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Willie Smits Restores A RainForest

By kimba | Published: March 3, 2009
Many people wouldn’t know about people like Willie Smits and the projects they do if it weren’t for TED. Smits’ reforestation project was brought about by a simple act of saving an orangutan from a local market. In figuring out how to save a population of orangutans, he realized that the culture of an entire [...]
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Smaller Grids = Better Efficiency

By kimba | Published: February 17, 2009
With all of the talk these days, finally, of creating a new, alternative, energy grid, I began to think about what this grid was going to look like. And that worries me. I know that it takes great effort on the part of most people to see, or even comprehend, the value of the desert. I [...]
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A New Day On The Small Rock

By kimba | Published: January 20, 2009
Today marks a new day on the small rock in the big universe. A changing tide for the people of the US, for the people of the world, and for the environment. May we now be able to heal this small rock, and bring the life on it back into balance. Welcome to the White House, President [...]
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