I really want to read up on her work now. I hope i can advocate for sustainability like her when i am older

@brokenseeker I think she stated in her talk, that oysters once covered 25% of the New York harbor. That would make her idea species restoring, rather than supplanting.

An idea worth sharing indeed!

@brokenseeker She does name the species of oyster as the eastern oyster, which is native to the eastern seaboard and the gulf of Mexico. Did I miss something? Did she switch species partway through?

"In this sorta global climate change war" after talking about the lay-out of the landscape. Yep, definitely TEDWomen. Such consistent quality throughout the series, bravo.

A TEDwomen talk that didn't have a single "men are the problem!" idea :O! I APPROVE

For some reason i can see this woman going off the deep end. It might be that her passion about oysters is so bizare that it reminds me of old time super-villans from comics, you know like 'stilt man' 'owl man' etc. she would be oyster woman.

@LightWthoutTheStatic I think that is a question worth asking too. Cheers for the intellectual honesty too. I'm not a marine biologist either, but she did say in her talk that oysters were once a heavily populated species in the harbor. I don't know she is right, but that would suggest that it would be more of a restoration thing.

Well done!

I'd prefer it if KZread would let us see the rating, before downloading.

@Brandonduboff Not all algae is equal. Some kinds support our food chain. Others can disrupt it. She is advocating the use of organism like oysters to re-balance the ecosystem around cities. The kinds of questions you ask here, are the kind that scientists and policies makes would need to find answers too, in response to her idea. It is a great idea, because it merits asking those questions. Other ideas merit only derision or dismissal.

@threephasewolf No, she said it was so inexpensive they joked about starting it with a bake sale @7:00 - 7:20

@Brandonduboff the dead zones are just the worst times algae blooms happen. the blooms happen in all around (but mostly in the south ill grant you) and i was trying to make the point that to much algae is a bad thing

@Brandonduboff we souldn't go fucking with the ecology of an area. thats why i like this becuase its fixing the ecology and giving economic growth for an area

1:50 did anyone notice an overtly phallic image here.

Okay you answered when we can eat them, but why isnt it happening now?

@ZarlanTheGreen I am t3tsuyaguy1. 1. I agree with you completely. Nice breakdown. 2. I also liked this talk, which was my point. As far as I could tell, this talk isn't TEDwomen, it's just the normal conference in DC. I saw it as proof that women can just be included in the mainstream and don't need a special conference. :)

My only question is whether or not oysters can post any threat to any current species. Do oysters fit into a food chain or take the place of other species in a food chain whereby killing other locals species that are still productive and surviving? I cannot imagine it, but I am also not a marine biologist; therefore unqualified to make raise any arguments. I think it's a question worth asking though.

@Kebabsoup It's one of the really interesting aspects of biology in my opinion. Oysters are one of many species that thrive on things which are toxic to others. The species found in swamps are similar. They act as natural filters, producing the clean water that other species near them require. It's kind of beautiful really. Depending on which toxins, you might be ok eating the oysters, but I think she said something about needing to wait a few years for the toxins to become more dilute. :)

@KilluaXIII Indeed. I fully agree.

@LokiClock Interesting. I'll have to consider you point about # 2. I'll re-watch it and do a little focused research about Iceland's history, in regards to feminism. Thanks.

@adolthitler Oh sorry at the end she gives a timeline, of 2050 to start getting edible oysters, that could make sense.

@lordmetroid yea... USA has a hard time showing that..

@t3tsuyaguy1 There should be a TEDmen with intellectual discussions about boobs, beer, and explosions.

I like it

@t3tsuyaguy1 Oh, shit! My bad, it is native; this is all awesome. I was confusing the Eastern Oyster with the Asian Oyster which they are talking about introducing to the Chesapeak Bay where I live. The native oysters have trouble surviving because it's so dirty, so they can't clean up the bay either. So they were considering introducing a hardier oyster. Thanks.

no commercial at the end? and I much rather have hot dogs then oysters, though i do see the benefits of oysters because of their amazing cleaning power.

@YouTubicinado Crushed saltines on oyster is good too.

