Global Issues

Why The Glass Is Half-Full

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Epidemics, Global Trends, Current Events, Overpopulation, Optimism, War, Global Issues, Democratization, Happiness, Good News News

The point isn't that you have to believe the positive and ignore the negative. The two sides are intimately linked and inescapable. But you can align yourself with the positive side. The vote is cast at the level of consciousness.

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What Does Global Citizenship Look Like Today?

Rev. Larry Hollon | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Global Issues, International News, Terrorism, Economy, Global Citizens, World News

A new survey that looks at American attitudes towards global citizenship underscores the increasing sense of connection people have with international events.

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Kiran Bedi: A Police Chief With a Difference

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Education, Social Change, Crime, TED Conference, Tedwomen, Global Issues, Ted, Culture, Video, World News

Before becoming Director General of the Indian Police Service, Bedi managed one of the country's toughest prisons and used prevention to turn it into a center of learning and meditation.

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David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Politics, TED Conference, Design, Tedtalks, TED.Com, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Culture, Technology News

David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

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Jessica Jackley: Poverty, Money -- And Love

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Poverty, Tedtalks, Business, Global Issues, Ted, Entrepreneur, tedglobal2010, Impact News

What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed.

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Inge Missmahl Brings Peace to the Minds of Afghanistan (VIDEO)

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Poverty, Potential, Brain, War, Violence, Tedtalks, Psychology, Global Issues, Ted, Peace, tedglobal2010, Culture, Impact News

Inge Missmahl talks about her work helping to build the country's system of psychosocial counseling, promoting both individual and, perhaps, national healing.

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Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Statistics, Economics, Data, Tedtalks, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Culture, Happiness, World News

Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity, instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people.

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20 Things I've Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years

Gary Arndt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Globalization, Travel, Self-Improvement, Global Issues, Traveling, Slidepollajax, Travel News

On March 13, 2007, I handed over the keys to my house and headed out to travel around the world with nothing but a backpack, my laptop and a camera. Here are some of the things I've learned.

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Julian Assange: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Military, Tedtalks, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, News, tedglobal2010, Communication, Media News

You could say Australian-born Julian Assange has swapped his long-time interest in network security flaws for the far-more-suspect flaws of even bigger targets: governments and corporations.

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Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to Global Voices

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web, Tedtalks, Language, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Communication, World News

Blogger and geek Ethan Zuckerman wants to connect the whole of the wider world -- via some smart strategies to open up your Twitter world and read news in different languages.

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Roz Savage: Why I'm Rowing Across the Pacific

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mission Blue, Tedtalks, Adventure, Oceans, Global Issues, Entertainment, Ted, Video, Green News

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Charles Leadbeater: Education Innovation in the Slums

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tedtalks, Innovation, Education, TEDGlobal Conference, Global Issues, Ted, Charles Leadbeater, World News

Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education, and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn.

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Mike deGruy: Hooked By an Octopus

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entertainment, Fish, Ted, Arts, Tedtalks, Science, ted2010, Oceans, Global Issues, Film, Green News

An accomplished diver and underwater cinematographer, deGruy has also become a go-to host and expedition member on shows like the recent Mysteries of the Shark Coast with C�line Cousteau and Richard Fitzpatrick.

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Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial

TEDTalks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Science, Religion, Tedtalks, ted2010, Global Issues, Medicine, Ted, Writing, Video, Healthy Living News

Specter studies how the active movements against vaccines, genetically engineered food, science-based medicine and biotechnological solutions to climate change may actually put the world at risk.

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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, Drugs and HIV -- Let's Get Rational

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted, ted2010, Health, Health Care, Sex, Tedtalks, Global Issues, Aids, Video, World News

Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV.

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David Cameron: The Next Age of Government

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Tedtalks, ted2010, Global Issues, Business, Ted, David Cameron, David Cameron Prime Minister, World News

The leader of Britain's Conservative Party and new prime minister says we're entering a new era -- where governments themselves have less power (and less money) and people empowered by technology have more.

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Jamie Oliver's TED Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food

TEDTalks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Business, Education, Global Issues, Food, Video, Healthy Living News

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.

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James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Photography, Technology, Climate Change, Global Issues, James Balog, Polar Ice Caps, Global Warming, Green News

Balog has been going up north to shoot the half-alive ice of the mammoth glaciers for his Extreme Ice Survey, a look at the shocking effects of abrupt climate change in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland.

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Gordon Brown: Wiring a Web for Global Good

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Technology, Communication, Collaboration, Economics, Politics, Global Issues, World News

In his talk, Brown argues that we've reached a unique moment in human history: we can use today's interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic

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The Real Crisis? We Stopped Being Wise

TEDTalks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Change, Philosophy, Culture, Politics, Society, Global Issues, Busines, Ted, Tedtalks, Video, Healthy Living News

Barry Schwartz argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.

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Laptops for Kids: A Matter of "Defense" for Colombia

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, $100 Laptop, Colombia, Politics, Education, Philanthropy, Global Issues, Technology, Computers, Design, Olpc, World News

TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department.

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What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Margee Ensign | Posted 11.17.2011

Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is not alone in her global ignorance. Our colleges and high schools are not doing what's necessary... the current generation isn't gaining understanding of other cultures.

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