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Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy_learning_from_a_barefoot_movement

Jacqueline Novogratz: Invest in Africa's own solutions

Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invest_in_africa_s_own_solutions

Amane Dannouni: How online marketplaces can help local economies, not hurt them

The growth of online marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb and Amazon can sometimes threaten local businesses such as taxis, hotels and retail shops by taking away jobs or reducing income to the community. But it doesn't have to be this way, says strategy consultant Amane Dannouni. Pointing to examples like Gojek (Indonesia's Uber for motorbikes) and J...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amane_dannouni_how_online_marketplaces_can_help_local_economies_not_hurt_them

Andrew Mwenda: Aid for Africa? No thanks.

In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for creating wealth and happiness throughout the continent.
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mwenda_aid_for_africa_no_thanks

Alan Crickmore: How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids

When a parent is sent to prison, the unintended victims of their crimes are their own children -- without stability and support, kids are at higher risk for mental health and development issues. In a heartfelt talk, Alan Crickmore explains how the charity Storybook Dads is keeping families connected through the simple act of storytelling.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_crickmore_how_storytelling_helps_parents_in_prison_stay_connected_to_their_kids

Kara Logan Berlin: 3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser

How do you raise money to get an idea off the ground, support a community, or help change the world? Take a crash course on the secret art of successful fundraising with development strategist Kara Logan Berlin as she shows how you can learn to ask for the resources you need -- and get them, too.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kara_logan_berlin_3_ways_to_be_a_more_effective_fundraiser

Melinda Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola

Melinda Gates makes a provocative case: What can nonprofits learn from mega-corporations like Coca-Cola, whose global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- an ice-cold Coke? Maybe this model could work for distributing health care, vaccinations, sanitation, even condoms ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola

Shameran Abed: 4 steps to ending extreme poverty

Approximately 700 million people worldwide currently live in extreme poverty, a state of severe financial and social vulnerability that robs many of hope and dignity. BRAC, the world's largest NGO, began a sustainable, multifaceted intervention called the Graduation approach in 2002. Since then, it has helped over nine million people escape extr...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shameran_abed_4_steps_to_ending_extreme_poverty

Afra Raymond: Three myths about corruption

Trinidad and Tobago amassed great wealth in the 1970s thanks to oil -- but 2 out of every 3 dollars earmarked for development ended up wasted or stolen. This fact has haunted Afra Raymond for 30 years. Shining a flashlight on a continued history of government corruption, Raymond gives us a reframing of financial crime.
https://www.ted.com/talks/afra_raymond_three_myths_about_corruption

Sana Amanat: The importance of diversity in the comic book universe

Since day one as Director of Character and Content Development at Marvel Comics, Sana Amanat has pushed to create and promote superheroes who aren't just straight white men. In this inspiring talk, she discusses the encouraging results of that editorial mission -- and stresses the importance of diversity in a medium that serves a decidedly heter...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sana_amanat_the_importance_of_diversity_in_the_comic_book_universe

Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research

Do human emotions have a role to play in science and research? Material researcher Ilona Stengel suggests that instead of opposing each other, emotions and logic complement and reinforce each other. She shares a case study on how properly using emotions (like the empowering feeling of being dedicated to something meaningful) can boost teamwork a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ilona_stengel_the_role_of_human_emotions_in_science_and_research

George Ayittey: Africa's cheetahs versus hippos

Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the "Cheetah generation" to take back the continent.
https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ayittey_africa_s_cheetahs_versus_hippos

Amar Inamdar: The thrilling potential for off-grid solar energy

There's an energy revolution happening in villages and towns across Africa -- off-grid solar energy is becoming a viable alternative to traditional electricity systems. In a bold talk about a true leapfrog moment, Amar Inamdar introduces us to proud owners of off-grid solar kits -- and explains how this technology has the opportunity to meet two...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amar_inamdar_the_thrilling_potential_for_off_grid_solar_energy

Sabine Doebel: How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it

You use your brain's executive function every day -- it's how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel explores the factors that affect executive function -- and how you can use it to br...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sabine_doebel_how_your_brain_s_executive_function_works_and_how_to_improve_it

Steve Boyes: How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places

Navigating territorial hippos and active minefields, TED Fellow Steve Boyes and a team of scientists have been traveling through the Okavango Delta, Africa's largest remaining wetland wilderness, to explore and protect this near-pristine habitat against the rising threat of development. In this awe-inspiring talk packed with images, he shares hi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_boyes_how_we_re_saving_one_of_earth_s_last_wild_places

