Best of the TEDS    Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world (Links to an external site.) available at www.ted.com (Links to an external site.).  TED started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from Technology, Entertainment and Design. TED now offers free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers. There are now over 1400 TED Talks freely available, with many covering a wide range of topics in science and the environment.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT  Browse the topics below for talks related to topics related to Ecology and areas touched upon in this course.    Pick one TED talk that you think rocks – interesting topic, potential to change the world, ground-breaking science – you be the judge of how to define ‘rocks.’    Then:

Post the title of the TED you picked, the name of the speaker, a description of the talk and why you think it’s the best of the best. 

Agriculture
Animals             
Ants                   
Apes                     
Bacteria                 
Biodiversity       
Biology             
Biomimicry         
Biosphere           
Biotech