An organism called the springtail, often thought of as a pest, holds the key to billions of dollars of revenue in the fashion, auto and semiconductor industries for its ability to repel water and oil

An organism called the springtail, often thought of as a pest, holds the key to billions of dollars of revenue in the fashion, auto and semiconductor industries for its ability to repel water and oil with design of its body. Biomimicry Institute director Beth Rattner explains how biomimicry, or the imitation of models and systems in nature, may hold the solution to solving some of our biggest human-caused problems.

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Where do you draw the line between work and life? Writer Simone Stolzoff explores the problem with defining yourself by your job — and shows what it takes to reclaim your time and sense of meaning

Where do you draw the line between work and life? Writer Simone Stolzoff explores the problem with defining yourself by your job — and shows what it takes to reclaim your time and sense of meaning beyond the office. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 23, 2024) If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: https://ted.com/membership Follow TED! X: https://twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit https://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/simonestolzoff https://youtu.be/cfKFbh8LPvU TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #TEDTalks

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Excerpts from interviews produced as part of the InterFaith Call to Inclusion, November 16, 2016 in Portland, Oregon at the

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