Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu ... Read more.

About Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.

Why you should listen to him:

Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets' research is the Northwest's native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.

There are cosmic implications as well. Stamets believes we could terraform other worlds in our galaxy by sowing a mix of fungal spores and other seeds to create an ecological footprint on a new planet.

"Once you’ve heard 'renaissance mycologist' Paul Stamets talk about mushrooms, you'll never look at the world -- not to mention your backyard -- in the same way again."

Linda Baker, Salon.com

Adam Grosser and his sustainable fridge

Adam Grosser and his sustainable fridge

About this talk

Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he's come up with a system that works.

About Adam Grosser

Adam Grosser is a general partner at Foundation Capital -- and a refrigeration visionary.

Why you should listen to him:

Adam Grosser is a venture capitalist, working with startups that are exploring new ideas in data communications, electronics and energy management. With a background in engineering and entertainment, he enjoys looking for opportunities that map over a few of his passions -- which also include greentech.

His passion for a sustainable solution to refrigeration -- for storing food and medicines -- led to the project he describes in his 2007 TEDTalk.

Γήινοι και τα Βήματα της Αλήθειας

Γήινοι και τα Βήματα της Αλήθειας

1. Εξευτελισμός - Ridicule

2. Βίαιη Αντίσταση - Violent Opposition

3. Αποδοχή - Acceptance

Το Earthlings, σε αφήγηση του Joaquin Phoenix και σε μουσική του Moby, είναι ένα ντοκιμαντέρ που καταδεικνύει την πλήρη οικονομική εξάρτηση του ανθρώπινου είδους από τα ζώα που εκτρέφονται για κατοικίδια, φαγητό, ένδυση, διασκέδαση και επιστημονική έρευνα. Με τη χρήση κρυφών καμερών και υλικού που δεν είχε δημοσιευθεί ως τώρα, το Earthlings καταγράφει τις καθημερινές πρακτικές των μεγαλύτερων βιομηχανιών παγκοσμίως, όλες εκ των οποίων βασίζονται εξ ολοκλήρου στην εκμετάλλευση ζώων για τα κέρδη τους. Δυνατό, ενημερωτικό,αντιφατικό και προκλητικό, το Earthlings είναι μακράν το πιο κατανοητό ντοκιμαντέρ που έχει γυριστεί σχετικά με την στενή σχέση φύσης, ζώων και ανθρώπινου οικονομικού συμφέροντος.

Η δικαστική παντομίμα

Μάρκος Σεφερλής

Η δικαστική παντομίμα

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by Leyterisketo

The Christs Before Christ

Before Jesus, there were other savior figures whose myths inspired religions. These early "savior cults" came into existence long before Jesus is said to have lived.

In this clip, Jesus Seminar fellow and author Robert M. Price (The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man) tells us the excuse early church fathers offered for this very inconvenient fact. Price is a former fundamentalist Christian who, upon investigating his religion in seminary, became convinced that Jesus Christ most likely did not exist at all.

The truth about what people call the son of god. The myths of several cultures, and the true source of all life on earth, the Sun. No proof whatsoever that Jesus existed. A figment of the imagination, the same as Mithra, Horus, Dionysis etc etc etc.

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Unveiling the Secrets of The Revelation With the Zodiacal Chart

Ecumenical Matters

Ecumenical Matters

Μουσική αυτοκινήτου

Μουσική αυτοκινήτου

Topless? NO !

Topless? NO !

Ροχαλίζει καλά

Ροχαλίζει καλά

Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

About this talk

MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology ... yet somehow, we don't or can't. Why?

About Sendhil Mullainathan

Sendhil Mullainathan asks a compelling question: what are the irrational choices we make that perpetuate poverty, corruption, discrimination?

Why you should listen to him:

To study big questions such as "What are the measurable effects of corruption?"" Sendhil Mullainathan and his collaborators look at the day-to-day decisions made by real people, running deep-data studies on groups around the world to tease out patterns. Awarded a MacArthur ""genius"" grant in 2002, he has produced and collaborated on a string of research papers that make for a must-read CV -- including a fascinating, if dispiriting, study of the corruption involved in getting a driver's license in India.

Lately he and his team have been studying women who sell fruit and vegetables on the streets in developing countries. They're usually in debt to a moneylender in the market, who takes about half their profits each day as interest. Some of the women have figured a simple way to get out of debt and keep all their profits. But most of the women make a choice every day that keeps them in debt. How would these businesswomen behave, he wondered, if the slate was wiped clean? So he got a grant, paid off their debt, and waits to see what happens next."

"R&D in the poverty space has huge potential returns and there is too little thinking about that."

Sendhil Mullainathan