On May 5, 2010, IBM launched a multi-year research initiative to model and simulate factors influencing individual, community, and planetary health.

This effort aims to facilitate better

On May 5, 2010, IBM launched a multi-year research initiative to model and simulate factors influencing individual, community, and planetary health.

This effort aims to facilitate better decision-making by understanding our complex world holistically, moving beyond isolated systems. For more details on this and other projects, visit asmarterplanet.com.

Making Societies & Journalism Sustainable: UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Conference | Supriya Verma founder of Sustainability magazine. 

Our founder Supriya Verma spoke about "Making

Making Societies & Journalism Sustainable: UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Conference | Supriya Verma founder of Sustainability magazine. 

Our founder Supriya Verma spoke about "Making Societies & Journalism Sustainable" alongside industry leaders in sustainability and media:

? Lars Tallert is the initiator of the Sustainable Journalism Partnerthip, Head of Policy & International Development at Fojo Media Institute, and Sweden’s representative to UNESCO’s IPDC Intergovernmental Council and GFMDs representative to ECOSOC. He has 30+ years of journalism and development cooperation experience including advisory functions and consultancies for various groups like the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs & OECD - OCDE.

? Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is an award-winning journalist, academic, consultant and co-founder of African Women in Media (AWiM). AWiM’s vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to representation in media. Joint winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 (Sports Reporting), Yemisi ran her news website IQ4News between 2010-2014 and holds a PhD in Media & Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University, where she is a Senior Lecturer. She has published scholarly research on women’s rights, African feminism, journalism and digital public spheres. In 2021 she was recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential African Women.

? Guy Berger is Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development at UNESCO. He is responsible for the Organization’s global work on press freedom, safety of journalists, internet freedom, media pluralism and independence, gender and media, media and information literacy, and journalism education. Before joining UNESCO, he headed the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa, and was the deputy chair of the South African National Editor's Forum. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University, has published extensively, and has won several awards.

? Supriya Verma, WELL AP is an award-winning changemaker, citizen journalist, global sustainability advocate, and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of The SustainabilityX® Magazine, bringing the environment and economy together for a sustainable future through dialogue since 2016. She has written and published various thought-provoking pieces on sustainability featuring international executive leaders in business, design, politics, and science. In 2019, she was recognized internationally as one of Canada’s Top30Under30 in Sustainability Leadership and awarded McMaster University’s prestigious Alumni Arch Award in 2021 for her unique contributions to society.

"Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More"

For three decades free-market leaders have tried to reverse

"Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More"

For three decades free-market leaders have tried to reverse longstanding Keynesian economic policies, but have only produced larger government, greater debt, and more centralized economic power. So how can we achieve a truly free-market system, especially at this historical moment when capitalism seems to be in crisis?
About the Author
John C. Médaille is the author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace and an instructor at the University of Dallas. He writes and lectures frequently on economics. Médaille has more than thirty years' experience in management at large corporations and as a small businessman, and he served five terms as a city councilman in his hometown of Irving, Texas.

Biodiversity is rapidly declining, a challenge requiring innovative solutions. Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can slow and even reverse this destruction. AI not

Biodiversity is rapidly declining, a challenge requiring innovative solutions. Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can slow and even reverse this destruction. AI not only scales conservation efforts but also empowers individuals to make a personal impact.

As a computational ecologist and Ohio State professor, Dr. Berger-Wolf's work integrates computer science, wildlife biology, and social sciences. She co-founded Wild Me, an AI for conservation non-profit, home to the Wildbook project. Wildbook uses computer vision and crowdsourcing for conservation, gaining recognition in outlets like The New York Times. This talk was presented at a TEDx event. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.