- -: TEDxHomer-Mavis Muller-Weaving Community, Nature and Art
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Through contemporary basketry, photography, poetry and storytelling, story-weaver Mavis Muller gives voice to the natural world. Weaving intricate baskets, she introduces us to grasses, plants, trees, and landscapes that she sees as carriers of messages, stories, and earthly blessings. Mavis faci...
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- -: TEDxRedDeer - Justine Vandergrift - Performance
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Justine Vandergrift at TEDxRedDeer, Alberta, Canada, October 20, 2011 Songs by singer-songwriter Justine Vandergrift. Film directed by Nick Saik. 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....
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- -: TEDxHelsinki - Meiju Niskala - Mitalipäivä_Medal Day
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Meiju Niskala is an artist and the Artistic Director of Turku365 (www.turku365.fi), one of the biggest artistic projects within the Turku Capital of Culture 2011 programme. Niskala talks about spontaneity, being present in situations and bringing joy to other people in their everyday life. She ch...
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- -: TEDxHelsinki - Riku Siivonen - Miten tullaan hyväksi ihmiseksi?_How To Become a Good Person?
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Riku Siivonen is a journalist, script writer and a communications specialist (Avaja Open). Siivonen shares his journey on volunteering with pensioners. According to Siivonen, things truly start having an effect on you an others when you commit to things for a longer term. "One becomes a good pers...
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- -: TEDxHelsinki - Iiu Susiraja - Esineet taiteen tekemisen välineenä_Artifacts as Tools in Art
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Iiu Susiraja is a video and photography artist from Turku, Finland. "You are allowed to humiliate yourself in your work but you are not allowed to do it to others" and "I'm not able to always describe what the photos are about. But I want to make you feel the same feelings I have felt", Susiraja ...
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- -: TEDxVer-o-Peso -- Beth Cheirosinha -- Paixão e orgulho de ser erveira do Ver-o-Peso
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)TEDxVer-o-Peso -- Beth Cheirosinha -- Paixão e orgulho de ser erveira do Ver-o-Peso Beth é erveira na maior feira livre da América Latina, o Ver-o-Peso. Descendente de indígenas e ex-escravos, nasceu em Belém, no bairro do Guamá, onde vive até hoje. É neta e filha de erveiras, de quem herdou o c...
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- -: TEDxVer-o-Peso -- Daniella Alcarpe -- A boa surpresa da MPB
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Cantora desde sempre, Daniella Alcarpe tem se apresentado em diversas casas de espetáculo, bares, espaços culturais e teatros de São Paulo. Depois de uma temporada na Europa, voltou ao Brasil mais disposta do que nunca a divulgar a música popular brasileira no que ela tem de melhor. Daniella inte...
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- -: Joel Nathan Rosen - Do Athletes Make Good Role Models?
May 16, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/25/Athletes_as_Role_Models_in_the_Steroids_Era Author Joel Nathan Rosen questions the pop cultural practice of casting professional athletes as role models. ----- Athletes as Role Models in the Steroids Era The Mitchell report revelations of baseball'...
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- -: Toys That Make Their Way Into Combat - Ralph Osterhout
January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Ralph Osterhout describes the "perverse symbiotic relationship" between the children's toy industry and military innovation. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is ...
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- -: Lewis Black Rails on Coverage of Michael Jackson's Death
July 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/02/Lewis_Black_Me_Of_Little_Faith Grammy Award-winning comedian Lewis Black rants on the excessive news coverage of Michael Jackson's death. "If they had devoted half the time, all 24-hour news cycles, to any problem that we have as a nation, we could ha...
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