How promoting walkability can increase citizen well-being and create both business and more liveable urban environment? How do we get people to walk and ride bikes instead of choosing cars?

Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who advocates walkability and sustainable design. He is also author of the bestselling book: "Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time". 

This video was recorded on 8th of April 2015 in Lahti, Finland. The event was organised by Aalto University Professional Development, The Regional Council of Päijät-Häme and the City of Lahti. It was partially funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Published on Apr 9, 2015

Sleepless in America exposes the crucial need for sleep and the shocking life-threatening consequences of its absence. It is a major health risk. Published on Dec 7, 2014

Improperly disposed of cigarette butts find their way to our rivers and waterways. Please keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful. Port St. Lucie is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. When it comes to the issue of  cigarette butts, Port St. Lucie has a message for all of us living in villages and towns the world over. Published on Oct 3, 2012

Using lessons learned from movie making, Richard Harding shared stories of overcoming hurdles to make END MALARIA NOW successful in distributing life-saving bed nets. Thank you to Turner Studios for providing in-kind video production services for TEDxAtlanta.

End Malaria Now's mission is to raise consciousness and funding to fight and eradicate malaria; the largest known killer of children in all of Africa.

Szuson Wong presented at the SEED Graduate Institute's 2012 Conference, Wisdom from the Origins: The Mayan Calendar and Other Prophecies on the Future of Humanity. Her workshop, Embody the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine in Becoming Whole and Awakened, addressed giving birth to our new Selves at this important evolutionary juncture of planet Earth. It is essential to embrace and integrate our feminine with our masculine as this harmony and union will empower us to enhance the spiritual evolution of humanity and the planet.

Ms. Wong is Chinese, Kiwi, American, Canadian and a writer, speaker and workshop facilitator. She is a healer, teacher, and author of Guardian of Gaia. She began as a Registered Nurse and continued with a degree in Acupuncture at the Beijing International School of Acupuncture, followed by a Doctorate in Energy Medicine.

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She was interviewed and videotaped by Barry Height of Sustainability Action Media and the video produced and curated by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv.

Dr. Newman is the Director of Clinical Research in the Emergency Department at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and an Iraq war veteran. In addition to being widely published in medical journals he has written health care articles for the New York Times and is the author of Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets From the House of Medicine. He is also the editor-in-chief for two online publications, TheNNT.com, (The Number Needed to Treat)a resource for health care evidence summaries. Presented by TEDxColumbiaEngineering

Making environmental education fun and engaging for young folks is Victor Davila's passion, leading him to establish EcoRyders, a series of summer workshops that combine environmental and health education with skateboarding. Workshop participants build their own skateboards and learn about pressing environmental issues in their community. EcoRyders offers a way to tackle both high obesity rates among local youth as well as lack of public transportation in the area. He accepts the Brower Youth Award.

The Brower Youth Awards recognize people ages 13 to 22 living in North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project or campaign with positive environmental and social impact.