Josh Tetrick is the CEO of Hampton Creek, a food technology company selected by Bill Gates as one of three companies shaping the future of food. He has led a...
What's all this about a War on Coal? What does it have in common with some other economic wars? What recent changes...
What's all this about a War on Coal? What does it have in common with some other economic wars? What recent changes make the outcome all but certain? After t...
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings...
Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.
Following 35 years on the faculty of Columbia University in New York, more than half of that time as Chair of the...
Following 35 years on the faculty of Columbia University in New York, more than half of that time as Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, D...
Gavin Armstrong is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph and a committed impact entrepreneur. He is currently...
Gavin Armstrong is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph and a committed impact entrepreneur. He is currently serving as the Founder and President of Lucky Iron Fish™, a social enterprise attempting to alleviate iron deficiency around the world using a simple health innovation. A long term advocate and activist against hunger and malnutrition, Gavin is the first Canadian to receive the William J. Clinton Award for international work against hunger and is the inaugural recipient of the international Michaelle Jean Emergency Hunger Relief Award. He has also helped Lucky Iron Fish win a Cannes Lion Grand Prix award, two Gold Lion Awards, a Gold Cannes Health Award, and a Silver Lion Award. He has also received a Silver Innovation Award from the Edison Foundation. In 2015 Conscious Company Magazine featured Gavin as one of the seventeen 'Rising Social Entrepreneurs' of the year.
Sajan George on "The Future of Education" Sajan is the Founder & CEO of Matchbook Learning, a national non-profit...
Sajan George on "The Future of Education" Sajan is the Founder & CEO of Matchbook Learning, a national non-profit school turnaround management organization t...
Brian's presentation Gay issues in the Workplace. This is part of a segment from Brian's trainings with corporate...
Brian's presentation Gay issues in the Workplace. This is part of a segment from Brian's trainings with corporate executives around the world. For more infor...
We don’t have a cure for obesity. While many will diet, exercise, and thus, lose weight - keeping that weight off is...
We don’t have a cure for obesity. While many will diet, exercise, and thus, lose weight - keeping that weight off is where the real struggle lies. In this co...
Many countries home to lush rainforests sell off timber to make way for industry, agriculture and mining of natural...
Many countries home to lush rainforests sell off timber to make way for industry, agriculture and mining of natural resources, with the ultimate goal of boosting the country's economic development. But Guyana is choosing to take a different path. It's hoping to jumpstart its economy by conserving its rainforests and getting the international community to pay for the carbon storage that its living forests provide.
Ernesto Sirolli got his start doing aid work in Africa in the 70's -- and quickly realised how ineffective it was....
Ernesto Sirolli got his start doing aid work in Africa in the 70's -- and quickly realised how ineffective it was. In this funny, challenging and passionate ...
