Getting treatment for a mental illness when you live in the developing world is hardly as easy as making an appointment with a therapist or psychiatrist. Mental illness is often not treated with the same sense of urgency as physical illness, and resources to provide care are simply not available in many areas. In this moving talk at TEDGl...

About this event: TedxYouth@AOC is a TEDx Event that will be carefully covering the burgeoning relationship between violence, of all forms, and mental health. The term “mental health” has typically been used as a scapegoat to divert national outrage, thus attaching a social stigma to the word. This social perception is further supplemented through the media’s tri...

About this event: The Cairns region has a rich cultural heritage, astounding natural beauty and a rich eco- system. Yet, more than 2000 years ago when Aristotle divided the earth into three types of climatic zones, each based on distance from the equator – the Frigid Zone, the Temperate Zone and the Torrid Zone – he hypothesized that human civilization could only...

About this video: Advances in science and medicine mean we are living longer lives. How do we protect our aging population while letting them keep the comfort of their lives, their daily routine? Everyday objects with sensors and wifi can track each step of that routine and form a picture of a life being lived, in real time, to the children and ...

At TEDGlobal 2013 environmental systems researcher Lian Pin Koh presents a new and unexpectedly benign use for drones: nature conservation. Nepal has natural landscapes that are beautiful -- and in danger. But wildlife conservation is costly, and time- and labor-consuming. Behold: Conservation drones, a new tool being used in Nepal to com...

About this event: When a collection of brilliant minds, hearts and talents come together, expect a masterpiece! This is a team community event - embracing ideas worth spreading. We are focused on showcasing 'game changers', 'innovative minds' and 'talents' within the Greater Puget Sound community bringing together an extraordinary expose for a thriving, sustaina...

About this event: Pompomari is a community under Maisandari Ward in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State. It is in the northern part of the city, with a community of diverse ethnic settings and a population of over 5,000 inhabitants. Though a small area, Pompomari holds historic relevance in the city, having existed for over half a century before the creation of Y...

About this event: TICKETS @ http://www.tedxmarin.org/salon/. The Bay Area has become a fountainhead for the food movement, birthing concepts like “California Cuisine,” “locavore” and the “slow food” movement, while incorporating its other role as a technology hotbed to birth scores of startup innovations. This crossroads of food culture, innovation and technolo...

About this event: As of 2010, the population was 1,748,066; making it the second most populated county in the state. Its county seat is Fort Lauderdale.It is also the eighteenth most populous county in the United States. Broward County is one of three counties that comprise the South Florida metropolitan area and boasts an International Airport & Port/Harbor,...

Dave Troy (TED Talk: Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations) makes "people maps," graphics that visualize cities and communities by people's interests rather than their geography. Here he looks at the divides in St. Louis, Missouri, and asks if we might use this kind of analysis to predict the next Ferguson. Looking at...

Washington -- and America -- seem mired in division and dysfunction, but bipartisanship and compromise could exist again in the near future. Journalist Michael Tomasky points out three tiny rays of hope. I’ve been covering politics for 25 years, and lately, wherever I go in the US, the first question that people ask is “Why can’t politicians in...

About this event: Have you ever wondered where we are going? What is next in terms of culture, technology, or education. Well TEDxTelford is hoping to open up our minds with a view on What Next? 12 Live speakers 4 carefully chosen TED talks and a slap up lunch await those who love the TEDx experience on 21 September 2019. The speakers should hope to answer some o...

Daniel Levitin incorporates findings from neuroscience into everyday life.

Engaging in dialogue and conversation is a great way to learn. Which is why, this semester, TED Fellow Jessica Green is teaching a Biodiversity class this semester at the University of Oregon, and her students are starting great TED Conversations around topics that come up in class. And you are welcome to join! How does affluence influence bi...

Peter Donnelly is an expert in probability theory who applies statistical methods to genetic data -- spurring advances in disease treatment and insight on our evolution. He's also an expert on DNA analysis, and an advocate for sensible statistical analysis in the courtroom.

Homophobia and mass shootings are afflictions that won't be solved overnight -- but the problematic and outdated restrictions against gay blood donors could be. Nothing rubs salt in the wounds of tragedy like bigotry or bureaucracy -- or both. But that is just what happened last week after the shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando. Wit...

