Belgian economist Bernard Lietaer discusses how the financial crisis is caused by failing structures in the current financial system. He proposes complementary currencies that he believes will break the vicious cycle of global financial crashes.
Addressing global issues requires a new approach. In a restored palace in Marrakesh’s poorest quarter, a global and interdisciplinary network was brought to life where workshops and projects are held with politicians, entrepreneurs and…
How can we make digital content graspable? The PHD student Fabian Hemmer researched how mass, shape and even intuition can be applied to mobile phones in order for technology to move towards becoming more human.
For many, security and a steady income are not enough motivation anymore when it comes to searching for employment. Founded by Jonathan Imme, Palomar 5 is a six-month brainstorming camp bringing together 30 creative individuals from around…
To create a strong community you have to create strong girls. With that idea in mind, to allow for sport to initiate social change, Heather Cameron founded Boxgirls International. Starting out in Berlin and uniting various nationalities, she…
For Noa Lerner, having no access to sanitation means being robbed of one’s dignity. By reinventing the toilet and overcoming what appeared to be insurmountable challenges, her design is able provide even the poorest of the poor with…
Corruption is the area that illustrates best when we are faced with inherent governance failure in a globalised economy. Peter Eigen discusses how systematic, grand corruption is the main reason for the poverty, the conflicts and desperation…
Reto Wettach discusses how technology, specifically the use of computers needs further innovation in order to seamlessly work together with humans. Can we create technological moto memory, sensory dynamics and even have technology be an…
The internet has globally infiltrated almost every individuals’ life. It has improved living standards, catapulted the speed information spreads and reformed the standard networking structures of society. By founding betterplace, Till…
Dr. Maritta Koch-Weser is Founder and President of Earth3000, an international non-profit organization based in Germany. Earth3000 supports innovations in governance for environment and development. Since 2009,Dr. Koch-Weser has also been…
Alexander Voigt began research and development of stand-alone photovoltaic in 1985 when there was no market for the field of renewable energy. Today he enables whole energy economies, which are based 100 percent on renewables and therefore CO2 free.
Daniela Schiffer helps people make their own energy. The co-founder of the German startup changers.com explains why protecting climate is as hard as stop smoking – and how men nevertheless do have fun with it.
Why can’t Nigeria be like Norway? With 20 years experience in and around the oil industry journalist and consultant Johnny West claims a simple policy tool, that can switch the situation of countries in which natural resources are produced…
A lamp you can inspect how much the sun has shone the day it was produced? Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler from Vienna produce design products, furniture and installations by solar energy. Their Designs are smart and extraordinary.
Rune Nielson sets new boundaries combining human communication and interaction design. He is no magician, he promises. Still making the unsvisible visible...
Sustainable energy is one of the main objectives that we are trying to achieve on a global scale. Laurence Kemball-Cook may just have the answer and it's called PaveGen.
Growing your own cartilage, your own bones and ligaments - an idea that is not as impossible as it seems. Nina Tandon talks "transplants made to order", how this will revolutionise drug trials and the global donour issue.
"There are 6 billion mobile phones in the world and only 4.2 bllion toothbrushes." René Schuster, CEO of Telefónica Germany, discusses the future of communication and how our increasingly connected world is going to change drastically in…
In his TEDxChange talk, Jeff Chapin discusses his work with IDEO, taking a closer look at his latrine and hand washing projects in Cambodia. Jeff advocates for design as a tool to enable deeper, better, and different conversations that can…
August 31st looks to be promising! Get ready to enjoy an overload of inspiration and discover the spirit of TED with some of today's brightest minds mapping out our tomorrow in fields such as technology, education and design.
What effects do mobile technologies have on our society? How will our daily lives unfold ten years from now and what will the future of the working world look like?
Our society is entering a new technological era that is accompanied by…
This year TEDxBerlin held its fourth conference: While the United Nations convened for the Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, TEDxBerlin "Thinking Change“ took place at the Google headquarters in the German capital in…
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