What if you told your neighbour, you were dumping used motor oil in the local river? They'd think you were a monster. Yet, we apply this same absurd logic to our carbon emissions every day, and our neighbours just nod along. Why? In this talk, we delve into the uncomfortable patterns of climate inaction. Despite our genuine desire for a sustainable world, we live in a state of painful dissonance—a "chafing" between our values and our actions. To cope, we've become experts at telling ourselves clever lies. This talk exposes the most common and deceptive excuses we use to justify our high-impact lifestyles. It's not about shaming, but about revealing the flawed reasoning that keeps us stuck. This talk is a wake-up call. It is about the annoying truth that will set you free. Maria is Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Södertörn University. She is known for her research on how we think and reason around goal conflicts, tensions, value clashes, and major societal challenges especially related to climate change and sustainability. In her research and outreach, Maria asks why we have strong climate knowledge and engagement yet high per capita emissions. She is a passionate communicator, contributing with her time as a driving force behind Researchers’ Desk. 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

In the early 1800s, an entire forest of oak trees was planted in Sweden for a single purpose: to build the warships of the future. But by the time the trees were ready for harvest in 1975, the world had changed. The Navy no longer built ships from wood. The carefully planned future had never arrived. This wondrous forest holds a profound secret for our time. We live our lives assuming time is a straight line, that the future will be a predictable extension of the present. But in an age of what Margaret Atwood calls not just "climate change" but "everything change," this simple view is failing us. This talk invites you on a journey to learn how to "think time with trees". It's a call to abandon the ticking clock and embrace a deeper understanding of time—one that is interconnected, relational, and stretches across human and non-human generations. Learn how to think time with trees and find a new way to care for our shared future. Christina is Professor of Archaeology at Stockholm and Uppsala Universities. She is known for her research on archaeology, heritage studies, curatorship, gender theory and the environmental humanities. She explores meeting points between nature and culture, crannogs, post humanist feminism, deep time ethics, as well as intragenerational justice and care. 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

Have you ever felt like you're not getting through to people when discussing climate change? You present the facts, you share the data, but the conversation goes nowhere. You're left feeling frustrated, and the planet is left without another advocate. What if we've been getting it all wrong? This eye-opening talk argues that we don't have a communication crisis; we have a trust crisis. Our obsession with social media reach and "winning the argument" has failed. The real solution is hidden in plain sight: build trust by understanding who you are, and who it is you are talking with. Learn how to stop talking past one other and how to move from “winning arguments” to winning partners for the planet. Anca Anton is a PR lecturer at the University of Bucharest. She is known for her research and teaching about intercultural communication, negotiation, online PR, digital writing and marketing. She is active in civil society as vice-president of the youth NGO Team Work. As an educator, Anca is a key player in Erasmus programs on PR and lobbying, and in the European Civic University - CIVIS. 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

In this powerful TEDx talk, Dr. Ahmad Sani Bala, a medical doctor and CEO of Vital Aid Medical Foundation, explores the human capacity to rise above life’s most difficult moments. Drawing from his experiences in medicine and humanitarian work, he highlights how despair often born from illness, loss, or adversity can be transformed into purpose and resilience. Through real-life stories and personal reflection, Dr. Ahmad urges us to find strength in vulnerability, hope in hardship, and meaning in service to others. His core message: no matter how deep the despair, it is possible to rise, rebuild, and impact lives. Dr. Ahmad Sani Bala is a medical doctor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja.He is a passionate advocate for public health promotion and community-based healthcare delivery.Over the past decade, Dr. Ahmad has actively organized and participated in free medical outreaches targeting hard-to-reach and underserved communities across Northern Nigeria.His unwavering commitment to equitable healthcare access led him to establish the Vital Aid Medical Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on delivering essential medical services to underserved populations, including street children. The foundation has so far reached thousands of beneficiaries.A dynamic public speaker, Dr. Ahmad frequently addresses issues of public health, climate change, and other contemporary global concerns. 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

I believe that the ultimate and most important ability of a teacher is to teach students how to understand the objective world we live in. Teacher 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

More research related to poems. Various ways to spread poems. write new poems and encourage others to do so. 就读于南京市第一中学AP班 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