Jessica Green: We're covered in germs. Let's design for that.
Jessica Green: Estamos cobertos de germes! Vamos planificar nesse sentido.
Jessica Green wants people to understand the important role microbes play in every facet of our lives: climate change, building ecosystems, human health, even roller derby -- using nontraditional tools like art, animation and film to help people visualize the invisible world. Full bio
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bactérias, vírus e fungos.
influenciar o vosso peso e disposições.
a melhorar o vosso sistema imunitário.
de tudo aquilo que tocamos.
na nossa proximidade,
na Universidade de Oregon
deste edifício.
laboratorial em que trabalhei
encontrámos nos escritórios
uma ferramenta de visualização
os escritórios apresentam bastante
em diferentes tipos de espaço deste edifício.
são como florestas tropicais.
como pradarias temperadas.
para os planificadores
é a dispersão,
as unidades de transporte de ar
como em laboratórios e escritórios.
mais próximas entre si
adicionou uma nova dimensão ao que ele fazia.
dos sistemas de transporte de ar
assinatura das comunidades bacterianas
as salas de aula.
na conta da electricidade.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessica Green - Engineer and biodiversity scientistJessica Green wants people to understand the important role microbes play in every facet of our lives: climate change, building ecosystems, human health, even roller derby -- using nontraditional tools like art, animation and film to help people visualize the invisible world.
Why you should listen
Jessica Green, a TED2010 Fellow and TED2011 Senior Fellow, is an engineer and ecologist who specializes in biodiversity theory and microbial systems. As a professor at both the University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institute, she is the founding director of the innovative Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center that bridges biology and architecture.
Green envisions a future with genomic-driven approaches to architectural design that promote sustainability, human health and well-being. She is spearheading efforts to model buildings as complex ecosystems that house trillions of diverse microorganisms interacting with each other, with humans, and with their environment. This framework uses next-generation sequencing technology to characterize the “built environment microbiome” and will offer site-specific design solutions to minimize the spread of infectious disease and maximize building energy efficiency.
Jessica Green | Speaker | TED.com