Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities

http://www.ted.com How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we want and need -- while reducing the time we spend in cars.

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• green projects
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[JaredHutcheson1]

When is TED going to have someone who has the guts to tell everyone (primarily Americans) that one of the biggest ways for us to curb environmental damage is to curb our meat consumption?

[SEThatered]

0:15 to skip overly loud intro ;)

[NextStarfish]

Great TED talk - used it as the basis for a blog post on 'sharing stuff' on Nextstarfish

[JaredHutcheson1]

@ScyL0n That's exactly why I suggested it. Farm animals and the industry contribute massively to our emissions, and considering the amount of acreage that must be devoted to crops solely for feeding to the animals to produce an amount of meat or dairy that provides less sustenance than if we just ate the crops, its just uneconomical in the long run.

[ScyL0n]

@JaredHutcheson1 i dont think not eating meat is gonna help environmental damage. just recycling or emitting less carbon dioxide

[ScyL0n]

@jasanpahaf how do great cities have higher levels of crime??

[JaredHutcheson1]

@rahulcart I think I saw that one come to think of it.

[rahulcart]

@JaredHutcheson1 There is a TED talk about being a weekday vegetarian. A great concept for those addicted to meat. It is by Graham Hill.

[jasanpahaf]

Great cities also have the greatest levels of crime, unhealthy conditions, and unhappiness

[TheUnchainedMind]

@sweYoda2

My thought exactly throught the video.

[khepri]

DO NOT WANT BEE CROSSINGS