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Rivers
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of rivers.
Talks about Rivers
13:30
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
Posted
Sep 2017
11:08
Liz Hajek
What rivers can tell us about the earth's history
Posted
Jul 2017
15:49
Andrés Ruzo
The boiling river of the Amazon
Posted
Feb 2016
16:35
Mark Plotkin
What the people of the Amazon know that you don't
Posted
Nov 2014
21:35
Antonio Donato Nobre
The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us
Posted
Sep 2014
5:39
Under 6 minutes
Aziza Chaouni
How I brought a river, and my city, back to life
Posted
Aug 2014
8:46
Rob Harmon
How to keep rivers and streams flowing
Posted
Mar 2011
17:14
Anupam Mishra
The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
Posted
Dec 2009