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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Development

Alex Steffen on TED.com

Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer...

Apr 20, 2007
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Development

National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis on TEDTalks

In this stunning talk, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world’s indi...

Jan 10, 2007
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Art

Photographer Phil Borges on TEDTalks

Photographer Phil Borges displays his remarkable portraits documenting the world’s disappearing cultures, from persecuted monks in Tib...

Jan 10, 2007
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Architecture

Worldchanging, the book

The Worldchanging book, “A user’s guide to the 21st century,” is published today. Our friends at Worldchanging.com in Seat...

Nov 1, 2006
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Business

U.N. Secretary-General candidate Ashraf Ghani on TEDTalks

Ashraf Ghani is the former Finance Minister of Afghanistan, and a candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary General of the United Nations...

Oct 18, 2006
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Business

Jacqueline Novogratz on TEDTalks: "How can we help Africans do this for themselves?"

Jacqueline Novogratz is the charismatic founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit that takes a business-like approach to improving the li...

Oct 10, 2006
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Business

Iqbal Quadir on TEDTalks: The impact one cell phone can make on a village…

Iqbal Quadir is co-founder of GrameenPhone, an innovative wireless company offering services to poor rural villages in Bangladesh. In this t...

Oct 10, 2006
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Development

Who will be the next U.N. secretary general?

Even if there weren’t two TEDsters in the running, we’d be keeping a close watch on the race to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. Secre...

Sep 28, 2006
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Development

The superefficient Google.org car

To TEDsters, Google.org – the philanthropic arm of Google – is mostly known for the inspiring speech its director Larry Brillian...

Sep 15, 2006
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