I am thrilled that the upcoming TEDxVienna City 2.0 event will be hosted at the Weltmuseum Wien, a venue both rich in historical connections and illustrating new frontiers of all types. With its newly established brand it is a beacon for generating and embracing change in cities and reaching out to communities. I was lucky…
Schlagwort: TEDxVienna
Dine with a stranger – for TEDxVienna
Why just search restaurant one after the other for the next culinary kick when you can make the most unconventional experience of your next dinner? Everybody can go to a restaurant, but consider these guerilla cooks, social or secret dinner clubs and pop-up kitchens for your next meal that will not only supply you with…
Bookworm`s delight – For TEDxVienna
Public bookcases in Vienna “You can take books and/or give them” – one can read on the side of simple bookcases on squares throughout the city. It’s as easy as that. And it’s one of the great blesses for Vienna’s inhabitants to have this choice. Bookcases or Bookcrossing? Bookcrossing means leaving a book in a…
Sweet Little Lies – for TEDxVienna
In our society lying is seen as moral wrongdoing, a truly antisocial and disrespectful behavior. If we find out that we have been lied to we are offended, hurt and disappointed. But, at a second thought, lies should not be condemned easily. Sure, on the one hand we`re told that being honest is the best…
Let it grow – Urban gardening revisited: for TEDxVienna
„If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need“ Marcus Tullius Cicero was sure. A simple wisdom thousands of Viennese window sill gardeners and balcony growers already seem to have realized. Everybody does it Nearly every grocery store in Vienna has herbs, organic seeds and fertilizers right next to the conventional…
Kick out your boss!
Positively disrupting corporate working concepts – for TEDxVienna “Kick out your boss” is what Elisabeth Scharang, Austrian director and author, demands in her new film about self-governed companies and new forms of corporate cooperation that takes her from a design collective in Graz to Vojvodina and further to Brazil. And clearly, her work is just the…
TEDxVienna Change
Livecast Die Leute von TEDxVienna bringen mit viel Elan den TED(.com)-Gedanken nach Wien: Ideas Worth Spreading. Kennen tun wir das von Konferenzen mit Live-Talks der führenden Geister in TED (Technologie, Entertainment, Design). Diese Woche gibt`s das nicht vor Ort, sondern live aus Seattle, wo Melinda Gates ein TEDxChange Event organisiert, bei dem sich alles um…
Ubuntu instead of King of the Mountain
An inspiring TEDxVienna Talk and my five cents on it Know the Problem We live in a first world society dealing with first world problems. World spanning supply chains and global networks imply that it is not scarcity of resources which fuels our daily struggles but a race for more. More stuff, more money, more…