Jonathan Drori
Author of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller
About
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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