
Ideas for a better world
Updated: 5 years 1 month ago
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It's up to us to rise to the task.
Here are some videos with novel ideas to improve the world we live in.
And a few of the problems that need to be addressed.
Themes (so far) include education, design, society, technology and sustainability.

Moving speech, gets better at the end. "According to the description associated with the video on YouTube, this is Lee Brain, son of an oil man and resident of Prince Rupert, who describes his time... continue reading
posted by Peroxide
From TED: "We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness... continue reading
posted by atara
TEDxManhattan - Stephen Ritz - Green Bronx Machine - Growing Our Way Into A New Economy Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator. With the help of extended student and community family they... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach
Nooooooooooo!!!
posted by Hybrid
YouTube Description: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880.The finding sustains a trend that has... continue reading
posted by NetRunner
YouTube Description: How to build your own Natural Swimming Pool. A swimming pool that has clear water without using chemicals. These pools rely entirely on the plants and animals to condition the water.... continue reading
posted by Gale Wallis
From Youtube: "n 1974, fresh out of the army, Michael Garnier went to rural Oregon to try to make a living off the woods. He tried making furniture, fences, pole barns and selling organic, psychadelic... continue reading
posted by Ithilkir 1 decade 3 years 3 weeks ago • 2,769 views • 16:54From TED: "From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation... continue reading
posted by Skeeve
Photographer Chris Jordan discusses his Midway Project; a fine art photography series documenting the tragic phenomenon of the death of the local albatross population due to excessive intake of plastic... continue reading
posted by eric3579
YouTube Description: So, what do you feel like changing?
posted by Zifnab
YouTube Description: Children in Uganda mine sand from the bed of the River Nile to earn enough for school books.They do get free primary education, but overwhelming poverty means they can not always... continue reading
posted by Gale Wallis
A young boy learns how to guide his village in preventing the spread of cholera. (NSFW - the effects of the illness are rather graphic.) Produced by the Global Health Media Project in collaboration... continue reading
posted by AdrianBlack
University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Katey Walter Anthony takes us onto a frozen lake in Fairbanks, AK to demonstrate why methane gas has "exploded" onto the climate change scene.
posted by carneval
Another Save a Vet video that is well worth watching: http://videosift.com/video/Dog-Saves-Veteran-From-Suicide-David-Sharpe-Cheyenne YouTube Description: FARMY, currently in production, is a documentary... continue reading
posted by Gale Wallis
Rick Mercer does another parody of the "Heritage Moments" PSAs, this time mocking Canada for ignoring its Kyoto commitments, six years before pulling out.
posted by messenger
YouTube Description: Water.org co-founder Matt Damon and his guerrilla effort to promote the perfect holiday gift: the gift of clean water
posted by Zifnab
From YT: "Who Cares About This Planet?" is a spoken word poem that expresses this conflict between concern and ignorance for our planet, written and performed by Made Wade.
posted by carneval
A farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the forces of nature. Created by Joaquin Baldwin at the UCLA Animation Workshop, with music by Nick Fevola, 2011.
posted by AdrianBlack
A Doctor-Professor answers the old question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge... continue reading
posted by eric3579