# The Earth is full

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Paul Gilding
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment, Economics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful.

## Lectures

1. [The Earth is full](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full/652e1247f883), 17 min (TED's player)