Approximately 2 million Americans develop infections in hospitals every year despite fast-paced innovation in medical equipment and procedures. Despite the d...
Leyla Acaroglu (A-jar-a-loo) is a sustainability strategist and leading proponent of systemic life cycle based...
Leyla Acaroglu (A-jar-a-loo) is a sustainability strategist and leading proponent of systemic life cycle based sustainability. She is the founder and director of Eco Innovators, designer, social scientist, strategist and educator she is a creative force who finds innovative and inspiring ways of catalyzing change. Her work spans a range of fields and projects including the development of one of the first online life cycle assessment tools - 'Greenfly', creative director of the award winning sustainability education project 'The Secret Life of Things', designed the 'Design Play Cards' and in 2012 was an Artist in Residence with Autodesk. She lectures at RMIT University where she is also undertaking her PhD in designing change. Leyla was invited to speak at TED2013 in Longbeach, has been named one of Melbourne's Top 100 People of Influence, was a judge on the ABC TV show The New Inventors, radio presenter, op-ed writer for the New York Times, and has won several awards including two Melbourne Design Awards and a CORE77 design award for her work. In her humorous and compelling talk, Leyla explores why we need to rethink sustainability..
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.
400 services fifty all rights reserved to the chamber of commerce and industry in riyadh 2016. Welcome to bombay...
400 services fifty all rights reserved to the chamber of commerce and industry in riyadh 2016. Welcome to bombay chamber of commerce and industry cms. Hungar...
The white man came to Africa as missionaries and explorers but were soon sitting on a table dividing Africa amongst...
The white man came to Africa as missionaries and explorers but were soon sitting on a table dividing Africa amongst themselves. Here's a peep into how Europeans looted Africa of it wealth and sovereignty...
Eric Liu talks about active citizenship at a 2015 TEDx event in Christchurch, New Zealand. Eric Liu defines power...
Eric Liu talks about active citizenship at a 2015 TEDx event in Christchurch, New Zealand. Eric Liu defines power as, "the ability to make others do as you w...
Information is critical to decision-making and planning in a humanitarian response. Decisions must be based on...
Information is critical to decision-making and planning in a humanitarian response. Decisions must be based on reliable data and analysis of the needs of the people that are most affected. This is not easy when access to people affected by the crisis is difficult, when the operating environment is dangerous, and when requests for information are frequent and diverse.
