Nalini Nadkarni explores canopy worlds

[bunkmasterflex]

it just pains me that in order to bring light to an issue you have to bring artists, and barbies into a tree before the public stops to think about them

[z0nt21]

Druids. ;)

[whymustwe712]

This woman is OUTSTANDING!!! The idea of taking inmates who have a lot of time on their hands to help out with the environment was a great idea...

[laurens890]

People can do at least 2 simple things to help stop rainforest destruction. 1st, people should not buy tropical hardwood, not even FSC. Second, people should eat less meat, at least not every day, because rainforests are destroyed to make way for cattle and cattle feed.

[JaredHutcheson1]

The whole damn cattle and dairy industry needs to be vastly downsized. 80% of the soy crop in America goes to feed cattle. Why don't we just cut out the middle man eh?

[junglewallah]

I strongly believe that truly needs to be done is to change the present economic system that is based on intrest and a growing bottom line. This leads to agressive competition for our finite natural recources. Greed destroys our world. A new economic system based on compassion for fellowman and nature must be in placed, We must change our spiritual and economical relationship with our planet.

[palmmgt]

That GE commercial makes me want to buy some GE stock for $3 dollars per share.

[fuckingeveryname]

That commercial is excruciating

[Jebovsek]

!save trees by saving toilet paper!

[DanielRamosIII]

I've stopped using toilet paper but now I'm using more water. I guess more fiber, that means more greens, and apples?

[MiranUT]

Try shells.

[MiranUT]

You could build your house out of tp in exchange for a quarter-pounder.

[MiranUT]

Save some trees: Go veggie!

Great talk!

[goten1201]

wouldn't you save trees by not eating them? total contradiction lmao.

[maxxb24]

actually, a lot of those forests are mowed down to raise cattle. It makes a lot of sense, for a lot of reasons, what MiranUT said.

[Casmige]

MiranUT

I've Been Vegan for 25 Yrs!

Oh Wait.

OMG I just realized that my Garden is nothing more than a Vegetable Concentration Camp!

AAAAACKKKKK!!

I have collected them into one place to eat of their Fruit & labor.

I've become a Veggie Fascist without even realizing it till now.

I will say that I was merely doing what I was told @ Trial.

The addition of MSG I thought was merely to keep pests away & enhance flavor.

It is, after all, a naturally occurring substance derived from Veggies themselves

[MiranUT]

Casmige,

Vegetable Concentration Camp!

LOL!

Actaully I've had the same thought. But they really could get up and leave if they wanted to, could they!

SOme of the new flowering plants in my garden have attracted new birds! So they must feel somewhat satisfied.

[ErichoTTA]

Not to be confused with the one about climbing the trees.

[javierenchina]

Yeah Nalini! I worked on one of her projects at Evergreen :-D

[Mrmoc7]

Is she really as inclusive as she seems in this TED, or is she a bit of an egomaniac?

[javierenchina]

yes she's that inclusive, that's what Evergreen is all about. Not compartmentalizing things, and instead cross-polinating and synergizing with other people. For example - bolstering the frog population in WA and OR while at the same time rehabilitating criminals. There was lots of stuff she didn't talk about too, like the work she does with computer models of canopy data. She's very friendly IRL

[hughtub]

"...brought musicians to the canopy"... why are there always low-quality 3rd rate creative people involved with environmental causes? It's a reasonable cause, but does anyone in the audience REALLY care about hearing that some 3rd rate musicians and dance troupe "came to the canopy"? It just detracts from her speech.

[chunkybutt420]

Evergreen college Olympia Washington??? #1 on high times "stoniest schools"

[MiranUT]

Must be why they're so creative!

[chunkybutt420]

science rapping... hehe

[crossingthechannel]

now she's a real tree hugger lol.

[google2com]

I love when people are persueing their passion...no matter how strange the subject is.

[43jzcoz22]

And PASSION is her middle name. 5*

[Mrmoc7]

This is a GREAT talk!

This lady is clearly crazy,

And I think I like her.

[DancingHorses26]

She's a good speaker, but I wish she would pause a second or two after saying something funny so she's not steamrolling over the audience. It felt a bit rushed.

[Mrmoc7]

She was probably under a time-limit. Those TED folks were probably in a hurry to get their groove on at the $1,000,000 dance party afterward.

[arshsingh1984]

Wow, she got a standing ovation and deservedly so! Amazing what she has done for the environment.

[pjakobs]

This was a very touching talk! She's got a huge amount of energy and true passion that shows in every word. Great out of th ebox thinking too! One of the best talks so far!

