From landscape architecture to conservation agriculture | Thomas Woltz | TEDxCharlottesville


This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Landscape Design

Thomas Woltz is the principal and owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) with offices in New York City, Charlottesville VA, and San Francisco CA. During the past 19 years of practice, Woltz and his staff have forged a body of work that integrates the beauty and function of built form and craftsmanship with an understanding of complex biological systems and restoration ecology yielding hundreds of acres of reconstructed wetlands, reforested land, native meadows, and flourishing wildlife habitat. Currently NBW is entrusted with the design of 8 major public parks across the US, Canada and New Zealand. The firm’s work has been recognized with over 80 national and international awards and published widely.

In 2011, Thomas Woltz was invested into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows, among the highest honors achieved in the profession, and in 2013, named Design Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street Journal Magazine.

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Urban Design for Successful Cities: Alexandros Washburn at TEDxEQChCh


As Chief Urban Designer for the City of New York, Alexandros Washburn understands one key thing about designing successful cities: it doesnt work until it works for the pedestrian.

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What one skill = an awesome life? | Dr. Shimi Kang | TEDxKelowna


This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Are you balanced in life? What is the best approaching to finding balance...to creating an awesome life?

Dr. Shimi Kang is an award-winning, Harvard-trained doctor, researcher, media expert, and lecturer on human motivation. She is the author of the #1 Bestseller, The Dolphin Way: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids Without Turning Into A Tiger (Penguin Books 2014). Her articles appear in major media outlets including the Huffington Post, Psychology Today and TIME Magazine. Dr. Kang is the Medical Director for Child and Youth Mental Health for Vancouver community, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, and the founder of the Provincial Youth Concurrent Mental Health and Addictions Program and BC Children’s Hospital.

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How To Transform From Self-Neglect To Self-Respect | LaVe Jackson | TEDxPleasantGrove


Have you ever wondered what happens when a person chooses to take a wrong turn on purpose? La’Ve Jackson knows how self-destructive choices can create a downward spiral of negativity by erasing a lifetime of positive choices. He also knows the power of a single random act of kindness to shift a person from self-neglect to self-respect. He shares lessons learned on his journey away from a warm family environment to isolation and the desolation of homelessness and back again. La’Ve is now a positive and powerful force for change for everyone he meets. LaVes talk takes you on a remarkable journey from self-neglect to self-respect. La’Ve Jackson knows how self-destructive choices can create a downward spiral of negativity by erasing a lifetime of positive choices. He also knows the power of a single random act of kindness to shift a person from self-neglect to self-respect. He shares lessons learned on his journey away from a warm family environment to isolation and the desolation of homelessness and back again. La’Ve is now a positive and powerful force for change for everyone he meets. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Enter the cult of extreme productivity | Mark Adams | TEDxHSG


In this talk Mark shares a dramatic and powerful system that takes productivity thinking to whole new and terrifying level, allowing a person to achieve almost any goal they set themselves with rapid speed. The secret to this type of exponential success? Bin your ‘affirmations’ and ‘goals’ and instead embrace fear as your friend by making irreversible decisions. Instead of hapless resolutions members of the «Lock-In» cult contract with themselves in a way that they cannot escape from (without suffering brutal consequences). The “Lock-In" system harnesses our most primal evolutionary instinct — to avoid pain — and uses it to radically supercharge our lives. Many of the most successful people in history have used its phenomenal power to create extraordinary success. Think youre hardcore enough? Then enter the Cult of Extreme Productivity Mark Adams is Vice President and Head of Innovation at VICE, which has come from humble beginnings as a print magazine to digitally transform into a 5 billion dollar youth media empire. In this talk, Mark describes the cult of extreme productivity that he became part of alongside his brother. The cult is all about making irreversible decisions that make “manifesting” your dreams the only option because not achieving it would create indescribable suffering. This is the second time Mark has done a TEDx talk. The first time his talk was banned. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

У вашего сновидения есть для вас важный подарок | Маргарита Ли | TEDxForestersPark


Когда вы в последний раз обращали внимание на свои сны?

