Greg Tehven: The Unlearning Curve
Ten days into his college career, Greg Tehven launched a vision with three friends to change the world. That vision led to the creation of Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF) an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people and communities. In this talk he suggest we unlearn some things.
Margaret Heffernan: Dare to Disagree
Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.
Scilla Elworthy: How do I deal with a Bully, without becoming a Thug?
How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need as nations and individuals to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes such as Aung […]
Becci Manson: (Re)touching Lives through Photos
In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.
Geoff Lawton: Permaculture
Geoff Lawton is an internationally renowned permaculture Educator, Consultant and Practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and later studied permaculture with Bill Mollison in Tasmania. He established the Permaculture Research Institute at Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147 acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. PRI was eventually moved to Zaytuna Farm, […]
