Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Global Issues”
In his long-term photographic explorations, Mario del Curto shows us the links that unite us to the plant world. In particular, he introduces us to the work of Nikolai Vavilov at the beginning of the 20th century, which needs to be shared: this Russian agronomist has identified the origins of the vast majority of cultivated plants. Without moral or categories, …
Over the last 6 centuries, financial crises occur for almost always the same reason: we increase our debts to unsustainable levels, be it in the government, corporate or households sectors. The problem is that no financial institution is willing to tackle credit bubbles before they burst into severe recessions. Central Banks are only ready to intervene once financial crises take …
Digitalization is heavily impacting our society. We are at a time when information in abundance is impacting and disrupting the way we learn. How do you imagine the perfect education? Is the traditional learning system good enough? Anastasiia-Lei chose to reshape her education and embrace digitalization to create her school of life: self-education through TED. She stands here today, to …
A life-long human rights activist, Catalina Devandas became the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities in 2014. In her talk, Catalina will share important lessons she learned about the barriers that she, together with millions of other persons with disabilities face in their lives. She explains how the most difficult barriers are not those …
Infatiguablement, Jean Ziegler nous rappelle des évidences qu’il constate. Rapporteur spécial du Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies. Sources de la faim dans le monde. Inégalités qui tuent. Oligarchies aux pouvoirs excessifs. Dictature des milliardaires. Profit à tout prix. Ordre cannibal. Idéologie de la main invisible du marché. Il nous montre que c’est l’homme qui fait l’histoire, et …
