Public libraries have always been about more than just books -- and their mission of community support has taken on new urgency during the current opioid epidemic. After witnessing overdoses at her

Public libraries have always been about more than just books -- and their mission of community support has taken on new urgency during the current opioid epidemic. After witnessing overdoses at her library in Philadelphia, Chera Kowalski learned how to administer naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of narcotics, and she's put it to use to save patrons' lives. In this personal talk, she shares the day-to-day reality of life on the frontline of the opioid crisis and advocates for each of us to find new ways to keep our communities safe and healthy. Check out more TED Talks: http://www.ted.com The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

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While civilization has brought comforts undreamed of in human history to a wealthy minority, it has wreaked havoc on life itself, polluting, extracting, and heating the atmosphere and the oceans to

While civilization has brought comforts undreamed of in human history to a wealthy minority, it has wreaked havoc on life itself, polluting, extracting, and heating the atmosphere and the oceans to the point of mass extinction. Greed, ill will and the delusion of separation reign. How can we recover our interconnectedness with each other and with nature, and realize our collective capacity to join in the necessary work of our time? Is individual spiritual practice, now mostly separated from the natural world, still valid? Dale talks with #DavidLoy, Zen teacher, and author of a multitude of essays and books including EcoDharma, #Buddhist Teachings for the #EcologicalCrisis, and founding member of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Edited by Mike Coe For more about the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center at: https://rmerc.org/retreats/ For more about David Robert Loy https://www.davidloy.org/ For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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Multistreaming with https://restream.io/?ref=nVVND Our media has the power to promote positive ideas and a clear narrative, but more often than not it reinforces the polarisation that exists across

Multistreaming with https://restream.io/?ref=nVVND Our media has the power to promote positive ideas and a clear narrative, but more often than not it reinforces the polarisation that exists across the political spectrum. To avert climate change, surely we’ll need a broader consensus than already exists, at least around the solutions. So, how might we scale a new story? And what role, if any, does the world of media play? Join this broadcast to hear from: - George Marshall - Co-founder at the Climate Outreach with the aim to help people understand climate change in their own voice. George has written two books surrounding the topics of climate change, personal behaviour and psychology: “Carbon Detox” and “Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change”. - Elizabeth Segran - Senior Staff Writer at Fast Company Magazine, writing on topics surrounding design, with a particular focus on the fashion industry. Liz is the author of The Rocket Years, which will be published in April 2020.

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On October 18 Dr. Sharon Blackie explored stories, myths, fairy tales, and archetypes illustrating the transformative potential of time spent in inner inquiry, and how doing so might help to shift

On October 18 Dr. Sharon Blackie explored stories, myths, fairy tales, and archetypes illustrating the transformative potential of time spent in inner inquiry, and how doing so might help to shift the collective mindset. She highlighted ways of using the old stories to reflect on today's challenges.

During this interactive session, we discussed how time spent in solitude and in nature helps us to listen, participate in a reciprocal relationship with the animate world we belong to, and to deepen our sense of kinship. The session concluded with the challenge to attendees: what are the foundational shifts we need to make to participate in the larger possibility of metamorphosis?

Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist, and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on reimagining womens’ stories, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. To learn more about Dr. Blackie's work, please visit: https://sharonblackie.net/

Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on reimagining womens’ stories, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. To learn more about Dr. Blackie's work, please visit: https://sharonblackie.net/

Karen Doyle Grossman, is the Executive Director for the Garrison Institute. She was the founding Vice President, Social Innovations at Mercy Corps, a $400 million international organization operating in 44 countries. In this role, Karen created and directed Mercy Corps’ work to advance highly scalable, double bottom line solutions. At the Aspen Institute, Karen launched the Institute’s Young Leadership Initiative for executives under the age of 45. She served as associate director for the Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program, leading multi-year initiatives to document, evaluate and fund innovative anti-poverty strategies in the United States. There, Karen created and founded MicroMentor, the world's largest community of entrepreneurs and experienced volunteer business mentors: https://www.micromentor.org/

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Join Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and Science Policy Network leader Dana Nuccitelli for the next Ask Me Anything that answers CCL volunteer climate

Join Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and Science Policy Network leader Dana Nuccitelli for the next Ask Me Anything that answers CCL volunteer climate science questions. Dr. Mann, Keynote for CCL's 2016 International Conference, is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC) and the author of several books including his most recent work, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back our Planet. More information: More About Dr. Mann: https://michaelmann.net/ Join CCL: https://cclusa.org/join CCL's Science Policy Network: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/1773 CCL Community’s Climate Science Basics: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/climate-change-science/basics

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A known poet, writer, and lyricist takes you on a poetic journey to realize the need to stop climate change. Deepak Ramola is the Founder and Artistic Director of Project FUEL, an organisation that

A known poet, writer, and lyricist takes you on a poetic journey to realize the need to stop climate change. Deepak Ramola is the Founder and Artistic Director of Project FUEL, an organisation that documents and designs human wisdom. He also served as the Kindness Ambassador for UNESCO MGIEP. Through his methodology, recognised at world's top 100 innovations in education, he has worked with the women of Masai tribe to young girls in Afghanistan, sex workers of Kamathipura, earthquake survivors in Nepal to Syrian refugees in Europe and migration-affected villages of Uttarakhand, India. A celebrated lyricist in Hindi Cinema, he is also a published author of an award-winning collection of Hindi and English books. 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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As you may know climate change is a major issue right now, which makes the production of energy one of the factors that increase the emission of GHG in the atmosphere. Therefore, it is necessary for

As you may know climate change is a major issue right now, which makes the production of energy one of the factors that increase the emission of GHG in the atmosphere. Therefore, it is necessary for our survival to realize how the transition to renewable energy is inevitable and it might be closer to happen than you may think! This talk explains a little bit more about what your attitude should be to make this process occur faster and how you should realize that the transition is inevitable to be able to have a more sustainable future! When would you think of a girl that is a geek and also likes to play sports? Not usually, right? But that is exactly how Julia is. She is a member of her school's GINs club and is always up to new activities. Her passions range from doing cosplays and watching sci-fi series/films to playing field hockey, ice hockey, and soccer. Not forgetting that she also enjoys reading books and comics with a cup of coffee. 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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Climate change and energy transition could easily be financed by central banks. This would stimulate productive investment and amplify labor supply Titular Member of the Royal Academy of Science of

Climate change and energy transition could easily be financed by central banks. This would stimulate productive investment and amplify labor supply Titular Member of the Royal Academy of Science of Belgium, President of the Belgian Finance Club, Head of macro research at the bank Degroof Petercam, after working most of his life in the financial sector all around the world Bruno Colmant is a banker and an academic that teaches finance and monetary theory on several Belgian and foreign universities. He has authored more than 75 books. He has obtained his MBA from Purdue University (IN, USA) and his Ph.D. From the ULB. His recent research adresses climate change and the financing of the transition. 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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