At 18, Natalie Warne’s work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She uses her inspiring story in this Ted Talk to remind us that no one is too young to change the world.
Category Archives: TedTalks
Ted Talk: Flow, the secret to happiness
In this Ted Talk Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, What makes a life worth living? Those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow”.
Ted Talk: My love letter to cosplay
Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humour, colour and clarity to the stories he tells. Learn more in this great Ted Talk.
Ted Talk: How burnout makes us less creative
Our obsession with productivity is making us less productive, says digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush. In this Ted Talk she explains why we need to redesign our workday around creativity, not just our efficiency.
Ted Talk: Lessons from death row inmates
In looking for ways to reduce death penalty cases, David R. Dow realised that a surprising number of death row inmates had similar biographies and proposes a bold plan that prevents murders in the first place.
Ted Talk: How Books Can Open Your Mind
As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.
Ted Talk: How to tame your wandering mind
In this Ted Talk Amishi Jha shows how we pay attention and the process by which our brain decides what’s important out of the constant stream of information it receives.
Ted Talk: This app makes it fun to pick up litter
The earth is a big place to keep clean. With Litterati, an app for users to identify, collect and geotag the world’s litter. TED Resident Jeff Kirschner has created a community that’s crowdsource-cleaning the planet.
Ted Talk: A global food crisis may less than a decade away.
Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some startling predictions which you can hear about in this Ted Talk.
Ted Talk: A Garden in my apartment
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles. Click through to watch this inspiring Ted Talk.