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TEDxBECHoudeAcademy - an independently organized event

About this event: The world is evolving onto the next level in terms of technologies, population, and thinking; the only way to synchronize with the changing world is to make difference in minds, bodies, and our life philosophy. We are hungry to seek ideas worth-spreading in terms of education, lifestyle, and tips to success, carrying on the notion of TED. TEDxBE...
Event details: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · November 22, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/34759

TEDxLalpur: TEDxLalpur 20210619 - an independently organized event

About this event: India’s population is among the youngest in an ageing world. By 2022, the median age in India will be 28 years. As, India needs many more youth leaders to infuse creativity, energy and dynamism in different fields of national endeavor. India's one of the greatest social reformer and a very inspiring personality Swami Vivekananda gave message to...
Event details: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · March 25, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/45137

Evolution: What Makes us Human?

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. in What Makes Us Human?, TED speakers tackle humanity’s oldest and deepest questions by playing with primates, excavating ancient remains, and DNA-mapping family trees. E...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/evolution

TEDxYouth@Castilleja: BE THE CHANGE! - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxYouth was inspired by a group of TED 2010 attendees in an effort to bring the “TED universe” to youth. Dreams have become reality. As part of a global launch,TEDxYouthCastilleja happens on November 20, 2010. “Be the Change!” will share and inspire both possibilities and solutions. Four 70 minute speaker sessions will be organized around ...
Event details: Palo Alto, California, United States · November 20, 2010
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/674

TEDxKhaitanPublicSchool: TEDxKhaitanPublicSchool 20201010 - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxKhaitanPublicSchool is an independently organized online TED Countdown event being held on the 10th of October 2020. This date is the global launch of the TEDx Countdown for Climate Change. This is a virtual event that will be hosted to hear from leading thinkers and doers about what a healthy, abundant, zero-emission future can look like;...
Event details: Ghaziabad, NCR Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India · October 9, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40601

TEDxMVJCE: TEDxMVJCE 20220730 - an independently organized event

About this event: By general definition, a spectrum is a range of different colors, produced when light passes through a glass prism or through a drop of water. However, Spectrum represents a lot more. A range of colors, ethnicities, and traditions; a range of ideas, opinions, and practices; a range of gender, interests, and personalities. A condition is not limi...
Event details: Bangalore, Karnataka, India · July 30, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/48980

Realizing the promise of stem cells: Susan Solomon at TEDGlobal 2012

Susan Solomon is an advocate for more research into a promising treatment for many conditions: human stem cells. "They are our bodies' own repair kits, because they are pluripotent -- they can morph into any cells in our bodies." We can use them to model and study disease, but she hopes for much more. She hopes, and believes, that our childr...
Posted June 27, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/06/27/realizing-the-promise-of-stem-cells-susan-solomon-at-tedglobal-2012

Basetrack revisited: A TED Fellow tells war stories from inside

Groundbreaking media experiment Basetrack sought to rejig how America’s wars are reported. TED Fellow Teru Kuwayama harnessed the communication tools of our time to present embedded reportage in a whole new way. Following the deployment of 1/8 – 1st Battalion, Eighth Marines – to southern Afghanistan, Basetrack’s embedded media team collabor...
Posted April 8, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/04/08/basetrack-revisited

Why The Martian’s Andy Weir loves Mars -- but doesn’t want to go there

Since Johannes Kepler used Mars to explain the organization of the cosmos back in the 17th century, people have been royally obsessed with the Red Planet. And with the announcement that there’s running water on the planet, it seems we’re not getting over the fascination any time soon. Here, two confessed super-fans, Andy Weir, author of the book...
Posted October 1, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/why-the-martians-andy-weir-loves-mars-but-doesnt-want-to-go-there

Women at war: How women ended up on the front line in Afghanistan

In 2010 the U.S. Army Special Operations Command created a pilot program to put women on the battlefield in Afghanistan. In this edited excerpt from her book, Ashley's War, writer Gayle Tzemach Lemmon shares the background that led to this game-changing decision. From the start of the war, U.S. Special Operations Commander Eric Olson believed t...
Posted May 28, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/women-at-war-how-women-ended-up-on-the-front-line-in-afghanistan

