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Playlist: The road to peace (10 talks)

Peace. It's humanity's eternal, elusive dream. These speakers offer inspired ideas, practical advice and real-world examples from around the globe of how it just might be attainable.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_road_to_peace

Playlist: Talks to watch when you need five minutes of peace (9 talks)

Calming, short talks to watch when you just want to peace out for a bit.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_watch_when_you_need_f

Raul Midon: "Peace on Earth"

Guitarist and singer Raul Midon plays "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" during his 2007 set at TED.
https://www.ted.com/talks/raul_midon_peace_on_earth

Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace

Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what "peace" really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle -- and sacrifice -- of those who work for it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jody_williams_a_realistic_vision_for_world_peace

Bel Pesce: 5 ways to kill your dreams

All of us want to invent that game-changing product, launch that successful company, write that best-selling book. And yet so few of us actually do it. TED Fellow and Brazilian entrepreneur Bel Pesce breaks down five easy-to-believe myths that ensure your dream projects will never come to fruition.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bel_pesce_5_ways_to_kill_your_dreams

Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace

Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story of how this crazy idea became real -- real enough to help millions of kids in war-torn regions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_gilley_one_day_of_peace

Azim Khamisa | TED Speaker

Azim Khamisa speaks to students and adults on nonviolence, forgiveness and peace-building, and he is a founder of two nonprofit organizations that target youth violence.
Author, peace activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/azim_n_khamisa

May El-Khalil: Making peace is a marathon

In Lebanon there is one gunshot a year that isn’t part of a scene of routine violence: The opening sound of the Beirut International Marathon. In a moving talk, marathon founder May El-Khalil explains why she believed a 26.2-mile running event could bring together a country divided for decades by politics and religion, even if for one day a year.
https://www.ted.com/talks/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon

Kailash Satyarthi: How to make peace? Get angry

How did a young man born into a high caste in India come to free 83,000 children from slavery? Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi offers a surprising piece of advice to anyone who wants to change the world for the better: Get angry at injustice. In this powerful talk, he shows how a lifetime of peace-making sprang from a lifetime of ou...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kailash_satyarthi_how_to_make_peace_get_angry

Guillaume Néry: The exhilarating peace of freediving

In this breathtaking talk, world champion freediver Guillaume Néry takes us with him into the ocean's depths. Meter by meter, he explains the physical and emotional impact of water pressure, silence and holding your breath. His eloquent description of the underwater experience reveals the hidden poetry of freediving.
https://www.ted.com/talks/guillaume_nery_the_exhilarating_peace_of_freediving

Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power

Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."
https://www.ted.com/talks/suheir_hammad_poems_of_war_peace_women_power

Víctor Demaría Pesce: Cómo un doctor de astronautas capacita al cuerpo para el espacio

What happens to astronauts' bodies when they are in space? Everything from disruptive metabolic changes to loss of muscle mass. In this talk, Víctor Demaría Pesce, a researcher at the European Astronaut Centre, explains how he and others in the field are pushing the envelope on physiological adaptability to ensure that humans can safely travel o...
https://www.ted.com/talks/victor_demaria_pesce_como_un_doctor_de_astronautas_capacita_al_cuerpo_para_el_espacio

John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game

John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_teaching_with_the_world_peace_game

Trita Parsi: Iran and Israel: Peace is possible

Iran and Israel: two nations with tense relations that seem existentially at odds. But for all their antagonistic rhetoric, there is a recent hidden history of collaboration, even friendship. In an informative talk, Trita Parsi shows how an unlikely strategic alliance in the past could mean peace in the future for these two feuding countries.
https://www.ted.com/talks/trita_parsi_iran_and_israel_peace_is_possible

Asher Hasan: My message of peace from Pakistan

One of a dozen Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Pakistanis that drive home a profound message for citizens of all nations: look beyond disputes, and see the humanity we share.
https://www.ted.com/talks/asher_hasan_my_message_of_peace_from_pakistan

Guy-Philippe Goldstein: How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace

Nations can now attack other nations with cyber weapons: silent strikes on another country's computer systems, power grids, dams that leave no trace behind. (Think of the Stuxnet worm.) Guy-Philippe Goldstein shows how cyberattacks can leap between the digital and physical worlds to prompt armed conflict -- and how we might avert this global sec...
https://www.ted.com/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace

Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun

Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands' chief of defense, but that does not mean he is pro-war. In this talk, he explains how his career is one shaped by a love of peace, not a desire for bloodshed -- and why we need armies if we want peace.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_van_uhm_why_i_chose_a_gun

Wes Moore | TED Speaker

Wes Moore's life transformed with these words out of his mother's mouth: "I'm sending you to military school." The author of the book, "The Other Wes Moore," he is now a vocal advocate for America's youth as well as for fellow veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Author, advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/wes_moore

Severine Autesserre | TED Speaker

Severine Autesserre traces civil war and endemic violence to its roots, and its resolution, in local and interpersonal conflicts.
Peace and conflict researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/severine_autesserre

Playlist: Tips to help you set and reach your goals (5 talks)

Counterintuitive advice that will help you set and achieve your goals for the short-term, long-term and those moments in between.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/goals

Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace

In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.
https://www.ted.com/talks/zainab_salbi_women_wartime_and_the_dream_of_peace

Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.
https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_my_invention_that_made_peace_with_lions

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Meet the women fighting on the front lines of an American war

In 2011, the US Armed Forces still had a ban on women in combat -- but in that year, a Special Operations team of women was sent to Afghanistan to serve on the front lines, to build rapport with locals and try to help bring an end to the war. Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of this "band of sisters," an extraordinary group of women...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_meet_the_women_fighting_on_the_front_lines_of_an_american_war

eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings

eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted across 50 buildings in Manshiyat Naser, a district of Cairo, Egypt, that can only be fully seen from a nearby mount...
https://www.ted.com/talks/el_seed_a_project_of_peace_painted_across_50_buildings

Inge Missmahl: Bringing peace to the minds of Afghanistan

When Jungian analyst Inge Missmahl visited Afghanistan, she saw the inner wounds of war -- widespread despair, trauma and depression. And yet, in this county of 30 million people, there were only two dozen psychiatrists. Missmahl talks about her work helping to build the country's system of psychosocial counseling, promoting both individual and,...
https://www.ted.com/talks/inge_missmahl_bringing_peace_to_the_minds_of_afghanistan

Playlist: The logic of loving yourself (7 talks)

Being at peace with yourself can be hard. Start with these helpful talks that can guide you in embracing who you are, both in and out.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_logic_of_loving_yourself

eL Seed: Street art with a message of hope and peace

What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good. In this quietly passionate talk, artist and TED Fellow eL Seed describes his ambition: to create art so beautiful it needs no translation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/el_seed_street_art_with_a_message_of_hope_and_peace

Kailash Satyarthi | TED Speaker

2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is a tireless activist fighting to protect the rights of voiceless children everywhere.
Children’s rights activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kailash_satyarthi

Playlist: Talks on remembering those we've lost (10 talks)

The pain of personal loss, war and conflict is universal. These speakers share large and small ways to remember those lost even long after they're gone.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_on_remembering_those_we

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
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