WEBVTT 00:00:03.696 --> 00:00:06.860 PRESENTER: This is the Journey 2050 self-guided experience. 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:10.668 You are on lesson seven on innovation and technology. 00:00:12.545 --> 00:00:15.895 For step two of this lesson, you're going to pause this video 00:00:15.895 --> 00:00:18.733 and start watching the TED talk that's called, 00:00:18.733 --> 00:00:22.075 "A global food crisis may be less than a decade away." 00:00:22.389 --> 00:00:27.015 Note that you're only gonna watch the t--first 2 minutes and 29 seconds 00:00:27.015 --> 00:00:29.111 of this particular TED Talk, 00:00:29.111 --> 00:00:31.296 and then you're going to consider a statement 00:00:31.296 --> 00:00:34.980 that Sara makes in this TED Talk and respond to it on your handout. 00:00:35.597 --> 00:00:38.705 After you're done with step two, move right on to step three, 00:00:38.705 --> 00:00:42.667 and that is to watch the "Journey 2050: Technology & Innovation" video, 00:00:42.667 --> 00:00:44.764 and then answer the three questions. 00:00:45.678 --> 00:00:47.991 So with those instructions, pause this video 00:00:47.991 --> 00:00:50.892 until you finish step three on your handout. 00:00:52.966 --> 00:00:56.656 You should have just finished the technology and innovation video, 00:00:56.656 --> 00:01:00.026 and hopefully you have also answered the three questions. 00:01:00.026 --> 00:01:15.776 But just to...uh, reiterate this reflection just a little bit, make sure that you're taking time to think about which innovation you think is most impactful, and what some of the pros and cons of these new technologies could be in relation to our sustainability. 00:01:17.844 --> 00:01:21.534 For step four of the lesson, I want to discuss just a little bit to, 00:01:21.534 --> 00:01:23.550 make sure you understand the difference, 00:01:23.550 --> 00:01:27.387 between a developing country and a developed country. 00:01:28.154 --> 00:01:30.790 Developed countries are industrialized. You know, 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:34.939 they have high standards of living, they have strong economic growth. 00:01:35.662 --> 00:01:39.632 Developing countries are typically agrarian, 00:01:40.066 --> 00:01:42.235 meaning that they're not industrialized. 00:01:42.235 --> 00:01:45.371 They're more centered around agriculture, with more people, 00:01:45.872 --> 00:01:47.841 participating in agriculture. 00:01:48.696 --> 00:01:49.649 Um, they also have, 00:01:49.649 --> 00:01:55.502 lower standards of living, and they quite often have a weak economy with slow, 00:01:55.815 --> 00:01:58.818 or even nonexistent growth. 00:01:59.652 --> 00:02:04.885 So, make sure that you keep these in mind, uh, as we move on to step four. 00:02:08.408 --> 00:02:12.499 For step four of the lesson, you're going to pause this video, 00:02:12.499 --> 00:02:15.802 and go back to the TED talk that you started in step two, 00:02:16.503 --> 00:02:19.973 and you're going to finish watching the rest of the Ted talk, 00:02:19.973 --> 00:02:22.976 and answer the questions on your handout. 00:02:23.910 --> 00:02:26.676 We're now on step five of your handout. And, 00:02:26.676 --> 00:02:30.865 what I want to do in this step is really try to pull a lot of things together that, 00:02:30.865 --> 00:02:33.900 we have learned throughout the entire "Journey 2050" program. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:35.953 We're coming to the end, we're almost there. 00:02:35.953 --> 00:02:37.577 But, I want to ask you a question. 00:02:37.577 --> 00:02:42.362 How do consumers like yourself influence what producers grow? 00:02:44.147 --> 00:02:45.198 Take a minute to just, 00:02:45.198 --> 00:02:49.169 think about that and think about you, yourself as a consumer, 00:02:49.169 --> 00:02:52.472 How do you influence what producers grow? 00:02:54.805 --> 00:02:56.876 If you think back to lesson, 00:02:56.876 --> 00:03:01.080 four, on economies, we talked about the law of supply and demand, 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.450 and we discussed how when there is a high demand, 00:03:05.051 --> 00:03:08.454 that the price, prices go up and more things are produced. 00:03:08.454 --> 00:03:12.759 When there's low demand, prices go down and less of, 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:14.460 that will eventually be produced. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:18.531 So, you as a consumer have the ability to influence, 00:03:19.065 --> 00:03:25.638 what producers, or farmers, same thing, what producers grow and how they grow it. 00:03:25.638 --> 00:03:29.175 So your choices will impact overall sustainability, 00:03:29.175 --> 00:03:30.688 throughout your life. 00:03:32.562 --> 00:03:34.147 In summary, I want to talk about, 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:37.650 three ways we can expand our capacity to produce food. 00:03:39.307 --> 00:03:43.156 The first is by developing and implementing new technologies. 00:03:43.156 --> 00:03:47.560 We talked about best management practices throughout the "Journey 2050" program. 00:03:48.094 --> 00:03:51.564 Those best management practices are going to change throughout your life, 00:03:51.564 --> 00:03:56.436 as new things are discovered, as research is done, and we're going to continue, 00:03:56.436 --> 00:04:01.274 finding better ways and better technologies to use our resources wisely. 00:04:03.009 --> 00:04:07.825 The second is to help developing countries improve their farming efficiency. 00:04:10.750 --> 00:04:14.153 The third and the last is learning how consumer choices, 00:04:14.153 --> 00:04:17.790 can either support or challenge food sustainability. 00:04:20.727 --> 00:04:21.928 To finish up this lesson, 00:04:21.928 --> 00:04:25.545 go ahead and review the key points that are found at the end of your handout. 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:28.034 Congratulations! 00:04:28.034 --> 00:04:31.771 This marks the end of the entire "Journey 2050" program. 00:04:32.205 --> 00:04:35.642 You should at this point be able to answer the question, 00:04:35.642 --> 00:04:40.913 How can we sustainably feed nearly 10 billion people by the year 2050? 00:04:41.648 --> 00:04:43.349 Hope you've enjoyed the path.