Social geographer Danny Dorling explodes the traditional maps of the world and creates lively, ever-changing depictions of why and how we live. Channeling our twin urges to explore and understand, we geographers strive to uncover the hidden connections of human existence. These seven maps -- produced with cartographer Benjamin Hennig -- offer n...

About this event: - WATCH (inspiring, interesting and incredible live speakers) - DISCUSS (conversations based around ideas brought up in the videos) - SHARE (ideas, inspiration, creativity and food) ...- LEARN (by meeting like-minded Perthians and connecting with amazing ideas) ------------------------ What is TEDxPerth? ------------------------ TEDxPe...

Gil Winch is a psychologist, organizational consultant and keynote speaker with 30 years of experience working with some of Israel's largest organizations.

About this event: Join us on 20th November 2015 for a half-day discussion around the Tedx Videos Non Violence http://bit.ly/1kDgBYF Two Survivors http://bit.ly/1RHGodf Climate Change http://bit.ly/1M1nGM0 Which will be expanded on in five short talks ------- Richard Outram - Co-Founder of Peace Talks Oldham, who have introduced The Pledge To Peace Campaign in Ol...

About this event: TEDxLondon Salon Feeding the city Food nourishes our hearts and minds – it creates industry, inspires creativity and brings people together. Increasingly people are found in cities. By 2050, more than 6 out of every 10 people on the planet will be living in cities. In the UK 82% of the population already lives in urban areas. What, how and whe...

About this event: It deeply hurts to see that Pakistan, having abounding potential (physical as well as intellectual), is burning down with corruption, extremism, mismanagement, intolerance and what not! In a culturally, socially and linguistically diverse society like Pakistan, a huge ethnic divide is a curse. Unfortunately, diversity is not being taken as an ad...

About this event: It's a time of revolutions and revelations A time when new ideas take flight, And fears take a back seat, A time of questioning the accepted And break free of everything that confines us A time for new perspectives, And beautiful stories A great time to be alive! You heard it right folks, The times they are a changin' India is going ...

About this event: - WATCH (inspiring, interesting and incredible TEDtalks) - DISCUSS (conversations based around ideas brought up in the talks) - SHARE (ideas, inspiration, creativity and food) - LEARN (by meeting like-minded Perthians and connecting with amazing ideas) ------------------------ What is TEDxPerth? ------------------------ TEDxPerth is Pe...

About this event: The City of Richmond had added over 30,000 people since 2000 and is on track to continue to grow in population. How do we want to design our city to accommodate growth and maintain a high quality of life? Come to our next TEDxRVASalon to watch a few talks about urban planning and talk about ways to make Richmond even better than it is today. Me...

About this event: Almost daily the news reports on atrocities around the globe that force thousands of people to abandon homes they’ve known their entire lives, risking everything for survival to consequently become refugees. While this may seem like an issue that does not directly affect our community, what you may not realize is that we accept and resettle refu...

“These are very difficult times to be a refugee,” says the UN Refugee Agency’s Melissa Fleming. She gives some stats that are hard to swallow: Not since WWII have there been so many people on the run; by the end of today 32,000 people will have been forcibly displaced from their homes; currently there are 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon...

Richard Turere, 13, grew up hating lions. In Nairobi National Park, where he lives, lions roam freely and often targeted his family’s livestock at night. And yet Turere also hated the only solution his community had come up with to stop lion attacks on cows -- killing the majestic creatures. “I had to find a way of solving this problem,” says...

I’ll never forget the first images of Sebastião Salgado’s that I ever saw. At the time, I was just getting into photography, and his images of the mines of Serra Pelada struck me as otherworldly, possessing a power that I had never seen in a photo before (or, if I’m honest, since). In the twenty years that I’ve been photographing, his work has...

Conservation biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira uses genetic data to fight illegal wildlife trafficking in Brazil—a $2 billion-a-year business that affects 38 million animals. In 2012, Ferreira founded FREELAND Brasil to raise awareness of the devastating effects of keeping wild-caught songbirds, parrots and macaws—as well as to release reha...