TEDxYouth@GrandviewHeights Countdown 2020

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GEORGE HARJANI LEAD ORGANISER & MASTER CEREMONIESOF

Introduction

Head of TED. Chris developed TED as a platform for identifying and disseminating ideas worth spreading.

CHRIS ANDERSON Lindsay has dedicated her life to reshaping what leadership looks like, exploring our collective humanity through vulnerability and listening.

LINDSAY LEVIN

THE STATE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM

Session OurselvesSustaining1

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MICHAEL NEURURER 8 STEPS TO A BILLION FRIENDS “Humans are such a small part of this amazing web of life but with the biggest impact.”

GRACE WANG GO GREEN BY YOURGROWINGGREENS “We only have one home - Planet Earth, we have to make this better together!”

ROMAN KRZNARIC HOW TO LONG-TERMTHINK

SOPHIE HOWE

FUTURE-PROOFINGFORTHENEXTGENERATION

ANSON YU virtuoso at a tender young age, Anson has performed in front of huge audiences and collected an impressive string of awards: The Canadian Music Competition, American Protégé International, and the Steinway Competition.

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SIGRID SINGER, SONGWRITER

Session NatureRestoring2

LuellaZHANGLUELLASAVEATREE,SAVEALIFEisan8-year-old activist who would love to see a green and bright world for her generation. She believes that you are never too young to take action to save the world.

East and West, feminism and tradition, the local and the global, Sufism and rationalism.

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DanikaLIUDANIKASAVINGWATERSTARTSWITHYOUisa7th-graderwho is passionate about doing what she can to reverse climate change. In her leisure time, she enjoys reading and playing the piano.

ELIF SHAFAK IF TREES COULD SPEAK

LUELLA ZHANG SAVE A TREE, SAVE A LIFE “If you cut a tree, you kill a life. If you save a tree, you save a life. If you plant a tree, you create a life.”

ERNESTINE SEVIDZEM RAISING A GENERATIONFOREST

DANIKA LIU SAVING WATER STARTS WITH YOU “We can save titanic amounts of water if we are just slightly more mindful in our day-to-day lives.”

ARTIST, SINGER NILUH CHANDANI

SINGER KADEN ZHOU

PERFORMER

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DANCER ANNABELLE LEI DANCER MANDY WU

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Session 3

JINJAMESENJOYCOOL AIR WITHOUT WARMING

6th grader who enjoys being in nature. She wants to understand how nature works and how humans are affecting it so she can find ways to save it.

ARAYAMONICATHEGLOBAL

TO MonicaTRANSPORTCLEANworkswith leaders in government, business, philanthropy and activism to accelerate the shift toward emissions-free transportation.

SHIFT

ChloeLICHLOEGREENYOURCOMMUTEisanobservant

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11 student who is interested in computer science. He believes that humanity is enabled by nature and thus should be protected.

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MYLES ALLEN DECARBONIZINGFOSSILFUELS

“We can make a positive impact in this world just by changing just one habit. It means a lot to sacrifice a little.”

JAMES JIN ENJOY COOL AIR WITHOUTTHEWARMINGPLANET

MONICA ARAYA THE GLOBAL SHIFT TO GREEN TRANSPORT

“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.”

CHLOE LI GREENCOMMUTEYOUR

SINGER ELLA DONG

JEFFEREY CHEN

SINGER

SINGER PRINCE ROYCE

Session WiselyChoosing4

GOREALBECOMING AN AlACTIVISTGoreisa environmentalist,renownedandwas a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He has been involved with movementenvironmentaltheactivistforanumber of decades.

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“We can be fashionable and ethical at the same time”.

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REINA REN A MORE

BIRTHDAYTHOUGHTFULPARTY

“I understand that the problem did not start with us. But it can end with us.”

BRIANNA TANG BE TO world needs our help. Let’s do this together. Let’s all be a part of the solution not a part of the pollution”.

PLASTIC “The

DRASTIC, SAY NO

AL GORE BECOMINGACTIVISTAN

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