Special Collections:
Artists and Musicians
Tokyo Rose presents "Save Planet Earth," the official song for Earth Day Events in the 2012 Earth Day Calendar. Its powerful message warns, "Global Warming is your Warning."
The band Tokyo Rose originated as an 80's rock group.
Devoted to finding "the sound of life," Fellé innovates by transforming recyclable materials and everyday objects like pails, lids, and pots into musical instruments. This unique approach has earned him the title "musical wizard" from Dominican music critics.
Explore Fellé's music on Soundclick and view photos from TEDxSantoDomingo.
Segun Adefila is a performance artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds a B.A. in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos and is a founding member and Artistic Director of the Crown Troupe of Africa, a dance-theater company in Bariga, Lagos State.
His TEDx presentation explores themes of culture, the value of staying rooted, and the importance of personal accountability.
Konda Mason, a San Francisco Bay Area filmmaker, has an extensive background in films and documentaries. Her recent work includes producing the successful digital full-dome film, "Tales of the Maya Skies."
This acclaimed production was created for the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, CA, and highlights the importance of global collaboration.
Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger highlights "What can I do?" as one of life's deepest questions.
He describes the quest to answer this fundamental inquiry as a profound spiritual challenge.
Experience an original composition by spoken word artist Steve Connell. Presented at TEDxConejo, this piece offers a unique riff on our true nature.
The composition, titled "TEDxConejo - Steve Connell - Original Composition," highlights Connell's distinctive spoken word style.
TEDxBerlin features artist and musician Nik Nowak, who will discuss how sound claims space and its use as a weapon. He will specifically address its application against civil demonstrators.
Nowak's talk also explores the "human microphone" technique and the inherent speechlessness of the system.
Sting introduced artists and business leaders promoting the Prince's Rainforest SOS program. The project's primary work concluded in Oslo in May 2010.
The Prince's Rainforest Project (PRP) is now part of The Prince's Charities' International Sustainability Unit (ISU). The ISU aims to build consensus on durable solutions for climate change and natural resource depletion.
For more information, visit www.rainforestSOS.org.
The Prince's Rainforests Project hosted an event featuring Sarah Brightman to engage the financial community. The goal was to find solutions that make rainforests more valuable alive than dead.
This film accompanied her performance, set to "Nella Fantasia" from "The Mission" soundtrack, often called "A Hymn To the Rainforest." For more information, visit rainforestSOS.org.
Vocal Trash inspires children's imaginations while promoting recycling awareness. Their creative, inspirational performances utilize items typically destined for landfills, such as metals and plastics.
Through popular music and dance, Vocal Trash demonstrates the importance of recycling, upcycling, and energy conservation. This engaging approach effectively captures the attention of today's youth, a success they have witnessed repeatedly across the country.
The EarthSayers Special Collection: Artists and Musicians is a "Champions" category feature. It highlights individuals who leverage their artistic and communication talents to address social, cultural, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainability.
Artist Chris Jordan exemplifies this by exploring American consumerism and the unconscious behaviors that lead to unintended catastrophic consequences.
*Manufactured Landscapes* is a striking documentary exploring the work of acclaimed artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally recognized for his large-scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes"—quarries, factories, and dams—Burtynsky transforms industrial sites and waste into beautiful art.
The film follows him through China, documenting the effects of its vast industrial revolution. Through breathtaking sequences, it expands on Burtynsky's photographic narratives, prompting reflection on humanity's environmental impact and showcasing both industrial epicenters and their waste.
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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection
“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.
Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.














