Alvaro Cedeno believes that social innovation can and should bypass governments to solve public woes. Costa Rica’s ambassador to Japan, Alvaro studied
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Read moreView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/vermicompos… Nearly one third of our food ends up in the trash can. There is hope, however, in the f
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Read moreAt 74 years old, Jean-Michel Cousteu, son of the explorer Jacques Cousteau, till considers himself to be a sponge that is always absorbing new lessons
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Read moreThis talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel t
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