Anthropocene

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Anthropocene.

Video playlists about Anthropocene

What is the Anthropocene?

8 talks • 2h 4m
Humanity’s increasingly permanent mark on the planet has spurred a new geological age in Earth’s history -- The Anthropocene. Learn how we’ve come to this point in time and what our footprint means to the future of this planet.

Talks about Anthropocene

15:00

Per Espen Stoknes

How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming

Posted Nov 2017
13:07

Kate Marvel

Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?

Posted Jul 2017
11:51

Kate Stafford

How human noise affects ocean habitats

Posted May 2017
10:49

Emily Parsons-Lord

Art made of the air we breathe

Posted Jan 2017
15:52

Emma Marris

Nature is everywhere — we just need to learn to see it

Posted Jul 2016
16:33

Lord Nicholas Stern

The state of the climate — and what we might do about it

Posted Sep 2014
13:41

Mohamed Hijri

A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis

Posted Oct 2013
12:49

Van Jones

The economic injustice of plastic

Posted Jan 2011
10:51

Thomas Thwaites

How I built a toaster — from scratch

Posted Jan 2011
5:18 Under 6 minutes

Dianna Cohen

Tough truths about plastic pollution

Posted Oct 2010
9:05

Eben Bayer

Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Posted Oct 2010
18:10

Johan Rockstrom

Let the environment guide our development

Posted Aug 2010
22:59

Stewart Brand + Mark Z. Jacobson

Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

Posted Jun 2010
17:08

Cary Fowler

One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

Posted Aug 2009
16:42

Stewart Brand

4 environmental 'heresies'

Posted Jul 2009

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