@310sucks Well... The building at 1:50 does look a tad masculine :p

I like Oysters with tabasco and lemon

A talk about oysters from a pregnant women!!!! Some ones had a few too many i think :)

@LokiClock I get it. I did some looking around. I think it's a safe thing to say, that gender equality is a different issue in Iceland, than say America. I don't consider myself an expert on anything. I just like finding a new angle to look at things from. :)

That is very very cool, and I agree with t3tsuyaguy1.

@t3tsuyaguy1 I'm sure you guys have found your answers already, but for other viewers, see 9:22; she says we could eat them around 2050, and the wait is simply because "they're working", so I guess there wouldn't be a sustainable population until then.

@Brandonduboff algea can be a very big problme. look up "algea dead zones" in google.

Kate Orff: Laughs at supposedly phallic building. Also Kate Orff: Builds wet, yonic structures that smell off shellfish.

@Brandonduboff "@t3tsuyaguy1 are you against organizations by and for women?" Whilst I am not t3tsuyaguy1, to whom you asked the question, I shall give you my answer anyway: If they are sexist in nature: Yes. If they are created, for reasons that are degrading towards women: Yes. If they often voice opinions and make claims, that are sexist towards men: Yes. Are those things true of TEDWomen? Yes. (that said, this talk was actually good, and I've favourited it)

@t3tsuyaguy1 it is a non native species of oyster. There are always problems when your introduce a species into an ecosystem (Toads, Rabits and Dogs in Australia, Pigs in many Polynesian islands) That doesn't mean it's not the right answer, the ecosystem will probably stabilize eventualy, and it will clean the bays before it's too late. It's just sad because there is no way to recover the ecosystem to it's unique pre-industrial state.

It is new tool and we have new aproch and many more colected in one the Venus projekt, check out first what is already done andthen joy with your Ideas

TED is back to uploading good talks, cheer to that!

@t3tsuyaguy1 I totally agree. I noticed that the women in the audience didn't seem very excited about this topic. TEDWomen should be ended. I noticed that they went from TEDxWomen to TEDWomen. How sad.

Hey this was pretty good, more of this TEDwomen!

It makes me sad that species suplanting is what were going to have to do to fix our bays.

@Brandonduboff On these issues, we don't need to talk in hazy hypothetical constructs. We have real data on the differing strengths of men and women. They are negligible. In no area, does either gender have a significant enough advantage to merit the outright exclusion of the other. Equality of opportunity is what the data demands. Gender simply shouldn't play a role at all. Speakers at TED should be chosen based on the merit of their idea. So should merit determine all of our endeavors.

@t3tsuyaguy1 Full of win

It is new tool and we have new aproch and many more colected in one the Venus projekt, check out first what is already done and then joy with your Ideas reason for joy if you whant o make it hapens we must work all togther

@Kebabsoup :)

@whomybuddy what if the oyters are full of toxins and stuff that they are dangerous to eat

Mmmm...sewage fed oysters stewed in one of the most polluted waterways in the world...I'll have that.

@LokiClock 2) Is one of the best examples of re-casting. She presents some genuinely good ideas, mostly centered around long term thinking, but she insists that they are "feminine ideas", when they are not gender specific. Many men come up with the same ideas, and have throughout history. She has good ideas, and yet, because of the setting, she presents them in a pointlessly sexist way. At a normal TED talk she would have just presented her ideas as ideas, without the gender bashing.

I don't wanna eat a filter.

@weRbananas

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Hate to break it to you but all bottom feeders are filter feeders. It’s the same thing. What did you expect, grass fed oysters??

@weRbananas

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No matter where they’re from. Also, that’s like saying you don’t want to eat plants grown in compost cause you don’t like eating compost.

@DreamsCatcher101 Nonsense

@ZarlanTheGreen i know. that's why it should be just TED, otherwise it looks like it's a "special" version of it for those who aren't good enough. TED-women gives of an either sexist or handicapped image. i'm not bustin on women tho, but they should be against gender based separation themselves...

