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TEDxWageningenUniversity - an independently organized event

About this event: Sustainability is a popular topic nowadays. Compared to just a few years ago, people have an increased awareness about the harm unsustainable practices can have on the environment. Many people are now bringing their own coffee cups and water bottles everywhere, or switching their meat burger for a veggie burger every once in a while. We want to ...
Event details: Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands · September 20, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35183

TEDxVilnius: Hungry for Action - an independently organized event

About this event: Since 2010 TEDxVilnius is a platform for ideas worth spreading. Our community unites people who are always looking for new ideas and initiatives, shared-minds and companions. People who desire to join or be joined on a way to implementing some great plans and craziest thoughts about changing the environment, reinventing business, medicine, tech...
Event details: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania · October 6, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6968

Jim Yong Kim: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?

Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet -- will they be met with opportunity or frustration? Former President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim shares how the institution is working to improve the health and financial futures of people in the poorest countries by boosting i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_yong_kim_doesn_t_everyone_deserve_a_chance_at_a_good_life

Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone

Your mobile phone, computer and game console have a bloody past — tied to tantalum mining, which funds the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Drawing on his personal story, activist and refugee Bandi Mbubi gives a stirring call to action.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bandi_mbubi_demand_a_fair_trade_cell_phone

TEDxBrighouse - an independently organized event

About this event: Our community is a vibrant neighbourhood with lots of young people, many of which are ambitious and full of curiosity. Thus, the topics of this TEDx will focus on things related to the personal development and new technology. Some specific topics may be: 我们的身边有着许许多多充满着想象力和好奇心的青少年,本次TEDx活动将着眼于青少年所关心的个人成长与科技发展。一些具体的话题包括: 1. The relationship betwe...
Event details: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada · November 3, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/31381

Darrick Hamilton: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap

Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, says economist Darrick Hamilton, but the truth is that our chances at economic security have less to do with what we do and more to do with the wealth position we're born into. Enter "baby bonds": trust accounts of up to $60,000 for every newborn, ca...
https://www.ted.com/talks/darrick_hamilton_how_baby_bonds_could_help_close_the_wealth_gap

Sahaj Kaur Kohli: Why children of immigrants experience guilt -- and strategies to cope

Children of immigrants in the US often experience a unique kind of guilt, brought on by the pressures of navigating different cultures, living up to their parents' expectations and taking on extra family responsibilities. Mental health advocate Sahaj Kaur Kohli offers helpful strategies for dealing with these difficult feelings -- starting with ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sahaj_kaur_kohli_why_children_of_immigrants_experience_guilt_and_strategies_to_cope

Jim Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer

Psychopathic killers are the basis for some must-watch TV, but what really makes them tick? Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly p...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer

Anthony Hazard: The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you

Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade -- which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas -- stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy. Anthony Hazard discusses the historical, economic and personal impact of this massive historical injustice. [Directed by NEIG...
https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_hazard_the_atlantic_slave_trade_what_too_few_textbooks_told_you

TEDxLycéeSaintBenoit - an independently organized event

About this event: "The future depends on what you do today." - Mahatma Gandhi. How can we expect a different future without doing something today to change it? Our life will be the same 1 second later and 10 years later if we continue doing the same ordinary things. The inevitable solution to shaping a better future is to make a difference in every aspect of ou...
Event details: Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey · May 3, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/34044

Estelle Gibson: The true cost of financial dependence

Giving up control of your finances -- voluntarily or otherwise -- can leave you powerless and, in some cases, confined to a cycle of abuse. In this personal talk, accountant Estelle Gibson shares her own story of recovering from financial dependence and provides actionable advice to empower others who desire the freedom that comes with being res...
https://www.ted.com/talks/estelle_gibson_the_true_cost_of_financial_dependence

TEDxYouth@NASA: Be Astronomical! - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDx organizers picked November 20, United Nations Universal Children’s Day, to host multiple events for youth across the world in every time zone over this 24-hour period. The vision for our event was conceived to support the President’s initiative for STEM education. Working through school districts, we seek to cast a wide net to reach stu...
Event details: Hampton, Virginia, United States · November 20, 2010
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/803

Emily Levine: How I made friends with reality

With her signature wit and wisdom, Emily Levine meets her ultimate challenge as a comedian/philosopher: she makes dying funny. In this personal talk, she takes us on her journey to make friends with reality -- and peace with death. Life is an enormous gift, Levine says: "You enrich it as best you can, and then you give it back."
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_levine_how_i_made_friends_with_reality

Michael Green: The global goals we've made progress on -- and the ones we haven't

"We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close to ensuring that no one need die of hunger or malaria or diarrhea," says economist Michael Green. To help spur progress, back in 2015 the United Nations drew up a set of 17 goals around important factors like health, education and equality. In this data-packed talk, Green shares his analysis ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_the_global_goals_we_ve_made_progress_on_and_the_ones_we_haven_t

