curated Video

Sustainable farming helps protect native trees

Higher Ed
CAMEROON BARKSOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:29SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionNjinikom, Cameroon - 16 August 20161. Various of a...
News Clip7:04
PBS

How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Fuel Micro Power Grids in India (January 17, 2013)

12th - Higher Ed
India suffers from chronic power interruptions and failures stemming from energy policies created to court voter blocs. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on efforts by social entrepreneurs to solve part of India's power...
Instructional Video6:43
TED Talks

TED: How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition | Cedric Habiyaremye

12th - Higher Ed
On a mission to create a hunger-free world, agricultural entrepreneur Cedric Habiyaremye makes the case for cultivating quinoa -- and other versatile, nutrient-rich grains -- in places experiencing malnutrition, like his native Rwanda....
Instructional Video8:15
TED Talks

TED: The real hotbed of innovation (hint: it's not big cities) | Xiaowei R. Wang

12th - Higher Ed
To see and understand the countryside is a crucial part of moving towards a more livable future for everyone, says coder, artist and organizer Xiaowei R. Wang. They've observed that some of the most careful, thoughtful innovation is...
Instructional Video10:59
TED Talks

Leon Marchal: The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals

12th - Higher Ed
The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgently needed solution: transforming the...
Instructional Video2:44
MinuteEarth

We're Oversalting Our Food, And It's Not What You Think

12th - Higher Ed
Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some keywords/phrases to get your googling started: soil salinity - when soils have high salt levels that have adverse effects on plants
Instructional Video9:14
TED Talks

TED: Goats, blockchain and the future of money | Fariel Salahuddin

12th - Higher Ed
What if smallholder farmers could use their produce and livestock to pay for goods and services? TED Fellow and alternative currency enthusiast Fariel Salahuddin is working to make this a reality in places including rural Pakistan, where...
Instructional Video13:17
TED Talks

Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes

12th - Higher Ed
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into...
Instructional Video13:19
Crash Course

Gilded Age Politics Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the Gilded Age and its politics. What, you may ask, is the Gilded Age? The term comes from a book by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner titled, "The Gilded Age." You may see a pattern emerging...
Instructional Video6:00
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can the ocean run out of oxygen? | Kate Slabosky

Pre-K - Higher Ed
For most of the year, the Gulf of Mexico is teeming with marine life, from tiny crustaceans to massive whales. But every summer, disaster strikes. Around May, animals begin to flee the area. And soon, creatures that can't swim or can't...
Instructional Video10:00
TED Talks

Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding

12th - Higher Ed
Across sub-Saharan Africa, small farmers are the bedrock of national and regional economies—unless the weather proves unpredictable and their crops fail. The solution is insurance, at a vast, continental scale, and at a very low,...
Instructional Video2:47
SciShow

Why Do Tomatoes Taste So Bland?

12th - Higher Ed
The tomatoes you find in the supermarket used to be tastier, but we accidentally bred the flavor right out of them!
Instructional Video10:32
TED Talks

TED: Let's prepare for our new climate | Vicki Arroyo

12th - Higher Ed
As Vicki Arroyo says, it's time to prepare our homes and cities for our changing climate, with its increased risk of flooding, drought and uncertainty. She illustrates this inspiring talk with bold projects from cities all over the world...