View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/climate-change-earth-s-giant-game-of-tetris-joss-fong There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The p...
Speakers Ruth Hatten, Catherine Marriott, Philip Wollen, Paul de Gelder, Leslie Cannold and James Bourne all brought...
Speakers Ruth Hatten, Catherine Marriott, Philip Wollen, Paul de Gelder, Leslie Cannold and James Bourne all brought impassioned and rational arguments to th...
Agriculture is feeding the world’s 7.3 billion people but at an unbearable social and environmental cost. Clayton...
Agriculture is feeding the world’s 7.3 billion people but at an unbearable social and environmental cost. Clayton Campanhola, Director of the FAO Plant Produ...
James D. Long explores how to reduce corruption and improve government performance by using technology to empower...
James D. Long explores how to reduce corruption and improve government performance by using technology to empower citizens. Violence, intimidation, and vote ...
When Wendy Pogozelski began studying the primary literature in the field of nutrition, she was shocked to find...
When Wendy Pogozelski began studying the primary literature in the field of nutrition, she was shocked to find enormous differences between the nutrition adv...
A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been...
A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal journeys to safety. In this insightful talk, he offers four ways to change the way we treat refugees, so they can make an immediate contribution to their new homes. "There's nothing inevitable about refugees being a cost," Betts says. "They're human beings with skills, talents, aspirations, with the ability to make contributions — if we let them."
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together...
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...
Everything that defines Ruth Marimo makes her a minority: her ethnicity, sexual orientation, immigration status,...
Everything that defines Ruth Marimo makes her a minority: her ethnicity, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender, atheism. How can a person create a l...