Linda Zhang says she knows how to get students excited about learning: Wrap their lessons in real-world problems they want to solve.

The future of green is local. Majora Carter tells three inspiring stories of people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet.

Myriam Sidibe is a warrior in the fight against childhood disease. Her weapon of choice? A bar of soap. For cost-effective prevention against sickness, it’s hard to beat soapy hand-washing, which cuts down risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, cholera and worse. Sidibe, a public-health expert, makes a smart case for public-private partnerships to promote...

A decade ago, Robin Chase founded Zipcar in the US, now the largest car-sharing company in the world. Now she's exploring the next level of car-sharing: Buzzcar, a French startup that lets people rent their own cars to others. The details are fascinating (how does insurance work, exactly?), and the larger vision (she calls it Peers, Inc.) points...

At 23-years-old, Emma Bridgewater boldly launched her new ceramic company in Stoke-on-Trent, a city with rich ceramic traditions but a present that resembled Detroit. She tapped into the dwindling yet still vibrant reservoir of skills and traditions still residing in the city and is now at the center of an economic and cultural renaissance. Emma...

Could unemployment be a factor that leads to terrorism? In today's talk, peace strategist Mohamed Ali (not to be confused with the boxer) introduces us to the youth of Mogadishu, Somalia -- 70 percent of whom are unable to find jobs. In this talk, Ali highlights just how appealing the messages of terrorist organizations and gangs can be to t...

Tina Seelig teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is passionate about creative problem-solving.

Human rights advocate Mohamed Ali fights terrorism with entrepreneurship.

Tom Hulme's enthusiasm spans physics, design, entrepreneurship and investment.

Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor.

Oded Shoseyov’s researches plant molecular biology protein engineering and nanobiotechnology, creating super-performing materials that are could change the way we build our future products.

Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, investing in solutions for women and empowering their choices.

Founded in 2009 with an inaugural class at TEDIndia, the TED Fellows program has grown into a global network of 378 innovators representing 86 countries, working across a vast spectrum of disciplines, from the arts to science to medicine to entrepreneurship and beyond. Explore the infographics below to get a sense of the unique ways that the pro...

The co-host of TEDxMidAtlantic, Dave Troy is a serial entrepreneur and a data-viz fan.

After witnessing the stigma related to menstruation, Ananya Grover took action with her classmates. She believes breaking silence is the first step towards period positivity.

Priyanka Jain heads up product for pymetrics, an NYC-based startup that uses neuroscience and AI to make hiring more diverse and effective.

Rodrigo Canales wants to understand how individuals influence organizations or systems--even those as complex as the Mexican drug cartels.

Luma Mufleh does something revolutionary: she coaches soccer. A Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent, Mufleh is determined to empower refugee children everywhere.

TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.

As leading advocate for Western Investment into Africa, BCG's Euvin Naidoo works with leading corporations and governments to strengthen trans-Atlantic economic ties.

Nicaila Matthews Okome is the creator and host of "Side Hustle Pro," the first and only podcast to spotlight bold, black women entrepreneurs who have scaled from side hustle to profitable business.

Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool. With GrameenPhone, he brought the first commercial telecom services to poor areas of Bangladesh. His latest project will help rural entrepreneurs build power plants.

Inveterate tinkerer Peter Haas is the co-founder of AIDG, the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, which connect people to electricity, sanitation and clean water through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes about women around the world living their lives at war and in conflict zones.

Marcus Bullock builds tools to help incarcerated people stay connected to their families and communities.

Vikram Sharma uses quantum technology to strengthen cryptographic key management and encryption.

About this event: The theme was "Future of Entrepreneurship" and was associated with the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.

Jeff Skoll was the first president of eBay; he used his dot-com fortune to found the film house Participant Productions, making movies to inspire social change, including Syriana; Good Night, and Good Luck; Murderball; An Inconvenient Truth ...

"The Pitch Coach" David S. Rose is an expert on the business pitch. As an entrepreneur, he has raised millions for his own companies. As an investor, he has funded millions more.

Yasheng Huang asks us to rethink our ideas about China and other large emerging economies. Lately he’s been asking, Does democracy hinder or promote economic growth?