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Depression is a Disease of Civilization: Stephen Ilardi at TEDxEmory 23 min
Depression is a Disease of Civilization: Stephen Ilardi at TEDxEmory
23 min · Dr. Stephen Ilardi is a professor of clinical psychology and the author of The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs.
The Future of Race in America: Michelle Alexander at Tedx 24 min
The Future of Race in America: Michelle Alexander at Tedx
24 min · Michelle Alexander posits that mass incarceration perpetuates a racial caste system in the United States. After the Civil Rights Movement, a “wave of punitive” legislation swept across...
5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do 6 min
5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do
6 min · In his humorous and uplifting style, Gever Tulley debunks classic myths of childhood safety. With rampant fear mongering, is it any wonder that children are actually over-protected?...
Where Were You When You Fell In Love With Nature? 12 min
Where Were You When You Fell In Love With Nature?
12 min · Marine scientist and ocean advocate Wallace "J." Nichols explores the neuroscience of our brains on nature, and posits that our love of the natural world holds the key to preserving it.
How to Start an Empathy Revolution 17 min
How to Start an Empathy Revolution
17 min · Empathy can be a force for radical social change, but only if we understand how to unleash it.
Extending Our Circle of Compassion: Zoe Weil at Tedx 13 min
Extending Our Circle of Compassion: Zoe Weil at Tedx
13 min · Over the centuries, our culture has been slowly but gradually extending its circle of compassion. Our capacity to have compassion for those 'not like us' (whether the difference be...
Jackson Katz: A Paradigm-Shifting Perspective On The Violence That Harms Both Women and Men 19 min
Jackson Katz: A Paradigm-Shifting Perspective On The Violence That Harms Both Women and Men
19 min · This should really get your brain thinking in entirely new ways.
TEDx Speaker Gives Priceless Talk About How TED Talks Are Worthless 11 min
TEDx Speaker Gives Priceless Talk About How TED Talks Are Worthless
11 min · With all due respect to Lizzie Velasquez, the vast majority of TED and TEDx talks are complete bullshit, and it's high time someone called them out on it.
How To Occupy The Noosphere: Ian MacKenzie @ TEDxVictoria 2013 13 min
How To Occupy The Noosphere: Ian MacKenzie @ TEDxVictoria 2013
13 min · Ian MacKenzie An ardent filmmaker and media activist, Ian MacKenzie is dedicated to capturing and sharing glimpses of emerging human paradigms. MacKenzie's most recent film, Occupy Love...
LILAC: A Model for Truly Affordable Green Cohousing 16 min
LILAC: A Model for Truly Affordable Green Cohousing
16 min · The triple bottom line for business is people, planet, profit. What is it for housing? A group of people in Leeds, England have built a cohousing project that sets a triple-benefit bar...
The World Becomes What You Teach 17 min
The World Becomes What You Teach
17 min · This video is a popular TEDx talk by Zoe Weil, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (www.HumaneEducation.org). She is a pioneer in the comprehensive humane...
TEDxOjai - Peter Joseph: The Big Question 10 min
TEDxOjai - Peter Joseph: The Big Question
10 min · Peter Joseph is a director, writer, producer, editor, composer and creator of the Zeitgeist movies series. He is an independent filmmaker who has written, directed, narrated, scored and...
Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill - TEDxManhattan - Ken Cook 14 min
Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill - TEDxManhattan - Ken Cook
14 min · By tradition, it’s called “the farm bill.” To EWG it ought to be the “food bill.” And instead of spending billions of your dollars in ways that harm water quality and wildlife, it should...
Dave Meslin: Redefining Apathy 7 min
Dave Meslin: Redefining Apathy
7 min · In this Tedx talk, Dave Meslin argues that it isn't apathy that keeps people from engaging in politics. People do care, he argues, but the barriers to participation make it prohibitively...
It's Not All Hopeless! Here Are Seven Ways We Can Win the Sustainability Endgame 15 min
It's Not All Hopeless! Here Are Seven Ways We Can Win the Sustainability Endgame
15 min · Think it's all hopeless? Think there are too many problems and our children's future is doomed? In 16 minutes, renowned and inspiring speaker Guy Dauncey explains why pessimism is the...
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