Slat, who turned 24 on July 27th, is the creator of the Ocean Cleanup, an organization attempting to remove plastic from some of the most…
Indonesia's Coral Triangle is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but destructive fishing practices are threatening ocean life. Meet the conservation…
The ocean is facing its greatest ever challenge - overfishing, pollution and climate change are all threatening the health of a resource on which…
Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That's the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank:…
To turn troublesome carbon dioxide into useful chemicals, scientists have been taking a leaf out of plants' book. They’ve now developed a complete ‘artificial photosynthesis’…
Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some…
Two countries have made a big new splash in ocean conservation. Niue, a tiny island in the South Pacific, has committed to protecting 49,000 square…
When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day’s catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the…
The problem of plastic pollution in the oceans is now a recognized threat to the health of our global marine ecosystems. We need new solutions…
From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be…
Nobel laureates Muhammad Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize), Richard J. Roberts (1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology…
As it becomes less and less arable land around the world and we humans are getting more numerous - we need to find new ways…
Are ocean ecosystems moving in the same direction as terrestrial ones? Seminar with Malin Pinsky, 16 September 2016 The same ecological and evolutionary processes operate…
Food waste in the United States is at an all-time high. More than 40 percent of all edible food is tossed out each year and…
This talk was held in 2009, since then, not much has happened to deal with the enormous environmental problem of plastics - unable to be…
Forty percent of food produced in the United States goes uneaten, according to lecturer on Law Emily Broad Leib, the director of Harvard Law School’s…
Actress Alexandra Paul breaks the silence on one of the most taboo subjects of our time: human overpopulation and how to resolve the crisis that…
Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility…
Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough presents the 2011 RSA President's Lecture. The dangers facing the earth's ecosystems are well known and the subject of…
UC Riverside Biologist Rich Cardullo discusses how increasing human population is impacting the planet. In this hour-long talk in front of a class of middle…
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