TED Talks Daily

It's a hard nut to crack: in order to prevent food waste, we rely on plastic packaging and refrigeration, which harm the environment. What if we could turn to nature to address these challenges? Engineer and chemist Jenny Du shares how a simple plant-based innovation — using the same elements found in fruit and vegetable peels — can extend the shelf life of produce, while also fighting food waste and spurring a healthier, more sustainable food system. For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDSports: ted.com/sports [https://ted.com/sports] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] TEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf [https://ted.com/ai-sf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Does the world still need classical music? What about orchestras? In this gorgeous talk and performance, violinist Joshua Bell and the Chamber Orchestra of America play selections of classical music masterpieces — from Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 to Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and more — sharing why this art form remains a singularly unifying force. For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDSports: ted.com/sports [https://ted.com/sports] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] TEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf [https://ted.com/ai-sf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Over the last 40 years, Brazil has lost an area larger than California to deforestation — and 90 percent of the clear-cutting has been illegal, all part of a multi-billion-dollar global environmental crime economy. Civic entrepreneur Ilona Szabó de Carvalho sees this crisis as an opportunity. Revealing how Brazil is pioneering an economic model actually profiting from protecting nature, she shares the ambitious restoration goals and innovations in forest mapping that are turning the country into a "nature superpower." Get a glimpse of what an economy rooted in regeneration, not extraction, could look like. For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDSports: ted.com/sports [https://ted.com/sports] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] TEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf [https://ted.com/ai-sf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Competitive sports give athletes structure, community and purpose. And an outlet for their passion. So what happens when, because of injury or age, they can’t play anymore? Does the competitive drive find a new home? Or get slowly extinguished? Jody talks to aging expert Tracey Gendron, Olympian, turned chef, Dawn Burrell, and soccer legend Carli Lloyd about finding grace and direction when closing a chapter. Transcripts for Good Sport are available at go.ted.com/GStranscripts [http://go.ted.com/GStranscripts] This episode originally aired on Good Sport on March 29, 2023. For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDSports: ted.com/sports [https://ted.com/sports] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] TEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf [https://ted.com/ai-sf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Does venting actually help you cool off, or does it just add fuel to the fire? Social psychologist Jennifer Parlamis busts common myths about anger, showing how curiosity — not catharsis — can keep you calm. Discover the surprising science behind anger management and four practical tools for building stronger relationships from a researcher who’s rethinking Freud, one deep breath at a time. For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDSports: ted.com/sports [https://ted.com/sports] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] TEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf [https://ted.com/ai-sf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.