TEDxAntarctica: Solar Powered TED Event Takes Place In the Antarctic March 6

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aiko-stevenson/tedx-antarctica-solar-power_b_1320104.html

[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif][font size=5]TEDxAntarctica: Solar Powered TED Event Takes Place In the Antarctic March 6 [/font]

Posted: 03/ 4/2012 9:58 pm

[font size=3]The first solar powered TED event from Antarctica will be broadcast live from Neko harbor on March 6. It's message: if alternative energy can work in the coldest, harshest, most unforgiving place on earth, it can be used anywhere.

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So, returning back now to the solar powered TEDx event in Antarctica, let's hope that this broadcast from the most inhospitable place on earth will help move the issue of renewable energy forward. In Swan's own words: "I try to inspire young people on the issue by doing stuff .. not by talking, sending an email or passing along a YouTube clip... but by action."

Some say that the "future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." May all the team at the TEDx event in Antarctica believe in the beauty of their dreams. And may our world believe in the future of renewable energy, and in the beauty of our planet that gives us home.

March 6: TEDxAntarcticPeninsula takes place at Neko Harbour, Antarctica 0800 - 1600 (GMT -3 hours)[/font][/font]

[TexasProgresive]

1. For all who don't know what TED is (I didn't)

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

http://www.ted.com/pages/about

[longship]

2. TED talk videos are free

Plus, they're in standard MPeg format. You can download them, share them, and watch them over and over again. Many of the talks are incredible.

If you don't know about TED, you need to check it out.

R&