In April 2011, a PR firm representing Dow Chemical contacted author Anna Lappé. They invited her to submit a 60-second video for "The Future We Create: The Future of Water."

This web

In April 2011, a PR firm representing Dow Chemical contacted author Anna Lappé. They invited her to submit a 60-second video for "The Future We Create: The Future of Water."

This web project, sponsored by Dow, focused on water sustainability. However, the video Lappé submitted was subsequently rejected.

Building on Frances Moore Lappé's foundational *Diet for a Small Planet*, published nearly 40 years ago, she and her daughter Anna Lappé continue to emphasize food's critical role in world

Building on Frances Moore Lappé's foundational *Diet for a Small Planet*, published nearly 40 years ago, she and her daughter Anna Lappé continue to emphasize food's critical role in world politics. Anna, author of *Diet for a Hot Planet*, highlights the unsettling connection between food production and global warming.

The mother-daughter duo concludes that "hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but by a scarcity of democracy." They advocate for recognizing food as a powerful starting point for solving some of our planet's most significant challenges.

What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to

What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries (and counting!) to document the stoves, bed, toilets, toys and more in households from every income bracket around the world. See how families live in Latvia or Burkina Faso or Peru as Rosling Rönnlund explains the power of data visualization to help us better understand the world. Check out more TED Talks here.