Why We Need to Think Differently About Sustainability: Leyla Acaroglu at TEDxMelbourne

By Plicatus EN in Environmental Issues 1627 views 14th April 2018 Video Duration: 00:17:35

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..


People In This Video
No users are tagged in this video

0
0
0
0
0
0
00:10:01

Streaming is transforming TV | Doug Craig | TEDxHollywood

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk, Doug shares...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk, Doug shares the evolution, role, and power television...
More
00:07:50

THE ANIMAL REBELLION BEGINS...

The London Animal Rights March 2019
00:13:50

Lessons from a thousand years of island sustainability | Sam ‘Ohu Gon III, PhD | TEDxMaui

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Biologist and cultural...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Biologist and cultural practitioner Sam Ohu Gon III reveals the tru...
More
00:05:28

Russia Second or First | Russia welcomes Trump in his own words | everysecondcounts

The unofficial but the greatest! Presented by 451° und "Der Fehlende Part". Wir wurden insgeheim von Putin...
The unofficial but the greatest! Presented by 451° und "Der Fehlende Part". Wir wurden insgeheim von Putin beauftragt den Beitrag zu leisten. Folge uns auf F...
More
00:04:17

Laura Sandys' TED Talk on EU membership

Former MP and Chair of the European Movement Laura Sandys explains her reasons for believing that the UK belongs in...
Former MP and Chair of the European Movement Laura Sandys explains her reasons for believing that the UK belongs in the EU.
More
00:14:50

Changing The Way We Talk About Disability | Amy Oulton | TEDxBrighton

You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for...
You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for how we all change the way we approach disability. Amy has been a wheelchair user for the past ten years; she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes weak tissues, joint dislocation, chronic pain and fatigue. In spite of this, Amy lives an exciting and hugely positive life, travelling the world, working as a graphic designer for a charity and campaigning to change the way society understands disability. Most recently, Amy has published for Buzzfeed on her three-month adventure around South East Asia, writing about, filming, and photo-documenting her experiences in her wheelchair.
More
00:02:57

Social Learning for Social Impact | McGillX on edX | Course About Video

Take this course for free on edX: https://www.edx.org/course/social-learning-social-impact-mcgillx-groocx ↓ More...
Take this course for free on edX: https://www.edx.org/course/social-learning-social-impact-mcgillx-groocx ↓ More info below. ↓ Follow on Facebook: https://ww...
More
00:05:51

Corruption is Legal in America

Learn more at http://Represent.Us/TheProblem, and go to https://represent.us/TheSolution to see our plan and join...
Learn more at http://Represent.Us/TheProblem, and go to https://represent.us/TheSolution to see our plan and join the Anti-Corruption Movement. Click on "sho...
More
00:10:53

TEDxPennQuarter 2011 - Vijay Ravindran - Reinventing The Newspaper

Vijay Ravindran joined The Washington Post Company as senior vice president and chief digital officer in February...
Vijay Ravindran joined The Washington Post Company as senior vice president and chief digital officer in February 2009. In his role, Ravindran focuses on dig...
More
Unable to load tooltip content.