http://www.ted.com Labor activist Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers' rights -- globalized industries where no single national body c...
A PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Victoria, Genevieve Von Petzinger's main area of interest is...
A PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Victoria, Genevieve Von Petzinger's main area of interest is understanding the geometric imagery of Europe...
Fashion, employing 1 in 100 people, truly is a global industry, but in a world where the cost of everything -...
Fashion, employing 1 in 100 people, truly is a global industry, but in a world where the cost of everything - education, housing, even lattes, - is increasing, how is clothing becoming less expensive? This talk will introduce you to the environmental and social impacts of the fast fashion industry, and give you easy tips on how to live more sustainably. Tamara Jones is a student at Ryerson University with passions for environmental sustainability and social justice. As a Global Studies major, her background is in politics, business and history. Most recently, Tamara has been published in Ryerson University’s Undergraduate Research Journal, facilitated a seminar at University of Toronto’s International Development Conference and participated in the Youth Assembly at the United Nations to discuss the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. In the coming months, she will be hosting a class about sustainable fashion where students will have the opportunity to make their own t-shirt from organic, fair-trade linen. In her personal life, Tamara is constantly researching and implementing ideas on how to lessen her impact on the environment while creating a positive impact on the global community..
Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about...
Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about our shared humanity, she takes us on a spiritual pilgrimage to meet witches in New York, a shaman in Peru, an infamous "healer" in Brazil and others, sharing an important lesson: what binds us together is far stronger than what separates us, and our differences are not insurmountable.
Civil and political rights have a long tradition, but we are still on our way to realizing them for all members of...
Civil and political rights have a long tradition, but we are still on our way to realizing them for all members of society. In this lesson we will talk a lit...
'Feeding The Homeless' is a Give Back Project that we felt inspired to do in our community. We did this under the...
'Feeding The Homeless' is a Give Back Project that we felt inspired to do in our community. We did this under the idea of #BeChange & #YouCanToo. This means ...
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Thousands of Latin Americans die each year from the disease of...
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Thousands of Latin Americans die each year from the disease of the poor... "mal de chagas". Mal de chagas ...
Update [10/18/15]: Finalist Update [11/03/15]: 3rd Place Winner of Experimental Environment Festival Actors pretend...
Update [10/18/15]: Finalist Update [11/03/15]: 3rd Place Winner of Experimental Environment Festival Actors pretend for a living, politicians do not. Take yo...