This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this powerful talk, Thomas Lloyd talks about taking pride in own...

The first moments, when it starts creeping into your mind that you MIGHT be gay, are awful, even more so if you don't know anyone that is openly gay to comfo...

Alex Edmans talks about the long-term impacts of social responsibility and challenges the idea that caring for society is at the expense of profit. Alex is a...

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski. chair of a National Academies committee on expanding the participation of underrepresented minorities in science and eng...

“They were all telling me to go away.” Anano, 6, is a child actor. But the situation she’s in is very real. Every day, millions of children living in poverty...

Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe As the poorest state in the Western hemisphere, Haiti has been suffering from a lack of basic resources fo...

The green economy is defined as an economy that aims at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development without degrading the environment. It is closely related with ecological economics, but has a more politically applied focus. The 2011 UNEP Green Economy Report argues "that to be green, an economy must not only be efficient, but also fair. Fairness implies recognising global and country level equity dimensions, particularly in assuring a just transition to an economy that is low-carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive."

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...