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EcoInsomniac was built with my new found respect for just how much a single person can change the world. After being truly inspired by the speakers at the TED conference and my parents Kate and David who took a trip to Peru to help build/rebuild an orpha

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• Inspiring video: Paul Stamets on how mushrooms could help save the earth.

  Posted on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 at 22:39 in inspirational, mushrooms, ted

  I’ve never knew how powerful mushrooms were until this video by Paul Stamets at TED 2008. I mean I’ve heard they’ve found that some mushrooms or even some bacteria will eat away nuc...

• Show for the kids: Meet the Greens

  Posted on Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 09:30 in cartoon, conferences, recycling, ted

  This is a great way to introduce some eco-friendly ideas to children in the form of short animations. I hope you enjoy them I think children will. Some are kinda cheesy, but I’m not in the sho...

• Pangea Day is coming May 10th, 2008.

  Posted on Friday April 11th, 2008 at 20:28 in conferences, jehane noujaim, life changing, pangea day, ted, ted prize

  On May 10th, 2008 at 18:00 GMT the Pangea Day project will go live across the world with events in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro bringing together a ...

• Al Gore’s TED 2008 speech on the climate crisis

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 23:33 in Al Gore, climate crisis, conferences, ted, ted 2008

  Al Gore who was once Vice President of the United States is more well known these days for his work promoting "The Inconvenient Truth" a great movie he and a talented group of people put toget...

• Great inspiration - David Eggers TED 2008 wish

  Posted on Friday March 21st, 2008 at 19:00 in 826 valencia, david eggers, life changing, ted

  The folks at TED are busy getting video from previous years up online while working on the video from this years conference.  They’re doing a great job and just the other day posted this video ...

• The Encyclopedia of Life

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 18:11 in encyclopedia of life, eol, greentech, ted

  What a great name for a project and fitting too.  E. O. Wilson a winner of the TED Prize had a chance to stand in front of some of the greatest minds in the world and make a wish.  The wish he made ...

• Weekly Inspiration: Joseph Lekuton

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 13:34 in joseph lekuton, ted

  This is an amazing man named Joseph Lekuton was born to the Maasai tribe in Northern Kenya and is now a teacher, writer, and member of the Kenya parliment.  Mr. Lekuton is also a great inspiration to...

• Bill Clinton’s TED Prize Update

  Posted on Sunday March 2nd, 2008 at 21:04 in AMD, bill clinton, clinton foundation, conferences, greentech, Nokia, partners in health, Rwanda, sun microsystems, ted

  Bill Clinton made a great wish in front of the TED conference and that wish was for help developing, “high quality rural health system for the whole country” of Rwanda.  Well, AMD, Nokia,...