Recommended TED Talks

This is a collection of presentations from TED.com recommended by Imaja - Greg Jalbert.

Wade Davis on endangered cultures

Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual

Jane Goodall helps humans and...

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats

Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil

Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

Jane Goodall on what separates us...

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes

Saul Griffith on everyday inventions

E.O. Wilson on saving life on Earth

Al Gore warns on latest climate trends

Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy

Nathan Wolfe's jungle search for viruses

Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy

Janine Benyus shares nature's designs

Sunitha Krishnan fights sex slavery

Bob Thurman says we can be Buddhas

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

James H Kunstler dissects suburbia

William McDonough on cradle to cradle design

Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture

VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization

VS Ramachandran on your mind

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+

Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate ...

Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story

Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt

Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea

Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world

Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline

Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind

James Balog: Time-lapse proof of...

Misha Glenny investigates global crime networks

Amazon Indians Native Tribe Photos | Videos

Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes

Elaine Morgan - The Aquatic Ape Theory

Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color

Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall

Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet

Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?

ICAN - International Canopy Network

Orangutan Outreach - RedApes.org

Willie Smits restores a rainforest

Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic

Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone

Peter Ward on Earth's mass extinctions

Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees

Richard Preston on the giant trees

Gregory Petsko on the coming neurological epidemic

Andy Hobsbawm says: Do the green thing

Ron Eglash on African fractals

Christopher deCharms looks inside the brain

Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success

David Keith's unusual climate change idea

Paul MacCready on nature vs. humans

Marvin Minsky on health and the human mind

Irwin Redlener on surviving a nuclear attack

Dan Dennett on dangerous memes

Al Seckel says our brains are mis-wired

Alan Kay shares a powerful idea about ideas

Moshe Safdie on building uniqueness

Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments

Sherwin Nuland on electroshock therapy

Stephen Petranek counts down to Armageddon

10 ways the world could end: Stephen Petranek

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness

Kenichi Ebina's magic moves

Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity

Steven Pinker on language and thought

Deborah Scranton on her "War Tapes"

John Maeda on the simple life

Theo Jansen creates new creatures

Vusi Mahlasela sings "Thula Mama"

Hans Rosling's new insights on poverty

Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen

Dan Dennett on our consciousness

Golan Levin on software (as) art

James Nachtwey's searing photos of war

Carl Honore praises slowness

Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

Jennifer Lin improvs piano magic

Julia Sweeney on letting go of God

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen

Stephen Petranek counts down to Armageddon