Theme: Creating just, ecologically sound communities

In keeping with Cornell University’s mission as a land grant institution—a university dedicated to enhancing the lives and livelihoods of people in New York state and around the world—this TEDx celebrates the many ways in which knowledge is put to work in pursuit of economic vitality, ecological sustainability and social well-being.

1:00-3:00pm

Kirby Edmonds ' 99, Senior Fellow, Dorothy Cotton Institute, HOW WE CAN ELIMINATE STRUCTURAL POVERTY

Bill Myers '73, Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, National Credit Union Administration, FINANCING CHANGE

TED VIDEO--Majora Carter: 3 Stories of Local Eco-Entrepreneurs

Natalie Bridgeman Fields '99, Accountability Counsel, DARE TO DEMAND JUSTICE

Lauren Braun '11, Alma Sana, CONSCIENTIOUS INNOVATION

Ben Justus '08, EGBOK, HOSPITALITY DREAMS

3:00-3:30pm Intermission

Liz Ngonzi '98, Amazing Taste, WANT YOUR ENTERPRISE TO CHANGE THE WORLD? START WITH YOURSELF!

Rob Garrity '05, Finlo Solar Powers, NEW WORLD(VIEW) NOW POSSIBLE

TED VIDEO--Malika Sarabhai: Dance to Change the World

Meredith Ramirez Talusan, PhD Candidate, The Ricefield Collective, KEEP YOUR HAT ON TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Lily Yeh, Barefoot Artists, FROM BROKEN TO WHOLE

5:00-6:30pm Reception

Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York, 14853
United States