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Losing the presidential race didn't defeat Al Gore. In this 2006 talk, he is funnier, more passionate, and more practical than ever. Building upon the awareness of climate change created by An Incovenient Truth, here he identifies 15 ways we can address climate change, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a hotter brand name for global warming. His message: Doing something is easier than you think.

"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Recently his daughter demanded he fix the mess the world is heading for. So he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour -- surveying the state of the art, from the ethanol revolution in Brazil to Wal-mart's (!) eco-concept store in Bentonville, Arkansas. KPCB is investing $200 million in green technologies to save the planet -- profitably. But, Doerr fears, it may not be enough.

Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen offers

a fast-paced round-up of radical (but possible) answers to

our planet's greatest challenges, ranging from green cities

and buildings, to digital collaboration tools, to ingenious

tools for the developing world (flowers that detect

landmines; straws that purify water as you drink;

merry-go-rounds that pump water using the energy expended by

children at play).

As Western-style consumerism spreads to developing

countries, we must re-imagine our world - a process he

believes is slowly happening in such cities as Vancouver and

Portland, Oregon, and also in the developing world, where

new technologies and new forms of collaboration are

combining to solve 21st-century problems.

In an emotionally charged talk, Majora Carter explains her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx. This MacArthur-winning activist shows how minority neighborhoods have suffered most from flawed urban policy, and energetically shares her grassroots efforts to "green the ghetto."