Johanna Benesty: What it takes to crush a pandemic

An effective COVID-19 vaccine is just the first step in ending the pandemic, says global health strategist Johanna Benesty. In this illuminating talk, she explores the various barriers to "equitable access" -- making sure COVID-19 therapeutics are available to all -- and shares a creative approach to research and development that could ensure va...
https://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_benesty_what_it_takes_to_crush_a_pandemic

Nigel Topping: We need to green the economy while restarting it

Nigel Topping has a cool job: he's the UK's High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN's climate change conference taking place in 2021. In this wide-ranging interview, Topping discusses his work with scientists, businesses and cities to drive action on climate change and get the world committed to net zero emissions by 2050. He also e...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_topping_we_need_to_green_the_economy_while_restarting_it

David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger

Patrick Forth: How can companies continue to thrive in times of change?

Our love of technology is perhaps rivaled only by our fear of change. Every time technology advances, the ripple effect of change can cripple even the strongest companies. Development expert Patrick Forth notes that 75% of the Fortune 500 in 2020 will be names never heard before. How can large companies better channel change and continue to thri...
https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_forth_how_can_companies_continue_to_thrive_in_times_of_change

Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby

Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a disturbing effect on ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tyrone_hayes_penelope_jagessar_chaffer_the_toxic_baby

Jota Samper: The informal settlements reshaping the world

Creative, sustainable solutions find their home in the thousands of informal neighborhoods across the world. Urban planner Jota Samper believes these often overlooked settlements (also known as slums) should be regarded as hubs of innovation and shares three reasons why giving them the attention they deserve could help change the way humanity co...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jota_samper_the_informal_settlements_reshaping_the_world

Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of "4D printing"

3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time. This emerging technology will allow us to print objects that then reshape themselves or self-assemble over time. Think: a printed cube that folds before your eyes...
https://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing

Nir Eyal: The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing

Conventional vaccine testing is a slow, years-long process. As thousands of people continue to die each day from COVID-19, bioethicist Nir Eyal proposes a radical idea that could dramatically accelerate the vaccine development timeline: "human challenge trials," in which scientists would deliberately expose volunteers to the virus to more quickl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nir_eyal_the_case_to_infect_volunteers_with_covid_19_to_accelerate_vaccine_testing

Kay M. Tye: What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health

Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings -- including the development of a tool that uses light to activate specific neurons and create dramatic behavioral changes in mice. Learn how these d...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kay_m_tye_what_investigating_neural_pathways_can_reveal_about_mental_health

Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders

As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink urban development from the bottom up. Sharing lessons from the slums of Tijuana, Cruz explores the creative in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/teddy_cruz_how_architectural_innovations_migrate_across_borders

Sandra Rey: Pollution-free lights, powered by microbes

Designer Sandra Rey has found a way to channel one of nature's superpowers: bioluminescence. By isolating the DNA that causes some squids to glow, and introducing it into bacteria, she's created a light source that can glow for three days -- without generating the usual pollution caused by lightbulbs. Her idea is still in development, but Rey ma...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_rey_pollution_free_lights_powered_by_microbes

Rachel Kyte: Sustainable cooling that doesn't warm the planet

"The way we cool things down is heating the planet even more," says sustainable development expert Rachel Kyte -- and the solutions go well beyond just fixing air-conditioning. She identifies four major areas with transformative solutions -- from roofs painted with bright white paint to solar control glass to more efficient cold chains for vacci...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_kyte_sustainable_cooling_that_doesn_t_warm_the_planet

Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero

Climate action can be a vehicle to deliver dignity, opportunity and equality for all. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed invites us to reimagine what the journey to net-zero could look like if we invest in people's climate efforts while prioritizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals -- a blueprint of interlinked global goals to pro...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amina_j_mohammed_a_new_perspective_on_the_journey_to_net_zero

Zahra Al-Mahdi: The infinite alchemy of storytelling

TED Fellow Zahra Al-Mahdi was raised by screens -- "storytelling machines" like TV and the internet that shaped her sense of self and reality. Now a multimedia artist and filmmaker, she challenges common historical narratives and brings a multiplicity of perspectives to the surface. In this dynamic talk, Al-Mahdi traces her development as a stor...
https://www.ted.com/talks/zahra_al_mahdi_the_infinite_alchemy_of_storytelling

Jack Levis: The hardest step in innovation? Looking foolish in front of the crowd

Innovation doesn't just take a great idea. It requires persistence and a thick skin. Jack Levis led the four-year long development of ORION, a system that determines the most efficient delivery route for UPS drivers and has been called the world's largest operation research project. At the center of a movement (and a department) that fundamental...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_levis_the_hardest_step_in_innovation_looking_foolish_in_front_of_the_crowd
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