Simone Tramonte / Climate Visuals Countdown Feeding the world’s 7.9 billion people requires a lot of food. But as many of us know, climate change — in the form of droughts, floods and extreme temperatures — is threatening agriculture and our fragile food systems.  What’s more, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed just how vulnerable we all are. As many as …

Alamy Even though cities have been centers of culture, ideas and industry since the Neolithic Revolution 12,000 years ago (!), today’s urban-centric global civilization is just a couple of hundred years old. In 1800, six percent of humans were city dwellers; even in 1970, only New York City and Tokyo qualified as “megacities” that were home to more than 10 million residents.  …

Nadine Redlich This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Ever silently berate yourself at work for not standing up for a colleague, letting people say things that are inaccurate or misleading, or just allowing others …

Nadine Redlich This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Do you remember that day in November 2018 when 20,000 employees walked out of Google to protest over the handling of sexual harassment claims at the …

Nadine Redlich When people are trying out a new therapist, they often tend to put the therapist in the driver’s seat during their initial sessions. But this isn’t quite right — the client should be an equal partner too. What else should people keep in mind during that process? And how can they figure out if a therapist is right …

Alamy Quick question: Can you name two documentaries about climate change? And if you got stuck after An Inconvenient Truth, that’s OK — we’re here to help. The first documentary to ever mention climate change was The Unchained Goddess in 1958, part of an educational film series overseen by Frank Capra. Yes, that Frank Capra. (You can view a clip from the film here.) …

Alamy Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions. That means every sector of society — citizens, local and national governments, corporations and businesses — has a role to play in limiting global temperature rise.  But there is good news: More than 20 percent of the world’s largest corporations have set a 2050 target of going “net zero,” …

Pursuing a different approach, PlasticRoad in the Netherlands avoids traditional asphalt altogether. In 2018, the company completed a 100-foot pilot project in Zwolle, billed as the world’s first recycled plastic bike path. A second one followed in Giethoorn. Cheap to produce and easy to install, these paths are built with hollow modules made of single-use discarded plastics. In Ghana, Nelplast mixes shredded plastic waste with sand …

Stocksy If you’ve seen Seaspiracy — the buzzy Netflix documentary that explores the harmful impacts of the commercial fishing industry — you might be rethinking your maritime menu choices. And while many experts have criticized the film for making misleading claims, it does raise an important question: Is it possible to eat seafood sustainably? Consider this: Today roughly one-third of the …

Angus Greig This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Boundaries are a process. There’s no magic pill that ensures a perfect execution — but the tools and scripts that follow will help you create a …