TEDxSummerisle

Guiding the wisdom of the past to journey to our future. March 20.

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Building Community

Many people volunteered their time and labour to create this strange event. The decaying record is at #TEDxSummerisle. An incomplete record is at Storify.

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Livestream Available Here

UPDATE: The Livestream is having some issues. We are working on it but in the meantime, we'll be livetweeting the event. Follow us here.

Live streaming by Ustream

Bookmark this page for tomorrow and the livestream will be here.

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Updated Final Schedule

TEDxSummerisle is pleased to announce our final speaking schedule.

The event will run from 5pm GMT (10am PT / 1pm ET)  to  about 7:30pm GMT (12:30pm PT / 3:30pm ET) GMT on March 20. While we are disappointed that Michael Pollan had to withdraw, we couldn't be happier with the list

Researcher Amy B. Damron will introduce us to Our Friends the Bees, and Nanotech

Futurist Connor Deniehy will tell us about The Promise of Precision Farming

Historian Rose MacGreagor will reveal The Secret Science of the Ancients

Entrepreneur Jan Vacík will take us on a tour of Solar Power Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Maverick thinker Jenny Lassiter will provoke us with As Above, So Below:  The Emergence of Cross-Species Communal Behavior

Finally, there will be an Community Building Event, led by the Summerisle organizing team.

Can't join us? Stay tuned for the information on the Livestream and keep up with events on our Twitter account.

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This is a little off topic, but hey, it's the weekend! If you want to bring some more of the magic of bee keeping to Minecraft, this looks like a great mod.

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Almost time!

We're really excited for TEDxSummerisle, which is just a few days away. Preparations are in full swing here. We're setting up equipment and putting together all the last minute details.

We'll have an update speaker's list soon.

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Any sufficiently advanced civilization is indistinguishable from its nature – and also from its garbage.

Rachel Armstrong argues for a more profound understanding of the borders between #nature and #technology in an essay for @nextnature (via curatedculture)

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Ronald van Tienhoven - Techno Animism

Once upon a time animism ruled people’s beliefs: both organisms and objects were imbued with a conscience. Artist Ronald van Tienhoven states that as technology closes the gap between organisms and objects, a new form of techno-animism arises.

(by nextnature)

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lsesu: A few Mondays ago, the LSESU Communications Team swarmed the rooftoop of Connaught House to visit the Beekeeping Society.

Also known as apiculture, beekeeping is an activity that Londoners have taken under their wing in the past couple years.

In fact, in June 2011 the then Mayor of London,

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We've finally got this Twitter thing worked out. Take a look.