Managing the magic of microbes | Jessica Green | PhD at TEDxPortland

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Jessica-aka "Thumper Biscuit" in roller derby circles-is a professor at both the University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institute. She's a TED Fellow whose current goal is to help people visualize the invisible world of microorganisms to foster a world full of buildings that limit infectious disease and maximize energy.
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[@Pay-It_Forward]

As a former Environmental Services Director, and one of the for most experts on building sanitation in the nation, I stand in awe of Jessica Green's ideas! Wake up Management, we need a big change!

[@nievesgarcia9429]

Michelangelo Alexander Sir-Rhine

[@carrieoff]

Great! I knew less house work was better for me.

[@nickrauseo7303]

These Ted talks have some really unique and intelligent people who clearly have been exposed to the topic they're speaking of they are clearly speaking from experience so we don't have to suffer or struggle to try and understand it by ourselves.

[@stonehobbit]

+Nick Rauseo you mean think for ourselves?

[@nickrauseo7303]

haha yea

[@424io]

+Nick Rauseo stick to training in 500x Earth's gravity, SonGoku.

[@SlowlyYouRot]

This is incredible! The right microbes can also increase psychological health. We can achieve sustainability and more through biophilic, biomimetic design, ecological engineering/design and the sciences of systems, complexity and networks.

[@brandolina]

Exactly... soil releases microbes that stimulate seratonin, so working with the dirt, gardening literally makes us happier.

[@rayshawnholmes603]

I'm a contractor and am very much interested in interior landscape architecture. How can I learn more about what you're doing to apply this to up and coming projects?

[@maryschwatlo2596]

Loved it. Short and to the point. Easy to understand. Thank you.

[@JDMaya]

THIS INFORMATIONAL VIDEO IS AWESOME.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR PRODUCING IT.!!!!!!!

[@HishamAlNahla]

I like the presentation also the idea of “Inner Gardening” 💐

[@BrettBuchanan222]

OMG love it! I was just thinking about this exact subject. That we can integrate people and plants (and the microbial environment) to work together...so much integration that is missing from the common house and building! I have a number of ideas in this area I would love to talk sometime... Nice arms, heh! Funny someone would mention that...you do have good physique and posture. You seem pretty conscious about your balance? Yoga, Tai Chi? etc?

[@kathymccauley324]

Excellent

[@myopenmind527]

We certainly don’t want our building filled with MRSA, C.dificile, VRE or CPE etc. sadly our hospitals , ICU, CCU and HDU departments are already full of them.

[@EEEMUS]

Thank you~~\!!

[@aoeu256]

How do I add a Japanese translation to these TedX talks?

[@ordnascrazy]

[Esperanto] Tiu ĉi temo miaopinie estas tre grava, krom tre interesa! Ĉu niaj kutimoj pri la mikroboj povas malsanigi nin? Eble, kaj sendube ĝi estas esplorinda kaj esplorenda afero!

[@jliz6435]

Thank you microbes for a good day 😎

[@424io]

"hermetically sealed" naize

[@louiealcala3623]

Did she say she's been colaborating with Charlie Brown?

[@tiarianamanna973]

Not good to clean too much 😉 A bit messy hippies, bohos and artists are healthier 😁 like me and my dozen (very messy) cats 😆

[@sieunhanFTU]

evenly, worries ruined her talk. As a whole, her speech has a good organization and content. Good job!

[@dominic2446]

evenly? or generally?

[@maheshdebata2991]

Good

[@SimpleeYours]

If we want to encourage the healthy microbes within our bodies should we not focus on ingesting healthy foods and engaging in regular outdoor activities in nature. The "garden" within my belly is more important than the "garden" on the surfaces of the building.

[@abbeyvid]

she has nice arms

[@nixodian]

Should we feel ok sneezing on each other? And not washing hands after toilets or before eating? Seriously

[@mewendy1]

Wise people tend to follow the edict of moderation in everything. So, washing poo off your hands, sure... Constantly going around your house with chemicals trying to wipe out every last germ? Not so much.

[@kathryncrowleybryan5844]

I have wondered this myself.

[@GeorgeMariolis]

I'm never goijng outside again.. I won't survive ... As if we are going to build buildings to facilitate production of good microbes. Not happening.

[@louvee5009]

LEEDS Cert. Ummm... Oops. Good thing almost zero buildings qualify for actual LEEDS Cert.