Talks from our October Countdown Event:
How a bench and a factory can change the world
Jan Christian Vestre
Jan Christian Vestre shows the passion behind how and why “social furniture” can impact everyone for the greater good.
As CEO of Vestre Furniture, their sustainable business model through a circular economy proves to change one neighborhood at a time. Vestre is currently building the world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory in Norway.
Jan Christian Vestre was an inaugural speaker of TEDxGreenStreet Climate Countdown.
Instagram: @vestre_furniture
Twitter: @vestrefurniture
An Antidote to Burnout: The Regenerative Change Cycle
Devorah Brous
After three decades as an activist and community organizer, environmental change-maker Devorah Brous’ merges insights from regenerative agriculture and ancient earth-based practices to address the epidemic of burnout. This timely and intimate talk teaches us her systemic approach to pause, in order to grow a regenerative culture in our homes, institutions, and social justice movements.
Devorah Brous is an experiential educator, urban homesteader, writer, and founder of FromSoil2Soul.
Instagram: @dev.brous @fromsoil2soul
Listening to the Ocean, The Drifters Project
Pam Longobardi
Pam Longobardi has been listening to the ocean through the plastics that have ravaged its environment and shared back messages and information. An internationally acclaimed artist, professor and activist, she has one of the largest archival collection of found ocean plastics. Her examination and exposition of the physical marker of Anthropocene, the drifting plastic object, has led her to found the Drifters Project and encourage global participation.
Longobardi has been awarded the title of Regents’ Professor, Distinguished University Professor and has been named Oceanic Society’s Artist-In-Residence. She is currently living and working in Atlanta and is a Professor of Art at Georgia State University. Pam Longobardi was a TEDxGreenStreet first session Climate Countdown speaker.
The challenge and responsibility of energy sufficiency
Stephanie Pincetl, PhD
In California as we work towards electrification of our energy systems we must consider the impacts those systems have on existing ecologies and how we meet the demands for more electricity equitably.
Stephanie Pincetl is Director for the California Center for Sustainable Communities and Chair of the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Program, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability UCLA.
She is an inaugural speaker of TEDxGreenStreet Climate Countdown event.
"Wolves" / "Return to the Forrest"
Achala Green
Australian poet and performance artist Achala Green recites their poem "Wolves" and "Return to the Forrest".
Achala Green is a poet actively involved in running community poetry events since 2015. They run these events as a way to foster community participation and encourage newcomers to perform and gain confidence within themselves.
Instagram: @riotmeds
ON FIRE, TIME IS UP.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxGreenStreet, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxGreenStreet event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.