Jonathan Drori
Author of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller
Jonathan Drori is a Climate Action & Net Zero speaker who has appeared at 4 events including TED 2011 and TED 2010, most recently in 2011.
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Jonathan Drori is a broadcaster, author, and educator whose book 'Around the World in 80 Trees' became an international bestseller translated into 24 languages. A trustee of the Eden Project and Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, he brings botanical science to life through storytelling.
His TED talks on trees and flowers have been viewed millions of times, revealing the extraordinary strategies plants use to survive. Formerly head of commissioning for BBC Online, he combines media expertise with deep knowledge of the natural world.
With 4 talks at major events, he speaks on botany, the hidden life of plants, and communicating science through storytelling.
What Jonathan Talks About
Around the World in 80 Trees: stories from every continent
The secret life of flowers and how they manipulate us
Why what we teach about plants is mostly wrong
Botanical science made fascinating
The stories trees tell about human civilization
Talks4
The beautiful tricks of flowers
In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide the insects in, shining in ultraviolet, building elaborate traps, and even mimicking other insects in heat.
Every pollen grain has a story
Why we're storing billions of seeds
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Speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Jonathan
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Bill GatesMicrosoft Co-founder | Co-chair of the Gates Foundation | 3 | TED 2009, TED 2010, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Nathan MyhrvoldTechnology Inventor | Pioneering Breakthroughs at Microsoft | 3 | TED 2007, TED 2010, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Alain de BottonPhilosopher & Bestselling Author | Architecture & Design Storyteller | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Blaise Agüera y ArcasArtificial Intelligence Pioneer | Software Engineering Visionary | 2 | TED 2007, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Brian CoxProfessor of Particle Physics | BBC Science Presenter | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Catherine MohrMedical Robotics Innovator | Transforming Surgery through AI and Technology | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Dan ArielyDuke Professor | Behavioral Economics & Bestselling Author | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2011View shared history → |
| Derek SiversTED Speaker & Entrepreneur | Founder of $22M CD Baby Business | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
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