Varun Sivaram : India's historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy

Varun Sivaram·Countdown

India’s historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy 

Summary 

The speaker is Indian, a physicist and clean energy executive and he explains energies that Indians use every day. 

Indian population is over one billion, they live in rural areas, and use wood, cow dung, and bioenergy. Just six percent of Indians own cars, and two percent have air conditioning. For escaping poverty, they need far more energy. 

However, coal, oil, and gas energy must ravage the country and endanger the planet. 

The speaker suggests three goals. 

1, India will need to build solar and wind power at an unprecedented scale and speed to replace coal-fired power plants. 

2, India will need to extend the reach of that renewable energy to power sectors of the economy like industry and transportation that haven’t traditionally used electricity. 

3, India must become radically more energy-efficient. 

Technology and renewable energy must offer India a cleaner and more prosperous future than coal ever can. 

Cedric Habiyaremye : How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition

Cedric Habiyaremye·TED2020

How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition 

Summary 

The speaker lived in Rwanda where the tragedy of the genocide occurred, people couldn’t farm enough, and they struggled with hunger and malnutrition. He discovered the solution to those problems when he learned in the US and it was quinoa. 

Quinoa is a tall annual leafy plant native to South America which is cultivated for its edible seeds that are high in protein.  It has all nine essential amino acids and high adaptability. It also responds well to climate change. 

The speaker, his mother, and local farmers work to combat hunger and malnutrition not only in Rwanda but also in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, and etc. The world should be a place where everyone can get nutritious food and it should be sustainable. 

Words in this story 

versatile / fulfilling many functions, multi-purpose, skilled to do many things, adaptable, flexible, all-around

Gloria Steinem : To future generations of women, you are the roots of change

Gloria Steinem·TEDWomen 2020

To future generations of women, you are the roots of change 

Summary 

The speaker tells us that still, feminism is not understood as a concept. It’s misunderstood, criticized, sometimes ridiculed. Feminism is just the radical idea that human beings are all equal. It’s not only about female superiority or a movement for lesbians. It means that the labels of gender, class, and race are not related, and it can show our unique individuality. 

Because of coronavirus spreading, people can’t gather in the same room, though, little by little, it’s changing. The speech that the newly elected Vice President Kamala Harris spoke gave women the power. When there are more women in all leadership positions, the world can change for future generations of women.  It must go in a good direction. 

Read Kamala Harris's Victory Speech in Full

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a34608824/kamala-harris-victory-speech-full-transcript/

Sophie Rose : 2020 How COVID-19 human challenge trials work — and why I volunteered

Sophie Rose·TEDWomen 2020

How COVID-19 human challenge trials work and why I volunteered

Summary 

This was a great story. The speaker is a young woman who has volunteered to be deliberately infected with COVID -19 for a human challenge trial because she thought that the risks were worth taking, it’s said that it’s too risky, though. 

The trial must lead to knowing in as little as a month whether a vaccine seems effective. The long term effects of COVID-19 infection will not only kill more people but also give a strong mental shock to people of the world. This is her decision to rebuild the world from the global crisis. 

Jo Michael Rezes : A playful exploration of gender performance

Jo Michael Rezes·TEDxTufts
A playful exploration of gender performance
Summary 

I remembered the famous TED words of the speaker, Amy Cuddy. “Don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it”.

This time, the speaker explained that we all, as actors, can play with gender in our lives and it can say rehearsal. Your current gender might be so well-rehearsed into your bodies, though, you might play with other gender and to be able to realize it is important. 

The speaker is an actor-director, theater educator, and a youngish 20- something-year-old trans person. From the rehearsal, you can know that you support each other in times of not only play and joy but also pain. It leads to succeeding more than you don’t try or fail at all. Our world should be that our gender mistakes have the potential for something good. 

Kathy Mendias :The mood-boosting power of crying

Kathy Mendias·TED@PMI

The mood-boosting power of crying

Summary 

The speaker tells us that we need to have a healthy relationship with crying and change the way we view tears. 

People must think that crying is scary, it’s confusing but it’s a screening alarm. However, she chemically explained that crying was always just associated with something bad. It’s a natural function of our amazing bodies, it’s beautiful, it gives us soothing feelings and reassures, crying is essential for us and it's an expression of our most intense interior human experience.  

There is no need to be embarrassed, ashamed, and run away. Not crying will lead to amplifying our feelings of anger or sadness. Crying helps to boost our mood. 

Aparna Nancherla·Countdown The joy of taking out the trash

Aparna Nancherla·Countdown

The joy of taking out the trash 
Summary 
I thought that the speaker was good at speaking and l wanted to speak like her. Actually, she was a comedian,  but in the past, on the TED stage, a woman who transformed into 11 characters was a different person. She looked like her. 
The comedian is, l think, lucky because she can give people stories with humor. 
Don’t buy what you don’t use, it’s a waste. 

Don’t have too much stuff that is used much enough when those are produced. 
Don’t throw out too much garbage, it must be recycled. 
Don’t produce many things that can’t be recycled. For example, many different types of cans, grass, bubble wrap, pizza boxes, and etc.
Don’t export garbage to foreign countries. 
Don’t think about having a lot of clothes and boyfriends. Taking out those must be the joy for our earth, energy, stopping climate change. 
The speaker was talking pleasantly.