Meet the team — Allison Denny-Collins

There are so many inter­est­ing TED talks that I could choose from. The talks I’ve cho­sen below speak to global issues of pop­u­la­tion, growth, our effect on the envi­ron­ment, habi­tat destruc­tion, the expan­sion of what could be argued to be a mid­dle class. They’re all deeply fas­ci­nat­ing top­ics that are inevitably intertwined.

Hans Rosling: Global Pop­u­la­tion Growth

I want to talk about my most favourite speaker, Hans Rosling. Hans Rosling can take a great deal of sta­tis­ti­cal data and use it to tell an impact­ful story about the devel­op­ing and indus­trial world. His July 2010 talk regard­ing the world’s pop­u­la­tion growth to 9 bil­lion peo­ple over the next 50 years and  rais­ing the liv­ing stan­dards of the poor­est coun­tries makes you stop to think about the future. I would encour­age every­body to go and watch any of Hans Rosling’s talks.

Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands

Paul Nicklen is a nature pho­tog­ra­pher and pro­duces sto­ries for mag­a­zines such as the National Geo­graphic.  He uses his pho­tog­ra­phy to gen­er­ate global aware­ness about wildlife in iso­lated and endan­gered envi­ron­ments and the impact we are caus­ing to our world. In this talk Paul speaks about his under­wa­ter expe­ri­ence with a leop­ard seal who tried to feed him penguins.