How cities make us smarter: Ed Glaeser at TED2012

Ed Glaeser is a economist at Harvard, and the author of Triumph of the City, and as his business casual look he wears a bow-tie with ice-cream cones. He is also one of the world's experts on the nature of cities, and he was invited to set the stage for the TED2012 wish. "At their heart," he says, "cities are the absence of physical spa...
Posted February 29, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/29/cities-ed-glaeser-at-ted2012

Why we must get vaccinated: to protect the people who can't

Infectious disease researcher Romina Libster wants us to understand: Vaccines are really not a matter of personal choice. Romina Libster (TED Talk: The power of herd immunity) has witnessed first-hand the devastation a virus can wreak on an unvaccinated community. As one of Argentina’s leading infectious disease researchers, she’s on call at th...
Posted November 9, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-must-get-vaccinated-to-protect-the-people-who-cant

Asha de Vos | TED Fellow

Blue Whale scientist
https://www.ted.com/profiles/1049573/about

From the comments: If you're feeling hopeless, read this ...

Community member Ray Givler wrote this in response to Kevin Briggs' TED Talk, The bridge between suicide and life: "A lot of intelligent people watch TED talks. Bright minds face existential questions that the majority of the population don't even consider, and they face them with greater intensity. Addressing this issue is gifted education r...
Posted June 5, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/from-the-comments-if-youre-feeling-hopeless-read-this

10 ways to chart tangible progress in Africa since 2007

In 2007, at TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania, Euvin Naidoo gave an opening talk about investing in African countries -- laying out 10 markets and metrics to watch as African nations gained capacity. Today, in a follow-up post, investor Ryan Hoover looks at these 10 metrics that Naidoo laid out -- and charts how much has changed in the past f...
Posted April 2, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/04/02/10-ways-to-chart-tangible-progress-in-africa-since-2007

Breaking out: Notes from Session 3 of TEDWomen 2018

In session 3 of TEDWomen 2018, hosted by social justice documentarian Jess Search, a lineup of speakers and performers -- Eldra Jackson III, Shad Begum, Emily Quinn, Shohini Ghose, Climbing PoeTree, Maeve Higgins and Lindy Lou Isonhood -- explored toxic masculinity, quantum computing, immigration, the death penalty and much more. An e...
Posted November 29, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/11/29/breaking-out-notes-from-session-3-of-tedwomen-2018

How quickly can a society shift its sexual attitudes?

“The political and the sexual are intimate bedfellows,” says Shereen El Feki in her talk from TEDGlobal 2013. “That is true for all of us, no matter where we live and love.” For five years, El Feki talked to people across Middle East about their bedroom behavior, and what she found over and over was a seemingly deep-rooted conservatism -- in ...
Posted January 22, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/a-different-kind-of-sex-change-see-how-quickly-a-society-can-shift-its-sexual-attitudes

TEDxFargo: Thriving - an independently organized event

About this event: Speaker line up for TEDxFargo: Michael Strand Strand completed an artist's residency at the Artigas-Miro Foundation in Barcelona, Spain. He also worked as chair of the art department at Concordia University-Nebraska. He now works as the department head of the ceramics department at NDSU. His talk will be entitled "The Space Between Art an...
Event details: Fargo, North Dakota, United States · February 8, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3941

TEDxLongDock: creative economy + entrepreneurship - an independently organized event

About this event: Beacon, like most river towns up and down the Hudson, is reinventing itself. The days of big industry, of the Hudson as an artery of commerce, are long gone. So too, though, are the days of abject depression and population flight. Along the Hudson today, there is a newfound optimism and a sense of civic pride. And it is boldness and creativity t...
Event details: Beacon, New York, United States · June 7, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6378

Margaret Levi | TED Speaker

Margaret Levi is committed to promoting equity and equality by ensuring that political, economic and social arrangements enable the flourishing of all.
Political economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/margaret_levi

