TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch Videos
Welcome + Why We Gather
- Indigenous Science at Kuruvungna (The Place Where the Sun Shines) –Samantha Morales Johnson Yang
- How Do We Solve Plastic Pollution by 2040? –Dianna Cohen
- A Vision for Reducing Plastic in Los Angeles –Mayor Karen Bass
- Climate Change Feels Distant: The Arts Can Help –Antonique Smith
- What Rivers Tell Us About Plastic Pollution –Gary Bencheghib
- Turn Off the Plastic Tap to Break Free From Plastic –Melissa Aguayo
- The Gyre Within: Reflections from a Plastic Sea –Marcus Eriksen
- Plastic’s Crime Against Nature –Pam Longobardi
Plastic Pollution and Health
- The Plastic Health Paradox –Dr. Leonardo Trasande
- Climbing Toward a Healthier, Toxic-Free Future –Arlene Blum
- The Plastic You Eat –Johanna Hellrigl
- California’s Leadership on Tackling Microplastics –Kris Thayer
- Let’s Get Plastics Out of Our Food! –Ken Cook
Musical Performance
Plastic Pollution and Climate
- Human Health: The Key to Climate Change and Plastic Pollution –Rick Smith
- Protecting the Lifeblood of Mother Earth from Plastics –Suzanne Smoke
- How to Live Like an Oyster: On Plastics and Oceans –Abby Barrows
- Eco-Anxiety: A Message from Our Future Selves –Heather White
- How to Quantum Leap Into a Plastic-Free Reality –Vasser Seydel
Plastic Pollution and Social Justice
- Restoring Accountability to Solve the Plastic Crisis –Jo Banner
- Co-Power: Rising Together to Solve Problems –Vien Truong Shakman
- A Crisis of Imagination: Stories to Save Us –Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr
Musical Performance
- “Who You Think You Is?” –Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center Senior Jazz Band
- Marvin Gaye's “What’s Going On?” –Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center Senior Jazz Band
Plastic Pollution and Culture Change
- The Power of Culture to Solve Plastic Pollution –Liz Havstad
- An Inconvenient Choice and Plastic Pollution –Hayden Begley
- You Have Power: Stop Buying Plastic Pollution –Fran Drescher
- A Heart-Based Solution to Climate and Plastics –Kristy Drutman
- The Plastic Problem Hidden in Plain Sight –Gina Ciganik
- Generation Plastic’s Best Cure? School Lunch –Dr. Manasa Mantravadi
- Don't Teach Plastic Recycling—Teach This Instead –Suzie Hicks
Plastic Pollution and Business
- How Plastic Packaging Impacts Human Health –Dr. Jane Muncke
- Ending the Invisible Violence of Single-Use –Dr. Dagny Tucker
- The Hidden Plastics in Your Closet –Phoebe Yu
- How Seaweed Can Help Replace Plastic and Heal Earth –Sea Briganti
- A Race to Scale: Replacing Plastic with Materials from Nature –John Felts, Lauryn Menard, Hoa Doan. Moderator: Aidan Maguire
- A Hopeful Approach to Plastic-Free Design –Nichola Tucker Gray
Musical Performance
Plastic Pollution and Policy
- The Plastic Bully Playbook –Andy Keller
- Plastic on Trial –Sumona N. Majumdar
- Deceit & Disinformation: Dirty Secrets About Plastic Recycling –Hon. Rob Bonta – Attorney General, State of California (coming soon)
- Together We Can Solve Plastic Pollution –Dr. Sylvia Earle