After the success of TEDx Hiriya in Israel which focused on sustainability, its now the turn of TEDx Carthage, which will be held on the 8th of December in Tunisia. That’s right, one thousand seats were sold in under 4 minutes, and this is perhaps a testimony of how much Tunisians are passionate about womanhood and new ideas.
The TED conferences, and independently organized TEDx events, brings together passionate speakers, who’s talents offer an opportunity to inspire the next generation. TEDxCarthage is now in its 4th edition in Tunis but gave birth to a single movement of its kind in Tunisia, which led to the organization of more than 30 TEDx events in Tunisian universities, high schools, and cities.
This very special edition will bring together exclusively female participants of various backgrounds, and explore the “SPARK” (the theme for this year) within each of these inspiring women.
A “spark” can be a sudden event or inspiration that changed the course of their lives, and inspired a new purpose. A “spark” can also be the passion that, like in many of us, guides us towards a certain goal.
From the first woman in Tunisia ( and the Arab world) to direct an orchestra, to film directors, singers and activists TEDx Carthage will be a chance to witness a fragment of the passion that lies within many Tunisian women.
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Author: Linda Pappagallo
Linda's love for nature started when at the age of eight she discovered, with her dog, a magical river in the valley of a mountainous region in Lebanon. For four years Linda and her dog explored along the river, until one day she saw construction scrapers pushing rock boulders down the valley to make way for new construction sites. The rubble came crashing into the river destroying her little paradise, and her pathetic reaction was to shout at the mechanic monsters. Of course that was not enough to stop the destructive processes. As she continued to observe severe environmental degradation across the different places she lived in the Middle East and Africa, these terrible images remained impressed in her mind. However, environmental issues where not her first love. Her initial academic and career choices veered towards sustainable economic development, with particular interest in savings led microfinance schemes. Nevertheless, through experience, she soon realized a seemingly obvious but undervalued concept. While humans can somewhat defend themselves from the greed of other humans, nature cannot. Also nature, the environment, is the main “system” that humans depend on, not economics. These conclusions changed her path and she is now studying a Masters in...
