TED Talks
TED: Lessons from people already adapting to the climate crisis | Dorcas Naishorua
The Maasai people have lived sustainably off the savanna for centuries, raising cattle for sustenance and income. Climate activist Dorcas Naishorua paints a picture of how the climate crisis is threatening their way of life — and calls...
SciShow
The Weird Reason More Bridges Are About to Fail
While they are incredible engineering marvels, we don't think about bridges all that much. But there's a good reason we should all be thinking about our bridges, since there's a weird reason that more of them might be at risk of failure...
SciShow
The Truth About the Five Stages of Grief
The Five Stages of Grief show up in media everywhere from The Simpsons to Robot Chicken, but scientists have long been working on better ways to think about grief.
TED Talks
TED: Mental health care that disrupts cycles of violence | Celina de Sola
In Latin American countries like El Salvador, homicide rates are alarmingly high thanks in large part to a vicious cycle of violence -- people don't have a chance to heal from recurrent individual and collective trauma. With her team at...
TED Talks
Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In...
TED Talks
TED: How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to...
TED Talks
TED: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families | DeAndrea Salvador
Every month, millions of Americans face an impossible choice: pay for energy to power their homes, or pay for basic needs like food and medicine. TED Fellow DeAndrea Salvador is working to reduce energy costs so that no one has to make...
TED Talks
TED: Who belongs in a city? | OluTimehin Adegbeye
Underneath every shiny new megacity, there's often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the lives of thousands who live in the coastal...
TED Talks
Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil
Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem -- the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to...
TED Talks
TED: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Women aren't micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- are the overlooked key to economic development.
Crash Course
Natural Hazards: Crash Course Geography
Today we wrap up the first half of our series on physical geography by taking a closer look at natural hazards - which are physical processes like heat waves and cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and floods and droughts. And...
MinuteEarth
The Department of Redundancy Department
Who needs redundancy? Well, everyone, it turns out.
TED Talks
TED: The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty | Andrew Youn
Farmers stand at the center of the world, says Andrew Youn, cofounder of One Acre Fund, an agricultural organization that's empowering sub-Saharan farm families with the loans, seeds, fertilizer and training needed to increase crop...
Curated Video
Self Control: The Top 10 Ways to Resist Impulses, Control Your Choices and be More Mindful
Whether you want more time, less stress, better project leadership, less unplanned risk, greater influence, or to move another step forward in your career, self control will be one of your greatest assets. So, let’s look at 10 techniques...
Curated Video
Resilience: Learning from Jellyfish
In this video, Jade and Kiwi interview Jacinta, a resilient jellyfish, who shares her experiences and teaches the value of resilience to Anne, a gymnast who has suffered an injury. Through their conversation, they explore the concept of...
Curated Video
Personal Effectiveness: 5 Tips for Project Managers
Project Management is a professional discipline. It’s not enough to be skilled in the methods. You need to cultivate personal effectiveness. So, I'll offer you five of my best personal effectiveness tips. These tips are inspired by our...
Curated Video
Control Stress - or it will control you
If you don't control stress... It will control you Stress is an important topic for Project Managers. And, when I think about my own biggest Project Management failure, it revolved around stress and a lack of resilience. And I got an...
Curated Video
Project Management and Grit
The idea of Grit as a personal quality has become popular, due to the work of researcher, Angela Lee Duckworth. And especially due to her massively popular TED talk and the book she followed it up with, called... 'Grit: The Power of...
Curated Video
Disabilities Part 3: Landing a Job
In the final part of our three-part series on disabilities in the workplace, Lou Orslene of the Job Accommodation Network helps us put all the pieces together for the ultimate goal: landing a job! Ultimately, Lou encourages anyone with a...
Curated Video
Handling Criticism
Josh from OnwardWell guides you through essential strategies to build resilience and thrive amidst adversity. Learn how to manage stress effectively, maintain a positive outlook, and recognize your personal strengths from past...
Wonderscape
Rebuilding Greenwood After the Tulsa Massacre
Discover the resilience of Greenwood's Black community as they rebuilt their lives and businesses after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Despite the loss of 300 lives, 10,000 displaced residents, and over $35 million in damages, survivors...
Great Big Story
Isaiah griffin, a bodybuilder's tale of resilience and self-acceptance
Isaiah Griffin shares his transformative journey from battling keloids to finding strength and confidence through bodybuilding.
Great Big Story
Making moves with a one legged tap dancer
Witness the remarkable story of Evan Ruggiero, a one-legged tap dancer who defied the odds to pursue his passion for dance after battling bone cancer. Experience the emotional depth and resilience behind Evan's captivating performances...
Great Big Story
Ringside With UFC’s One and Only Cutwoman
Step into the intense world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) with Swayze Valentine, the trailblazing cut woman who defied stereotypes and adversity to carve her niche in a male-dominated sport.