[KARIN094]

What a great speaker! I lived in Oregon for about 12 years. I remember all the cutting of trees, the groundcover drying up, the landslides, the creeks drying up, the flooding, the sink holes, the lack of topsoil and all the diseases. The bulk of the lumber was sold to Asia. Than the great WTO, bypassing all the laws to bring in goods that are diseased or, bring in pests that sicken our natural resources. Why.....

This video brings me hope.

[huginkoprim]

Great video about trees and nature keep up the good work TED!

[ScientiaVeritasEtLux]

At the very beginning she mentioned a "Dr. Terri Irwin". She wasn't referring to Steve Irwin's wife, was she?

[kevincarbonaro]

Excellent :)

[zombiesmasher]

Fabulous!

[EvelynGB]

Wow, I really enjoyed this. This woman has done a lot of things for nature and for humans. And what are we doing? I am sitting here on my butt watching youtube :(

[Sovieto]

first

[BaileysBeads]

A bit too new-agy and sentimental for my taste. I don't need to be told that i've got trees in my heart in order to care passionately about rainforests.

[killintymm]

nalini cured my insomnia

[Casmige]

Yes!!.

Big Government not just *people* needs to mandate this endeavor under UN Charter & with W.H.O. Oversight to make sure that Monies are properly spent & to maximize effective investiture.

Just like Universal Gov't Health care, Mortgage, Banking, & everything, really.

"People" are too unpredictable, too foolish, not smart enough to be trusted on their own to Advocate preservation.

*We* just need to let Big Gov't take care of it & us.

Through Maximum collective (75%+?) Taxes on all of course.

[Paulginz]

Are you being sarcastic?

Clearly a 75% tax rate is way too much.

[MadPutz]

He's obviously joking man

[Paulginz]

Well, if you think about it, nationalising a large chunk of the whole risk redistribution system, from credit to investment banking to insurance and of course healthcare for other reasons too, is a pretty decent idea.

people clearly cannot have the expertise necessary to advocate everything that needs advocating or know what to boycott.

That's why there's things like the FDA.

The only part that wasn't plausibly serious is the tax plan. Clearly taxation cannot be on everyone.

[MadPutz]

Woah, if you are lending someone money, you are much more careful if you are lending your own money, rather than tax-payer cash. Does Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and subprime credit ring a bell?

If you haven't noticed, the FDA is horribly inefficient in the way it does things.

Don't think the government is the answer to society's every misstep. Temporary nationalization of deeply crippled banks, such as Citigroup, is good economic sense, but what you are considering makes no economic sense.

[intrepgun]

and the economy makes no scientific sense. there's no value to money that makes the world unlivable. i can't imagine that a future just society has an economic system anything at all like what we have. it's the single biggest hurdle.

[Paulginz]

The execs of large private banks don't lend their own money either. Which explains in part why they didn't care about being careful.

Yes, the FDA is inefficient and corrupt. But do you think that having NO protection at all would be better?

The state is capable of absorbing huge amounts of both debt and risk for extended periods of time. (or at least used to).

What I am considering makes sense, assuming that some politicians are capable of thinking long-term.

[asdfqwerty2000]

Paulginz, regarding the FDA: Yes, "no protection" WOULD be better than the FDA, because you would never have "no protection." Do you seriously believe that out of millions of consumers, that NONE of them would be concerned enough about safety to start some kind of private certification or other service to help people make wise choices? The idea is laughable, especially in the age of the internet.

And with truly private services, they can't throw you in prison if you disagree with them!

[Paulginz]

We do have consumer protection groups.

However, only a TINY percentage of people bothers to read the info. And there's a good reason:

To protect yourself you would have to be deeply knowledgeable about all the products and brands you purchase from.

A private certification company would be a solution. Except that their loyalty would not be to the consumer, but to the companies they certify, since it's them who would have to fund the group. As shown by credit rating agencies, that doesn't work.

[Paulginz]

And about Fannie and Freddie...

It was a great idea! You could promote home ownership for the poorer tranche of society, thus decreasing the correlation between rising house prices and the increase in inequality.

In fact, it worked fine to start with. It did end up creating a bubble though by initiating the subprime fad.

The problem came when soaring PRIVATE demand for CDOs lead brokers to hand out fraudulent mortgages... and everyone turned a blind eye to line their pockets.

[tellmewhatsahappenin]

This is absolutely wonderful to hear as a lover of trees, art, and collaboration. :) Thank you!

[infiniteusername]

Thanks for sharing, lol