@310sucks Oh come on! That was just funny. I don't see how it was degrading towards men. (and I am one)

@LokiClock Two good (or bad) examples are 1) "Hana Rosin: New data on the rise of woman" & 2) Halla Tomasdottir: A feminine response to Iceland's financial crash. 1) is a just one long sexism fest. It is as the whole purpose of her talk was to say "It's our turn now!". Her data is inaccurate and poorly interpreted. She shows a disturbing clip with her own children, where the message seems to be "It's ok for girls to say whatever they want about men, because they are smarter."

@Brandonduboff Several women have been great speakers at regular TED talks. Less women? Maybe there are injustices at lower levels that prevents them from getting to that level, which would need to be addressed. You don't make a crap TEDWomen, telling them there no good and giving them a bad name. There aren't many women firefighters, but that's not sexism. They simply don't manage the physical tests to become a firefighter. That doesn't mean that we should lower the standards for becoming one.

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@ZarlanTheGreen Not at all, sir, you are ignorant. I'm not sexist, and live in a western country. Scientists are aware of my statement.

@LokiClock With both 1 & 2 there is the issue of crushing hypocrisy. If a man stood in front of room full of other men and gave a talk about the rise of men, about how we are moving on from a time of female sensitivity, to a time of male practicality, people would rightly call foul. If a man stood up and suggested that if there were fewer woman at Lehman Brothers, if it had really be Lehman BROTHERS, then we wouldn't have experienced the financial crisis; then again, rightful outrage.

Intelligent and beautiful... good combo

@xilliah Uhm... While I am also against TED women... There was nothing, even remotely, sexist about this talk.

Great idea, okay presentation, bad reasoning behind the motivations but still a great idea. My question is... if there was a "TEDmen" to be opposite of TEDwomen, what would the reaction be?

@Brandonduboff i find no practical fault with the generalities and demarcations of science. however the earliest presumption of feminism was that women deserve to be treated fairly; equally. things like this only reverse the gender bias; rather than male only golf clubs, it is female only speakers. similar to the outrage of a male CEO of a makeup company a while back. the concept of 'them' obstructs the best person from being rewarded for their work and rewards novelty along anatomical prejudice

This is why there should never have been a TEDwomen. Women have interesting ideas, because intelligence doesn't have a gender. They don't need their own little kiddy table forum. They can just be presented at the normal TED conference. Separating them, just bred sexism from the women, and from men watching. Also - Yay for a TED talk about an idea for 'D'esign!!

@dabanhfreak No. The audience did not notice and laugh, and no one watching it on youtube noticed. Especially not you.

@LokiClock I see. I withdraw my comment about insult then. I must still disagree though. The topics of TEDwomen don't differ significantly from TED. Except, 2/3 of the presenters seem to feel obligated to recast their topic as a gender issue, when it is not. Worse, is the number of speakers engaging in blatant sexism. If their were a TEDmen with speakers talking about how the increase of women in the workplace is to blame for the increase of instability in our economy, it would be hell.

@xilliah what? are you talking crap again? coz it sounds like it

@SiCGaming123 "Western countries have no real men" I'd say that's a fairly bigoted, sexist and ignorant statement.

@SiCGaming123 Pft, women and men are both equally wortfull.

@KilluaXIII Well at least it was a decent talk, despite that.

@Brandonduboff i'm not that person, but i'm against it because women have equal intellects to men. 'they' don't need a special kiddy pool (as another said). such a practice is condescending and sexist. by having a group supporting the concept of a minority's existence by preferential treatment leads to the occurrence of more social imbalancing and injustice. likewise, there is a growing number of people who dislike the concept of maintaining false dichotomies for personal profit.

@Brandonduboff Yes. Very much so. I am also against organizations by and for men. I support organizations by and for humans. Gender is just as silly a reason to separate ourselves as race.

Just do it instead of talking about it.

Is there no way to stay subscribed to TED but unsub myself from this TEDWomen garbage? I'm all for women and all but most of these have some flavor of anti-men sentiment in them, and i'd prefer to watch something smart without feeling insulted and excluded from the topic for not having a uterus. Any help would be appreciated, i'm so tired of this TED Women crap!

TEDbitches? AGAIN? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Guys it's a pretty interesting talk, who cares if the audience is composed of women? Grow up ffs

ted-"women" AGAIN? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO