- -: PopTech 2009: Michael Pollan
February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)(Edited) Author and activist Michael Pollan is a passionate advocate for sustainable food. In his compelling talk at PopTech, he explores how our industrial food system is keeping us overly dependent on fossil fuels, destroying our environment, and making us sick. Breaking this cycle requires fun...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Adam Roberts
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Adam Roberts is an experienced young campaigner, including in the UK Youth Parliament and as a representative to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. He is a trustee and director of the Children's Rights Alliance for England, has written for a textbook on human rights in the UK, and has s...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Carmel McConnell
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Carmel's background is a mixture of social activism and senior corporate roles. As a community campaigner she worked in the US and India before starting her own company to help large firms differentiate through values. While researching her first book, Change Activist, she became aware of the pr...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Dan Roberts
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dan Roberts has been teaching Science among other things for the last 9 years. He has held various positions of responsibility within secondary schools such as Head of Science in a Specialist Science school; Head of Sixth form and is currently Deputy Headteacher at Saltash.net Community School in...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Dougald Hine
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dougald is a writer, speaker and creator of organisations, projects and events. His work is driven by a desire to understand how we change things, and how things change, with or without us. This has taken him cross country through a range of fields, from social theory to the tech industry, litera...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Sir Ken Robinson
November 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world's leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference h...
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- -: TEDxLondon - The Baker Brothers
November 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Southern UK boys The Baker Brothers have been rocking dance floors far and wide for nearly 10 years. With 7 albums, 2 full length live DVDs and numerous other releases, they deliver an explosive, dynamic, killer funk show! Their infectious, raw beats and bass lines underpin edgy melodic section h...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Goldie
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He first gained widespread public attention for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genre, having previously gained more limited exposure for his work as a graffiti artist. By Royal Appointment i...
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- -: Why Bother Listening to Opinions You Disagree With?
August 31, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=969 Jacob Needleman, author and professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, argues that the act of listening is a critical step in the development of a personal morality. ----- Jacob Needleman discusses "Why Can't We Be Goo...
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- -: Will Education be a Major Issue in '08?
October 16, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/07/05/On_Education Panelists William Gates Sr., Tommy Thompson and Margaret Spellings discuss the importance of education as a policy issue in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion on the current state of U.S. e...
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