Laura McDonald talks about politics, in particular as minorities living in non-Muslim countries, how we can get to involve in politics or even if we should b...
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..
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett,...
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett, Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute, lays out a three-point proposal for radical change to create a humanitarian system that is fit to respond to the challenges of both today and tomorrow.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Creating 'greener'...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Creating 'greener' buildings will help address climate change... ri...
In Africa, art is a matter of survival. You have to be a genius to succeed without falling into despair without...
In Africa, art is a matter of survival. You have to be a genius to succeed without falling into despair without losing the smile. Seen this way, every Africa...
The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of...
The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of the widespread destruction of that region...
NEW YORK, USA, 15 January 2008 -- The year 2007 marked the five-year anniversary celebration of the UN plan of...
NEW YORK, USA, 15 January 2008 -- The year 2007 marked the five-year anniversary celebration of the UN plan of action, 'A World Fit For Children' -- a commit...