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BIG IDEAS: ep 1 – Imogen Heap’s Floating Houses

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If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? Renowned electronic songstress Imogen Heap gets the ball rolling with her suggestion that we all live in floating spherical homes, and allow areas damaged by man to regenerate. Featuring the song "First Train Home" by Imogen Heap off her album, Ellipse.

For more Big Ideas, visit babelgum.com/bigideas.

02:06

BIG IDEAS: ep 5 - Teleportation Device by Matt Mason
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, how would you change the world? What about a teleportation device? You could visit your friend halfway around the world at any time of the day.To watch more episodes in this series, visit the Big Ideas page.

01:54

BIG IDEAS: ep 7 - Energym by Gustavo Barceloni
The Big Ideas competition winner!

There are more than 20,000 gyms and health clubs in America. That's a lot of spinning and rowing. What if we could harness the power of all those workouts? Gustavo Barceloni's Big Idea is the Energym, a place where exercise makes free electricity.

To watch the rest of the Big Ideas series, visit the Big Ideas page.

20:02

Spring Into Action
The film follows four first time BTCV volunteers who are new to conservation and keen to develop skills that will help them do their bit to save the planet.

03:50

New Urbanism: ep 2 - Rooftop Farming
Solutions for Urban Living #2: Turn warehouse roofs into city farms and grow local, sustainably produced food. Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse since May 2009 and the 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea and the urban farmers have been making deliveries on their bikes - now that's local. For all other episodes, interesting links, more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism

02:02

BIG IDEAS: ep 2 – Dickson Despommier's Vertical...
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? Columbia professor Dickson Despommier imagines filling New York’s skyscrapers with farms. To learn more about vertical farming, go to www.verticalfarm.com.
For more videos in this series, visit babelgum.com/bigideas

03:27

The BPA - Toe Jam Feat. Dizzee Rascal And David Byrne
The BPA - Toe Jam Feat. Dizzee Rascal And David Byrne http://www.thebrightonportauthority.com http://www.myspace.com/southernfriedrecords

08:00

David Hasselhoff's Sharkwatch Part 1
Part 1: Shark Infested Waters. Join David Hasselhoff’s Sharkwatch and witness his quest to seek out a tiger shark and attempt to feed the second most feared shark to the great white! Teaming up with shark expert Mark Addison in South Africa as The Hoff describes the experience as the ‘most incredibly awesome experience’ of his life.

Watch David Hasselhoff's Sharkwatch Part 1:Shark Infested Waters

Watch David Hasselhoff's Sharkwatch Part 2:Dare I Feed a Shark?

Watch David Hasselhoff's Sharkwatch Part 3:Indiscriminate Killers?

01:29

Imagine what you could do
YOUR WORLD, YOUR BUSINESS is a major new European initiative to bring sustainability and social responsibility to the heart of entrepreneurship education. It aims to inspire young people to become the kind of entrepreneurs our society increasingly needs, creative, dynamic, and determined to make the world a better place.

For more content from this Branded Channel, check out Babelgum’s Green TV

02:11

Mr. Wrong: Mr. Could-be-gay
He's playin' it straight.
Check out more episodes of Mr. Wrong at www.babelgum.com/mrwrong

01:46

Provocation: Let's Harvest the Organs of Death Row...
In 2008, 37 death row inmates were executed. None of their organs was donated. Now consider that there are currently 2,775 people on the waiting list for a heart transplant. In this GOOD Provocation, Graeme Wood makes the case for harvesting healthy organs from death row inmates.

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