Exeter, Devon, UK
Joined June 2011
Today, we stand with international legal expert @KarimaBennoune as she briefs the #UNSC on what the intl community must do to hold the Taliban accountable for their decimation of women's rights in #Afghanistan. Watch her remarks at 10AM EDT: media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k1…
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"The best time to plant a tree Is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Let’s go planting. Because life In all its maddening magnificence begins again today." - Dawn Faizey Webster #TEDxExeter 2018 #LockedinSydrome #LIS #Ability #IdeasWorthSpreading ow.ly/KEry30kYhFC
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Check out Blue Planet Revisited on @BBCiPlayer which features former @TEDxExeter speaker & marine biologist @DrSteveSimpson bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… #ClimateCrisis #environment #COP27 @UniofExeter – at Exeter, England
Me speaking at @TEDxExeter about #pirates, based on my book #Mutiny that is - can't quite believe it - ten years old this summer. So thrilled to have been asked to write an essay for @unfold_media reflecting on what I got wrong, and right, in the book. youtube.com/watch?v=escnWFDU…
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TEDxExeter retweeted
Today’s the day! We can’t wait to welcome audiences to #TEDxNHS #Reconnected Ticket holders: Doors at @WiltonMusicHall open at 10.00am Join us via our free livestream: tedxnhs.com/livestreamreconn…
On International #YouthDay we invite you to revisit @jessjleigh's incredible @TEDxExeter talk 🎧 No child should be made to feel unsafe on our streets, and we're committed to tackling public sexual harassment #PSH in Exeter through our #SaferStreets and SWaN work ♥️
Stand up for equality Stand up for justice Stand up for what you believe in 🌍 TEDx Talk 👇 youtu.be/bGZbyUGm3vs
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Check out Bloom Festival 2022 @exeter_phoenix on Sun 8th May from 10am. BLOOM is a free community festival for mental health awareness week. Featuring music, art & crafts, poetry, storytelling, panel discussions, yoga and so much more. exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/b… #Bloom2022 #Exeter – at Exeter, England
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How can we break down the barriers that hold deaf people back? @AfariRebekah shares her experience of growing up deaf in a world created for hearing people and calls on us all to tear down the barriers to inclusion together youtu.be/M3f_mENOQaE
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TEDxExeter retweeted
🌍 Transition to Net Zero – Thursday 28th April 2022, 8:30am – 11:00am 🌍 Key Speaker 📣 Prof. Patrick Devine Wright (@PDevinewright), Chair of ‘Net Zero Task Force’, @devonclimate Book your place here: bit.ly/EXISTNETZERO #NetZeroExeter #EXISTLive
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TEDxExeter retweeted
Join us on 28th April for our first in-person event of 2022! 🌍 We’ll explore the regional challenges and pioneering solutions making an impactful contribution in #Exeter’s ambition to become a Net Zero city by 2030. Book now: bit.ly/EXISTNETZERO #NetZeroExeter #EXISTLive
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🧵"Sustainable Community Development: from what's wrong to what's strong" An inspiring & thought provoking #tedtalk @TEDxExeter from @CormacRussell is essential watching for community builders, community development activists youtu.be/a5xR4QB1ADw #abcd #strengthsbased – at West Meath, Ireland
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... or, in the meantime, watch this @TEDxExeter talk I gave when it first came out. It's been incredible hearing from people over the years about how much the book has meant to them... which has meant a huge amount to me. Thank you .-) youtube.com/watch?v=escnWFDU…
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"When rudeness in teams turns deadly." How we treat each other has an enormous impact on how teams perform. In this powerful talk @orangedis reveals the shocking impact of rudeness in the workplace arguing that #civilitysaveslives @civilitysaves @TEDxNHS youtube.com/watch?v=4RUIhjwC…
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#FGM is child abuse and a violation of women & girls rights. We need anger, courage, community led solutions and shift attitudes to redefine value of a girl. Here are examples of badass women doing just that via #media @TEDTalks bit.ly/2XTrz0N
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Really enjoyed this #TedTalk by @CormacRussell at @TEDxExeter "Sustainable community development: from what's wrong to what's strong" | Cormac Russell | TEDxExeter #AssetBased #Communitydevelopment #ABCD #Personcentered youtube.com/watch?v=a5xR4QB1…
#InPlainSight: Transatlantic slavery and Devon opens on the 29 Jan. The exhibition will investigate aspects of #Devon and #Exeter’s relationship with the Transatlantic Slave Trade that are all around us, but for some remain ‘hidden in plain sight’. 🔗rammuseum.org.uk/in-plain-si…
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Replying to @TrussellUK
In 2019 thanks to @Graymattrs & @sw_ahsn I attended @TEDxExeter where Izzy Clarkson & Jess Pepperell😇😇 spoke of a great initiative with @sainsburys tedxexeter.com/speakers/izzy…. Prompting us all entering a store to add essential items to food bank boxes. Not seen this lately🤔
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TEDxExeter retweeted
'It’s time to transform our society from one that’s literally built on burning the remains of our dead ancestors, to one that’s powered by light.' For energy day at #COP26 watch @HowardJohns explain a new model of community energy generation. tedxexeter.com/speakers/howa… @TEDCountdown
I've been interested in the gap between perception and reality for a while. Here's my @TEDxExeter talk on that theme ted.com/talks/alan_smith_why…
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