Andrew Sharpless answered 10 tough arguments against ending offshore drilling. Image credit: David DeFranza “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said ‘A faster horse'” —Henry Ford Innovation may be a fundamental part of the American spirit but, Jackie Savitz of Oceana pointed out, introducing an age of clean energy in the face of “big oil,” is analogous to introducing the innovation of the automobile in the age of “big horse.” Dealing with the disaster in the Gulf, the speakers at TEDxOilSpill … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TEDxOilSpill: An Idea More Powerful Than a Faster Horse
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Philippe Cousteau takes the stage at the TEDxOilSpill conference in Washington, DC. Image credit: David DeFranza Every year, the TED—Technology, Education, Design—conference convenes with the intention of showcasing “ideas worth spreading.” However, a once-annual conference of diverse speakers, organizers have realized, is not always enough. Sometimes, an issue or event arises that simply demands discussion—that requires the world’s greatest minds and most passionate activists to work together. Certainly, the oil spill in the Gulf
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TEDxOilSpill: Observing a Disaster
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Photo by foodiesathome.com via flickr. TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world’s big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from the coast. TH asked Sharpless to please tell us how and why the health of the oceans affects each of us directly. Here are his replies: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Six Selfish Reasons You Don’t Want Dead Oceans
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Image via TED video TED’s Mission Blue Voyage to the Galapagos put some of the best scientists and advocates of the oceans in one place to discuss what’s happening to our seas – the good and the bad. But a picture is worth a thousand words, as they say, so the TED Talk given by photographer Brian Skerry holds a particularly hefty weight. In fact, he even states that he wanted to make his photographic endeavors more like war photography, with harder-hitting pictur… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TED Talk: Ocean Photographer Brian Skerry Reveals Amazing Images (Video)
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Someone thought choosing Sarah Silverman as the TED conference keynote speaker would be a good time for all. That someone thought wrong. The technology, education and design…
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Sarah Silverman’s "Retarded" Routine Backfires
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