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Organizer: TedTalk Malaysia
Speaker: Leyla Acaroglu
Topic: Environmental Issues
Date : 1st August 2015
Time : 9.00am - 5.00pm
Venue : KLCC
Contact number: 014-6685729
E-mail: xinyichanmelissa@gmail.com
Sponsor: YPI
Price: RM200 per pax
Seats Available: 200
BENEFITS
By the end of this talk, you should be better able to:
• Reveal the true impact of the products and materials
we use every day.
• Think hard about the net impact a product has on the
environment.
• Build savvy, science-based sustainability practices.
• Uses innovative design and systems thinking to create
positive change.
• Make people think about how the choices they make on
a daily basis affect the environment.
EXTENDED BENEFITS
YPI is offering 50% discount on their latest products for everyone
who signed up for TedTalk event.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Campus students in Malaysia are
invited to attend.
PAPER BEATS PLASTIC
How to rethink environmental folklore?
Most of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things
aren’t as simple as opting for the paper bag, says sustainability strategist Leyla
Acaroglu. A bold call for us to let go of tightly-held green myths and think bigger in
order to create systems and products that ease strain on the planet.
LEYLA ACAROGLU
Director of Eco Innovators
Leyla Acaroglu is a New York based Australian designer, social scientist,
sustainability provocateur and entrepreneur. She is the founder of The Un-School
of Disruptive Design and two design agencies; New York based Disrupt Design and
Melbourne based Eco Innovators. Leyla is a well-respected international speaker,
having presented on the main stage at TED2013 in Longbeach, with two other TED
talks (TEDx Sydney and TEDx Melbourne), key noted the AIGA Design Conference
and Bonier Grid. She is a highly skilled communicator and passionate presenter
with her writing being published in a host of design magazines and the New York
Times.
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