TEDxYouth@SAJC - an independently organized event

About this event: The event showcases ideas centering around, but is not limited to the theme of 'Making Lives, Waking Hearts' and can be broadly interpreted to include ideas about: • Inclusivity, diversity and identity in contemporary times, against the backdrop of globalisation, populism and terrorist threats. Talks could range from exploring and clarifying ...
Event details: Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore · May 27, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/29401

TEDxDonovanCorrectional - an independently organized event

About this event: Beyond the surface of fences and walls, TEDxDonovanCorrectional represents an expression of ideals, thoughts and emotions that collectively have the power to expand hearts, transform minds and liberate spirits. In the spirit of world-renowned TED Talks, TEDxDonovanCorrectional – a unique gathering focused on inspiration, transformation and inte...
Event details: San Diego, California, United States · May 21, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21232

TEDxDHFaststream: Department of Health Fast Stream - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxDHFastStream, a corporate TEDx event organised by the UK Department of Health gathered together around 40 members of the Department's graduate talent management scheme. Noone in the audience had previously attended a TED or TEDx event so it proved to be a real learning experience, as well as a huge change from any other corporate events they...
Event details: London, London, City of, United Kingdom · June 22, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6175

TEDxBagaToiruu - an independently organized event

About this event: “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” - Victor Hugo TEDxBagaToiruu is an independently organized event to be held on Baga Toiruu Street on June 7th, 2015. Baga Toiruu Street, which surrounds the center of Ulaanbaatar, is well known for its local eateries and vibrant student population. TEDxBagaToiruu will challenge ...
Event details: Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · June 7, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15480

Tradition is not a frozen thing: Notes from Session 7, Power up

Human potential is a double-edged sword; it can be turned to great good or great evil. This session is about the discovery, liberation and channeling of human potential in ways that make the world around us a better place. But first, Alsarah & the Nubatones introduce us to East African retro-pop. As Alsarah says from stage mid-set: "T...
Posted August 30, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/08/30/tradition-is-not-a-frozen-thing-notes-from-session-7-power-up

The hidden victims of the bail crisis? Women

More and more women are being incarcerated in the US -- before they’ve been found guilty of crimes. Here’s how the bail system affects women and what can be done. Robin Steinberg’s big idea -- The Bail Project, a national revolving bail fund designed to make sure people can await trial from their own homes, not from jail -- was one of the first...
Posted April 12, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/the-hidden-victims-of-the-bail-crisis

Dive into ocean news on mission-blue.org

TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle inspired all of us to care deeply about the ocean and to think deeply about how we can protect it. But the ocean is vast and the challenges are numerous. Where do we begin to understand the complex beauty that is the ocean? One great place to start: The new mission-blue.org. It's a home for ocean news and initia...
Posted April 3, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/04/03/dive-into-ocean-news-on-mission-blue-org

Why I study groups like ISIS, Hezbollah and Hamas

Watch Benedetta Berti's TED Talk, "The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power" >> It is virtually impossible to look at the news without being bombarded with graphic images of the ‘Islamic State’ (aka ISIS/ISIL/Dae’sh). Part of our fascination with the macabre activities of this group has to do with its sheer violence and brutali...
Posted March 16, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/why-i-study-groups-like-isis-hezbollah-and-hamas

Fellows Friday with Lope Gutiérrez-Ruiz

Lope Gutiérrez-Ruiz’s eye-popping magazines and celebrated festivals are creating “pathways to coexistence and tolerance.” Interactive Fellows Friday Feature: Join the conversation by answering Fellows’ weekly questions via Facebook. This week, Lope  asks: What do organized communities achieve more efficiently than government? What could ...
Posted October 7, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/10/07/fellows-friday-with-lope-gutierrez-ruiz

5 talks about mosquitos—and how to stop their buzzing

The world’s most dangerous animal isn’t the lion, tiger or bear. It’s actually the mosquito. “Mosquitos have killed more humans than any other creature in human history,” says Haydn Parry in today’s talk. “The mosquito has killed more humans than wars and plague.” Every year, about a million and a half people succumb to malaria -- even with ...
Posted January 3, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/03/5-talks-about-mosquitos-and-how-to-stop-their-buzzing
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