TEDx MARGAO_COUNTDOWN
TED COUNTDOWN is a global initiative addressing the climate crisis through inspiring talks and actionable solutions. Bringing together thought leaders, innovators, and activists, Countdown focuses on urgent climate challenges and offers tangible steps for a sustainable future.
This event is unique as it is a HYBRID gathering featuring live speakers alongside screenings of presentations from the recent TED COUNTDOWN in Detroit, USA.
DATE: FRIDAY 29th DEC
VENUE: JAMBUL, M.G.ROAD, PANJIM
TIME – 6-9PM
MEET THE SPEAKERS (LIVE)
TALLULAH D’SILVA-ARCHITECT
Tallulah is a social Architect and Activist championing environment conservation and building with mud, bamboo and waste material by engaging students and youth.
Tallulah will speak about Architecture, activism and advocacy
DEEPA SUBRAMANIAM-SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
With over twenty years of leadership in Fashion Retail, Deepa has seamlessly transitioned into Social Entrepreneurship. With a rich background managing Private Label Brands, Departmental Stores, and International Franchises worldwide, her proficiency extends across Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, and Body Care products. Her focus aligns with a quest for conscious consumption and reducing environmental impact. She is now leveraging her past career skills of Analytics for Buying and merchandising, BI tools, Product Development, Vendor Relations, and SCM solutions into her sustainability startup – Woodygrass – a platform for artisanal handmade bamboo furniture and interiors.
Deepa will talk about ‘Promoting conscious consumption involves informed choices, favouring alternative materials like bamboo to mitigate environmental impact, contrasting with high CO2 commercial materials’.
MEET THE SPEAKERS (VIDEO PRESENTATIONS)
| AL GORE – NOBEL LAUREATE, CLIMATE ADVOCATE |
| In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might solve the environmental crisis in time. You will want to see his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back on their climate commitments and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance. |
| Jessica Whitaker Allen and Jim Whitaker |
| Rice is the world’s largest food source and a massive emitter of methane gas, a key contributor to climate change. Fifth-generation farmer Jim Whitaker and his daughter, farmer and conservationist Jessica Whitaker Allen, are working to slash rice’s environmental impacts with innovative, sustainable farming practices. They share how they’re keeping their family farm in Arkansas profitable while spreading green farming practices to their neighbours — and, eventually, the rest of the world. “If you take care of the planet, it will take care of you,” says Whitaker Allen. |
MEET THE BAND (LIVE)
This isn’t just another climate change event—no greenwashing, no shaming, no doom and gloom. It calls us to unite and collaboratively design a better future.