Задумывались ли вы, почему увидев плохой сон, мы целый день пребываем в подавленном настроении, с трудом избавляемся от неприятных ощущений. А порой, находясь под впечатлением от увиденного, даже совершаем импульсивные действия.
Маргарита Ли – практикующий психолог, исследователь сновидений рассказывает о том, что сон – это не просто «продукт» дневных впечатлений. Он содержит ценное послание для каждого из нас.
И в наших силах научиться расшифровывать эти послания и применять их с пользой для своей жизни. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Хищник Нежность. Встречи с китами/ Predator Tenderness | ALEXANDER and NICOLE GRATOVSKY | TEDxRANEPA


АЛЕКСАНДР И НИКОЛЬ ГРАТОВСКИ
Антропологи, создатели Посольства Дельфинов, руководители многих международных исследовательских экспедиций, в том числе кругосветного проекта «Тридцатая параллель — Археология возможностей», организаторы Всемирного Фестиваля Дельфинства, авторы книг «Генератор возможностей», «Принцип Дельфина», «План А» и др., фильмов «Мой Пилот, Кит», «Интратеррестр. Контакт, которого нет».

ТЕМА: «Хищник Нежность. Встречи с китами»
Мы расскажем о нашем опыте непосредственного общения с китами, прежде всего — с кашалотами, которые являются самыми крупными хищниками на планете. Одновременно — это едва ли не самые загадочные существа с удивительными способностями, о которых до сих пор крайне мало известно. Они обладатели самого большого и высокоорганизованного в природе мозга (20 кг) и самого гигантского сердца (кубический метр в объеме). Несколько лет экспедиций к семейству кашалотов целиком меняют масштаб нашего восприятия вселенной и разумной жизни. Мы покажем уникальные фото- и видеоматериалы, до сих пор не публиковавшиеся.

ALEXANDER and NICOLE GRATOVSKY
TALK: Predator Tenderness. Meetings with whales.
We will tell about our experience of direct communication with whales, first of all, with sperm whales, which are the largest predators on the planet. At the same time its almost the most mysterious creatures with amazing abilities, about which it is still extremely little known. They possess the largest and the most highly organized brain (20 kg) and the most gigantic heart (cubic meter in volume). Several years of expeditions to the family of sperm whales have completely changed the scale of our perception of the universe and intelligent life. We will show unique photo and video materials, which have not been published yet.
Anthropologists, founders of the Dolphin Embassy, leaders of lots of international expeditions, including round-the-world project «The 30th Parallel Project – The Archaeology of Possibilities», organizers of The Dolphinity World Festival, authors «Generator of Possibilities», «Dolphin Principle», «Plan A» and film directors of «My Pilot, the Whale» and «Intraterrestrial. A Fleeting Contact». This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Learning a Language Will Change your Life for Good | Christopher McCormick | TEDxPhnomPenh


As the head of language research, training and testing for EF Education First — the worlds largest language school — Dr. Christopher McCormick oversees the instructional design and delivery of EFs language programs. His work focuses on online language learning, educational mobile applications, and digital media for accelerated language learning. His language abilities span English, Spanish and Russian, amongst others. Dr. McCormick holds a B.A. with honors in French and Russian from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.

TEDxPhnomPenh was held at Pannasastra University on June 9, 2012.

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Жизнь как приключение | Валерий Розов | TEDxPokrovkaSt


Выступление Валерия — о страсти всей жизни, о всех значимых и знаковых событиях и своих мировых рекордах.

Валерий Розов — легенда бейсджампинга и скайдавинга. Дважды Чемпион мира по парашютному спорту (1999, 2003), победитель Чемпионата Европы и победитель Кубка Мира (2002), Чемпион X-games по cкайсерфингу (1998), чемпион России по альпинизму (2002 и 2004), действующий рекордсмен Мира по парашютному спорту (400 way групповая акробатика и 100 way вингсьют). Организатор и исполнитель многих уникальных бейс-проектов в самых различных горах и на всех континентах нашей планеты.

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Глокальное* мышление – новая «операционная система» | Ruben Vardanyan | TEDxSadovoeRing


Какие правила действуют в мире, где главным активом стал человек? Как нам вести себя в ситуации, когда у каждого тысяча друзей в фейсбуке, но не более 5 человек, которым мы по-настоящему доверяем?

Cоциальный инвестор и предприниматель, сооснователь бизнес-школы СКОЛКОВО, международного колледжа UWC Dilijan в Армении, Гуманитарной инициативы «Аврора».

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx