Monday, February 24, 2014

TED Talk - Gorgeous photos of a backyard wilderness worth saving

I was going through the wonderful TED talk website one day. I have always been interested in the sections with videos that talk about our food and what we are putting into our body. How big companies are artificially enhancing everything we eat in order to save them money. Today, I actually just read about how Simple Orange (an orange juice brand) hires fragrance makers like Calvin Klein to enhance their orange juice to make it seem fresh. Even more alarming is that these fragrance companies are NOT required to be listed on the ingredients label!!!

Here is the description of the video from the TED website: "Ethnographer Wade Davis explores hidden places in the wider world — but in this powerful short talk he urges us to save a paradise in his backyard, Northern Canada. The Sacred Headwaters, remote and pristine, are under threat because they hide rich tar sands. With stunning photos, Davis asks a tough question: How can we balance society's need for fuels with the urge to protect such glorious wilderness?" 

He basically talks about how heavily America depends on our need for fuel to power our daily lives and what effect this is having on the environment. I liked this video because he talks about land in Northern Canada that needs to be saved and being that I am from Canada, the video really interested me.

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