- -: Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature!
December 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more careful about what we use and what we waste? Think of Pavan Sukhdev as nature's banker -- assessing the value of the Earth's assets. Eye-...
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- -: TEDxGoodenoughCollege - Jan-Emmanuel De Neve - The Genetics of Happiness
April 17, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Disciplinary boundaries have never been much of an obstacle for Jan whose published research spans the economic, political, and behavioral sciences. Guided by a generalist curiosity, much enthusiasm, and data availability (not unimportant!) Jan is most often found working on some paper project th...
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- -: TEDxManhattan - Frederick Kaufman - The Measure of All Things
April 27, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Professor Frederick Kaufman from the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism discusses the major research projects currently underway to develop actual metrics to define what sustainable food is. More information at www.tedxmanhattan.org About TEDx, x = independently organiz...
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- -: TEDxSTLAWRENCECOLLEGE - CatherineDecarie - ExportDevelopmentCanada
April 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Catherine joined Export Development Canada in 2001. She is currently responsible for programs and services that attract and develop talent, enabling a high performance culture and generating the skills and mindsets necessary for the achievement of EDC's vision and business objectives. Ms. Decarie...
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- -: TEDxCapeTown: Lise Pretorius - A New Generation of Wealth
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Lise is currently the energy writer at Financial Mail. She holds an Honours degree in Economics and believes that the key to solving the challenges facing the world is understanding economic history and the way the world has developed up to now. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In ...
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- -: TEDxEast - Tyler Cowen - The Great Stagnation
May 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)May 9, 2011- Tyler Cowen shows us through economics that we may not be as innovative as we think we are and urges us to change.
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- -: TEDxEast - Alex Petroff - Farming Peace and Ending Poverty, Eastern Congo's Hidden Gem
May 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)May 9, 2011- Alex Petroff shares the unlikely journey that led him to build sustainable farms through his 501c(3) Working Villages International.
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- -: TEDxNSIT-Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia-Role of Cities in India's Development
May 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Isher Judge Ahluwalia is Chairperson, Board of Governors, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), where she served as Director and Chief Executive from 1997 to 2001. Dr Ahluwalia was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India in the year 2009 for her ser...
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- -: TEDxOxbridge - Marc Ventresca - Don't Be an Entrepreneur, Build Systems
July 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)How does innovation happen? Economic and organizational sociologist Marc Ventresca approaches the world as a series of ethnographic encounters, seeing the microdynamics in big institutional arrangements and recognizing the structural sources of local and immediate interaction. Innovation is as ...
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- -: TEDxHalifax - Silver Donald Cameron - Bhutan: The Pursuit of Gross National Happiness
July 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Silver Donald Cameron is the host and executive producer of the ambitious environmental web site TheGreenInterview.com. He is also the author of numerous plays, films, radio and TV scripts, an extensive body of corporate and governmental writing, innumerable magazine articles, and 17 books. His m...
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