- Rachel Sussman
- Photographer of the oldest living things in the world
- Posted: 05/27/10 | Recorded at Gel 2010
Rachel Sussman takes photos of living things that are at least 2,000 years old. Here at Gel 2010 she gives a tour of some of the surprisingly old life forms she's encountered all over the world - and the lessons she's learned about persistence and longevity.
See also:
• Brief piece on the hydrozoan jellyfish (effectively immortal animal)
- Robin Nagle
- Anthropologist of New York City's sanitation workers
- Posted: 08/04/09 | Recorded at Gel 2009
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Listening to New York City sanitation workers - and working side-by-side with them - NYU professor Robin Nagle uncovered a wealth of knowledge about the job and the people who keep the city clean.
Nagle also talks about our relationship with trash - and why we might want to respect, maybe even love, what we leave behind. This is an anthropological study well worth learning from.
See also:
• Video featuring Robin Nagle on Fresh Kills landfill
• Chris Jordan at Gel 2007, visualizing the amount of trash generated by modern society
- Graham Hill
- Founder, Treehugger
- Posted: 07/23/09 | Recorded at Gel 2009
Three easy steps to reduce your carbon footprint: Graham Hill delivers a simple, straightforward, and, yes, achievable path to cutting our impact in half. He also reveals the number of showers equivalent to a pound of beef.
- Chris Jordan
- Photographer
- Posted: 01/13/09 | Recorded at Gel 2007
America's scale of consumption is beyond the reach of any camera... unless Chris Jordan is standing behind it. His work combines photography, information visualization, and wry commentary on the culture and environment. One of the all-time most popular Gel talks.
See more at Chris Jordan's website, or via the Seadragon iPhone app.
