Malcolm Rands: A New Model for Business

Malcolm Rands is co-founder of ecostore, New Zealand’s leading range of eco-friendly household products. Malcolm has been active in the sustainable scene for over 25 years, co-founding New Zealand’s first permaculture eco-village in 1986 and was a foundation member of the New Zealand Sustainable Business Network.

Shigeru Ban: Emergency Shelters made from Paper

Long before sustainability became a buzzword, Architect Shigeru Ban had begun his experiments with ecologically-sound building materials such as cardboard tubes and paper. His remarkable structures are often intended as temporary housing, designed to help the dispossessed in disaster-struck nations such as Haiti, Rwanda or Japan. Yet equally often the buildings remain a beloved part […]

Daniel Goleman: The Art of Managing Emotions

Daniel Goleman is a world leading expert on Emotional Intelligence (EI), in this talk he explains why feeling good at work leads to outstanding performance and how to spread the emotions that promote success.

Laura Carstensen: Older People are Happier

In the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our life-spans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! Psychologist Dr Laura Carstensen shares research that demonstrates that as people get older they become happier, more content, and have a more positive outlook on the world. ABOUT TED TED is […]

Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford: In the Key of Genius

Born three and a half months prematurely, Derek Paravicini is blind and has severe autism. But with perfect pitch, innate talent and a lot of practice, he became an acclaimed concert pianist by the age of 10. Here, his longtime piano teacher, Adam Ockelford, explains his student’s unique relationship to music, while Paravicini shows how […]

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