Activism is a tough job, especially for young people yearning for immediate change -- something climate activist Melati Wijsen has learned over ten years of pushing for environmental protection, starting at age 12 in her home on the island of Bali, Indonesia. How can young changemakers acquire the skills they need and keep from burning out? Wijs...

Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water and harm marine life; the rest are burned in garbage piles, where they release harmful dioxins into the atmosphere. Melati and Isabel Wijsen are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffoca...

Bones might seem rock-solid, but they're actually quite porous inside. Most of the large bones of your skeleton have a hollow core filled with soft bone marrow. Marrow's most essential elements are blood stem cells and for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often a bone marrow transplan...

The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail." But, she says, that's exactly why we need to start talking about it. In this engaging, persuasive talk, Hobson makes the case that speaking openly about race — and particularly about diversity in hiring -- makes for better busin...

What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code -- a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.

We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and explores how it might help uncover radical solutions to some of the problems troubling humans on Earth today.

What's the best way to develop and implement solutions to social problems? TED Fellow and human rights activist Monica Malta discusses why traditional, top-down policymaking often fails by excluding key voices and missing root causes. She shows why community-based participatory research — a method that empowers communities to co-create solutions...

Why we are different tells how failure explains the unique path of success in everyone. Puspita Melati realizes that every person, however, remains a part of the world's success and existence. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/a...

Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between a secret and a lie. Hence, we often question ourselves whether concealing makes us a bad person. Through this hilarious and insightful talk, author Melita Tessy shares a solution so that we can keep necessary secrets and tell no lies.

In this insightful talk, Spencer Mallett, a Southern Idaho native and farming aficionado, gives us reasons to be concerned about out food. The way we spend our dollars, shapes the kind of world we live in; thus, every food decision you make, whether it be at a grocery store, restaurant, or farmer’s market is a real tangible vote forming what ki...

Melody shares a poetic tributes to iconic women in The Arts and their unique storytelling skills. Tall tales are essential to Artistic disciplines, from exploring deep personal emotion to depicting immerse universes using creative mediums. These poems will praise artists that craft enchanting entertainment, from Femme Fatales of 1930s cinema to...

Melody shares how music can move the brain. "Music is a very fantastic brain exercise that activates almost every known part of the brain."

An eye opening discussion on the issues with children who, not by their own wanting, are thrust into the "system" because of parental abuse, addiction, criminal activity and more. A problem resting just below the "talk" line of society in every single city in America.

Comment réussir à contrôler ses émotions ? Voici une difficulté à laquelle nous ne semblons pas tous égaux bien que personne n’y échappe. Ancienne élève de l’Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP- GME 2019), Mélody Mota met en lumière l’Hypersensibilité qui la touche comme 20% de la population. En quoi ce trait de caractère inné est-il si d...

Come curarci dai malesseri moderni? Con la verità! Trovando il coraggio di ascoltarci, decondizionando il pensiero dal mondo esterno così da poter vivere la nostra verità. Mostrando le nostre imperfezioni e vulnerabilità per dare un esempio di umanità. Sara é un’artista nata e cresciuta in Italia ma made in USA. Fotografa e scrittrice, creatric...

Odbornice na veřejné prostory MILOTA SIDOROVA se bude zabývat otázkou, proč jsou dnes dobře fungující města a občanské komunity důležitější než kdykoliv předtím. Jak mohou lidé jako ona (architekti, městští plánovači, komunitní manažeři nebo sociální inovátoři) přispět k udržení demokracie a stability naší společnosti?

Having moved to Kuwait in 2014, Melody Mitchell, a United States airforce officer, found herself once again having to fit in and adapt to a different community and group of people. Over the years, she has discovered the key behind adaptability to any group and has labeled this as her personal black passport. Melody is also the founder of Lean In...

L'humain est un être extraordinairement complexe, qui côtoie autant le monde immatériel que matériel. Deux mondes à la frontière plus floue qu'il n'y parait. Est ce le corps qui influe sur l'esprit ? Ou est ce l'inverse ? Et pourquoi pas les deux finalement ? Les émotions seraient alors le pont liant physique et psychique.This talk was given at ...

Sophie's experience online raises questions for us all and how social media can be a force for good.

A través de la música Maria Mulata nos invita a conectarnos a nuestras tradiciones y a subir nuestra autoestima como país. Con este recorrido por la música tradicional colombiana busca conectar con las emociones de una nación de naciones.

Are nuclear weapons an abstract issue and can governments alone be entrusted to deal with this? Are we safe? No! Besides possibly intended use, because of errors and misjudgments, accidental use of nuclear weapons is a real threat, and should concern you! With this eye-opening talk, nuclear physicist Malte Göttsche explains the threat nuclear we...

Student and social media butterfly, an extrovert of extroverts, Melody Yoon carries her charismatic nature through life on the internet as well as the real world. In this talk, she shares her experience with finding safe places in less than conventional spaces. Melody Yoon is currently an undergraduate student at Arizona State University pursuin...

Richmond is a city with a vibrant arts and creative community. That distinguishes us from many places, enhances our economy and shapes the way we engage and see one another. We are also a city with longstanding challenges, including significant poverty. What if we were bolder with the arts? Armed with this powerful asset, we can build a stronger...

Words communicate more than we realize. Never neutral, they are instruments of power--both for the oppressor and for the oppressed. Recorded live on May 1st, 2020, in Brooklyn, NY, USA

En esta charla para #TEDxBarranco, Diego Mellado, Embajador de la Unión Europea en Perú, nos ofrece una visión europea sobre el cambio climático, la importancia del Pacto Verde Europeo y la clave para una Transición Ecológica comprometida con una economía de mercado basada en la justicia y cohesión social y dentro de un marco político, democráti...

Melodi Tamarzians talks about her experience with sexual reproductive health rights and abortion at the 2018 edition of TEDxYouth@Maastricht. Melodi is the Youth Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) on behalf of the Netherlands. This is a unique function, set up on the initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affair...

Melody Warnick, the author of "This Is Where You Belong," struggles with restlessness — the periodic desire to start over somewhere, anywhere, else. In this entertaining talk, she shares how a simple cure can help you put down roots and become happier where you already are.

Jordi Moltó es un guionista con más de 20 años de trayectoria en la televisión española. Colabora desde hace casi 10 años guionizando diversos espacios virales en el Hormiguero 3.0 que reflejan una realidad que muchas personas parecen no querer ver: las personas mayores. Y es que, según Jordi, la sociedad se emperra en imponernos que llegados a...

Through her experience as a life-coach, Milda Zinkus uses her talk to discuss our personal journey's, reminding each member of her audience to not leave things to chance but instead take deliberate actions in our life decisions. In turn, asking important questions, which help us to better understand who we are so that we may navigate our unique ...