The following is an excellent TED Talk that I think everyone should watch. The best parts, imho, are the practical pieces of advice crammed in at the end. But the whole thing is great. The advice is age-old advice, timeless…
Shareable Future of Cities (Alex Steffen TED Video)
As a city planner by education, I’m a big fan of Alex Steffen, since he talks all about reworking cities (especially U.S. cities) to be more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly, more efficient, more enjoyable. But this TED video of Steffen shared with me by Eat Drink Better and Feelgood Style director Becky Striepe talking about the place of sharing in greening our cities is beyond the typical talking points and is quite interesting. I highly recommend checking it out:
TED Talk: Oil Spill’s Unseen Culprits & Victims
Carl Safina, author of five books and over 100 scientific and popular publications on ecology and the oceans (including featured work in National Geographic and The New York Times), is about as expert as it gets when we talk about the oceans.…