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Podcast: TED Talks series - Stewart Brand: 4 Environmental 'Heresies'

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AUDIO/PODCAST: Podcast: TED Talks series - Stewart Brand: 4 Environmental 'Heresies'

SUMMARY

16:42 minuets

TED Talks series, FILMED JUN 2009 • POSTED JUL 2009 • TED@State

The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s, Stewart Brand, has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.

GOALS

Brand opens up discussion about cities, nuclear power, genetic modification, and geo-engineering.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

 

Listen >> TED Talks: Stewart Brand: 4 Environmental 'Heresies'

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TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

This material can be used to expand thinking on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification, and geo-engineering.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment is at the discretion of the educator and how this material is applied.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

Since the counterculture Sixties, Stewart Brand has been a critical thinker and innovator who helped lay the foundations of our internetworked world. Full Bio >>

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