TEDxYouth@FortWorth: YOUTH ideas WORTH Sharing - an independently organized event

About this event: Each November, on Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations challenge all citizens to host multiple events for youth across the world in every time zone on and around this special Day. TEDx celebrates TEDxYouth Day. Our event is in keeping with this global concept of Ideas worth spreading focus in Fort Worth, Texas. The vision for our event i...
Event details: Fort Worth, Texas, United States · November 17, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4281

Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free

Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life -- and ultimately changed the culture of her villag...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shameem_akhtar_to_learn_is_to_be_free

TEDxYouth@FortWorth: The Spark - an independently organized event

About this event: November 20, Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations challenge all citizens to host multiple events for youth across the world in every time zone on and around this special Day. TEDx celebrates TEDxYouth Day. Our event is in keeping with this global concept of Ideas worth spreading focus in Fort Worth, Texas. The vision for our event is to ...
Event details: Fort Worth, Texas, United States · December 14, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11227

Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography

Economics PhD Sebastião Salgado only took up photography in his 30s, but the discipline became an obsession. His years-long projects beautifully capture the human side of a global story that all too often involves death, destruction or decay. Here, he tells a deeply personal story of the craft that nearly killed him, and shows breathtaking image...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastiao_salgado_the_silent_drama_of_photography

Bill Gates: We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic

Building a pandemic-free future won't be easy, but Bill Gates believes that we have the tools and strategies to make it possible -- now we just have to fund them. In this forward-looking talk, he proposes a multi-specialty Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pand...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_we_can_make_covid_19_the_last_pandemic

TEDxFHKufstein: TEDxFHKufstein 20200620 - an independently organized event

About this event: We believe, that taking chances could be a life changing experience for many people – very often towards a positive future. However, this might not be as easy as it sounds as the recognition of a chance (rather than a problem) might be the first challenge for many of us. And actively taking chances almost always includes a change as well, for pe...
Event details: Kufstein, Tirol, Austria · October 9, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37182

Liz Ogbu: What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them?

Liz Ogbu is an architect who works on spatial justice: the idea that justice has a geography and that the equitable distribution of resources and services is a human right. In San Francisco, she's questioning the all too familiar story of gentrification: that poor people will be pushed out by development and progress. "Why is it that we treat cu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_ogbu_what_if_gentrification_was_about_healing_communities_instead_of_displacing_them

Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with nonviolence

How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how nonviolence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma G...
https://www.ted.com/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_nonviolence

Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice

In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. Thes...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice

TEDxFHKufstein: TEDxFHKufstein 20210618 - an independently organized event

About this event: The theme of our TEDx will be „Taking Chances“. We believe, that taking chances could be a lifechanging experience for many people – very often towards a positive future. However, this might not be as easy as it sounds as the recognition of a chance (rather than a problem) might be the first challenge for many of us. And actively taking chanc...
Event details: Kufstein, Tirol, Austria · June 18, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40474

Shad Begum: How women in Pakistan are creating political change

Activist Shad Begum has spent her life empowering women to live up to their full potential. In a personal talk, she shares her determined struggle to improve the lives of women in her deeply religious and conservative community in northwest Pakistan -- and calls for women around the world to find their political voice. "We must stand up for our ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shad_begum_how_women_in_pakistan_are_creating_political_change

TEDxATU: TEDxATU 20200305 - an independently organized event

About this event: The subjects discussed in the scheduled panels and lectures are linked together by the event’s main underlying theme; a unified set of concepts which might not be fully noticed by the audience in the beginning. But the principal theme of this series tries to challenge the audience and invites them to think about it and make an effort to find a c...
Event details: Tehran, Tehrān, Iran · December 17, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35059

Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies

Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could use the gene editing technology CRISPR to make certain "upgrades" to human embryos -- from altering physical appearances to eliminating the risk of auto-immune ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies

Kevin Njabo: How we can stop Africa's scientific brain drain

How can Africans find solutions to Africa's problems? Conservation biologist Kevin Njabo tells his personal story of how he nearly became part of the group of African scientists who seek an education abroad and never return -- and why he's now building a permanent base on the continent to nurture and support local talent. "I'm not coming back al...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_njabo_how_we_can_stop_africa_s_scientific_brain_drain

Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work

In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn't work, but is likely to do more harm than good. She sugges...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work

Morgana Bailey: The danger of hiding who you are

Morgana Bailey has been hiding her true self for 16 years. In a brave talk, she utters four words that might not seem like a big deal to some, but to her have been paralyzing. Why speak up? Because she's realized that her silence has personal, professional and societal consequences. In front of an audience of her co-workers, she reflects on what...
https://www.ted.com/talks/morgana_bailey_the_danger_of_hiding_who_you_are
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