TEDxNYUShanghaiSalon Emmanuel Dean Emmanuel Dean graduated from Colgate University in 2018 from the US double majoring in Economics and Chinese. After being guilt-tripped into sustainability by his

TEDxNYUShanghaiSalon Emmanuel Dean Emmanuel Dean graduated from Colgate University in 2018 from the US double majoring in Economics and Chinese. After being guilt-tripped into sustainability by his sister in the summer of 2018, he quickly found purpose and potential in social entrepreneurship here in Shannghai. Boomi was founded to simplify sustainability and to empower people to make a positive difference every day. Today, Boomi is one of China’s first zero-waste e-commerce platform home to 30+ local purpose-driven brands coverig your zero-waste needs, information, and services. At its core, Boomi is committed to donating 8.8% of its total revenue to planting trees in Inner mongolia as a part of its Boomi Forest Initiative. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Jill Tarter, the astrophysicist who inspired Jodie Foster's character in Carl Sagan's movie Contact, dedicated her career to the search for extraterrestrial life. She is now the Director of the

Jill Tarter, the astrophysicist who inspired Jodie Foster's character in Carl Sagan's movie Contact, dedicated her career to the search for extraterrestrial life. She is now the Director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California... but it wasn't an easy path. After her scholarship was taken away, she went to the dean of the engineering college and said, "Dean Corson, this isn't fair. I've been on dean's list every semester." And he kindly said, "You know, you're right. It isn't fair. It isn't fair at all." She has no idea what he said when he called up Procter & Gamble, but he got her that scholarship back. 20 years later, when Dean Corson was the president of Cornell, he had an advisory committee and Jill Tarter was on it. She was able to go up to him all those years later and say, "See, President Corson? Thank you for believing in me. I'm on your advisory committee for this fantastic telescope and I have to thank you once again."

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Dean Karlan discusses the importance of knowing people and knowing language to change human behavior. With these findings, Dean has developed innovative mechanisms to increase savings in communities across the developing world.

Dean Karlan is a Professor of Economics at Yale University. Karlan is President of Innovations for Poverty Action, a non-profit organization

TEDxMiddlebury Published on Aug 18, 2013

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