Lori has founded two award-winning, nationally recognized non-profit organizations, which have dramatically improved care for thousands of children with life...

An app that helps manage electronic waste in China and a text messaging system for monitoring corruption in Papua New Guinea are just some new ways social in...

Cyclothon is a social initiative by IMT Ghaziabad where hundreds of people ride bikes together to spread awareness about various issues plaguing our society....

Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this il...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Vaccination and desexing of animals such as dogs are a common pract...

Eng/French/Nat The world of sport has in recent months been rocked by scandals involving athletes using drugs to improve their performance. Now, a two-day in...

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TED...

Gísli gives us insight into the reality of the humanitarian aid worker, which is often enveloped in an aura of nobility.
Gísli Rafn Ólafsson officially became a disaster geek over a decade ago, when he joined his two passions in life, information technology and disaster response. Today he helps responders get access to the internet in the most challenging locations of all, disaster zones. When not traveling the world responding to disasters, he enjoys spending time with his wife, five kids, and grandson.
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