http://www.ted.com Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing life-saving transportation with his company...

VICE News gets rare access to Europe’s largest primate testing facility, the Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in the Netherlands, where scientists t...

Nicky Campbell hosts the topical debate show from Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. The 'Big Question' is: Is Animal Testing Justified. Among those t...

With the European Parliament elections beginning on May 22, the Roma community in France is closely monitoring the polls and fearing that the likely success ...

Mangaliso proposes architectural projects and ideas that can make life in informal settlements better. Mangaliso Chima is an Architect, with two years of pro...

Humanitarian Strategist Peter Walker With over 25 years of field experience in international humanitarian relief, Peter Walker now leads a team of 30 academi...

Katy Hutchison became a Restorative Justice advocate following the murder of her first husband. After ten years of sharing her story internationally to over five hundred schools and community groups, she views the education system as the structure with the most potential to affect positive social change. Katy sits on the Boards of Restorative Practices International & Glenlyon Norfolk School and volunteers for Leave Out Violence (LOVE).

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Does the media reflect the reality of the world? Or does the inform...