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Podcast: TED Talks series - Jonathan Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth

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AUDIO/PODCAST: Podcast: TED Talks series - Jonathan Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth

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Updated: August 5, 2012, 10:29 am
Topics: Food security Consequences Solutions Policy & Action Humans International Adaptation Health Greenhouse gases Actions Future World Land Community Individual Models Economics Activities Behavior modification Livelihoods Water Collective Human Factors Future strategies Environmental Justice Agriculture Water Security Temperature Educational Societies Regional Disasters Household Indigenous Peoples Nongovernmental Professional Personal adaptation National Security Freshwater Precipitation Refugees Groundwater Surface water Consumption per person Population Technology Values Water Vapor Emissions scenarios Responsibilities Burdens Capabilities Contributions Verification Emissions verification Precipitation verification Temperature verification Poverty Heat Waves Location Coastal Rural Urban Resource displacement Life and Death Biosphere Water use Ecosystem Disturbance Distributions Productivity Water use Global Cycles Nutrients Water Cross-cutting efforts Development Planning International Local, State, & National Current practices Systems Economics Distributional Issues Space Time Risk Assessment Certainties Dangers Probabilities Continuous Thresholds Global Multinational Local Campus Community Region National Carbon footprint Education Misconceptions Careers Academic NGO
Grade Level: 9-Graduate
Time Required: 18 Minutes
Content Source: TED Talks

SUMMARY

17:47 minutes

TED Talks series, FILMED OCT 2010 • POSTED APR 2012 • TEDxTC

A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. At TEDxTC Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin "terraculture" -- farming for the whole planet.

GOALS

Foley wants to bring the impending agricultural crisis into the mainstream awareness of people's minds. 

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

Listen >> TED Talks: Jonathan Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth

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TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

This material can be used to explore the agricultural crisis that is rapidly increasing due to the population increase and climate crisis.

ASSESSMENT

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

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

Jonathan Foley studies complex environmental systems and their affects on society. His computer models have shown the deep impact agriculture is having on our planet. Full Bio >>

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