Trust me, this video (made by Banksy) is worth a-minute-and-a-half of your time. Watching it reminds us of what really happens “behind the scenes” of mainstream media and cheap products. Living on credit, as I like to call it…
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This reminds me of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, when the professor exclaims in exasperation before his farewell, “Do something!”
This video just hit me right over the head. I had a sudden urge to get on the plane and join this man! Click to continue…
Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities … But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence.html
Shot for the new Live Local website (in beta at http://livelocal.org.au). A short video from a weekend permaculture blitz in Sydney, Australia in late 2008. See also http://permablitz.ning.com
About Jonathan Drori
Jonathan Drori has dedicated his career to media and learning. As the Head of Commissioning for BBC Online, he commissioned the BBC’s very first websites! After almost two decades at the BBC, he’s now a director at Changing Media Ltd., a media and education consultancy, and is a visiting professor at University of Bristol, where he studies educational media and misperceptions in science. He continues to executive produce the occasional TV series, including 2004′s award-winning “The DNA Story” and 2009′s “Great Sperm Race.” He is on the boards of the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Woodland Trust.
(source: Jonathan Drori’s Bio on TED)
Jonathan Drori: Every pollen grain has a story
Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes — and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up-close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship.
