At lease 1000 words due June 9th 12:00pm Central Time

The world-famous TEDx platform provides a megaphone for ideas that are shared at local events. Past speakers say participation in TEDx led to professional opportunities.

 

Imagine you are invited to speak at one of the TEDx lucrative events and voice your views/stand/experience/vision on sustainability and climate change in an “inspirational,” “necessary,” inclusive,” “thought-provoking” and “motivational” manner.

 

This course is a great opportunity for you to articulate your stands on sustainability and climate change, include facts and figures, examples, and course materials.  Take this opportunity to envision, confront and re frame the challenges of tomorrow. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. 

 

TEDx talks and performances incorporate concepts that change perceptions, connect with emotions, are widely relatable and can be conveyed in 18 minutes or less.

 

Write up the text for the assignment.  It should be at least 1000 words.

 

What you need to cover:

· What does sustainability mean to you?  What were your impressions before and after the coursework?

· From our weekly modules, choose at least 3 topics and describe your research, views, learning, and what can we do as a society to encourage change and make an impact?

· Quote from our resources.  Please make sure you read the rubric for the final paper.  I would love to read your views, but I need you to base them on the materials in the course.

 

About TED

 

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to "ideas worth spreading." Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Pope Francis and Daniel Kahneman.

Weekly Topic:

Week 1:

https://embed.ted.com/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_business_logic_of_sustainability

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828565182001

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828563581001

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828557882001

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828564636001

Week 2:

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828572842001

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_the_global_goals_we_ve_made_progress_on_and_the_ones_we_haven_t

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828576876001

https://youtu.be/aTftyFboC_M

Week 6:

https://embed.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_let_the_environment_guide_our_development

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/28/how-to-persuade-people-that-climate-change-is-real/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.44d1a14fa444

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcc.269

https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it

https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=5828555367001

Rubric: