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..
In this fascinating talk, founder of the award-winning EverydaySexismProject, Laura Bates, talks about her inspiring...
In this fascinating talk, founder of the award-winning EverydaySexismProject, Laura Bates, talks about her inspiring initiative. The EveryDaySexism is an eve...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff Our planet’s diverse,...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent f...
Slicing the cake Latin America's progress in reducing poverty is starting to slow. For more video content from The...
Slicing the cake Latin America's progress in reducing poverty is starting to slow. For more video content from The Economist visit our website: http://econ.s...
Detroit Zoological Society Executive Director Ron Kagan will share a view of the future that includes a different...
Detroit Zoological Society Executive Director Ron Kagan will share a view of the future that includes a different relationship between human and non-human an...
Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean...
Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean routes and ports that most of us know almos...
How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic...
How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathe...
Despite the fact that the world is experiencing a period of great economic prosperity, the political choices of...
Despite the fact that the world is experiencing a period of great economic prosperity, the political choices of states show a growing mistrust of democracy. ...
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