分类目录归档：world
I'm an underwater explorer,
more specifically a cave diver.
I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little kid,
but growing up in Canada as a young girl, that wasn't really available to me.
But as it
As a kid, I used to dream about the ocean.
It was this wild place full of color and life,
home to these alien-looking, fantastical creatures.
I pictured big sharks ruling the food chain
and saw gracef
I'm a textile artist
most widely known for starting the yarn bombing movement.
Yarn bombing is when you take knitted or crocheted material
out into the urban environment, graffiti-style --
or, more sp
When I was seven years old,
some well-meaning adult asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
Proudly, I said: "An artist."
"No, you don't," he said,
"You can't make a living being an artist!"
My l
I am British.
(Laughter)
(Applause)
Never before has the phrase "I am British" elicited so much pity.
(Laughter)
I come from an island where many of us like to believe
there's been a lot of continuity
Some people are obsessed by French wines.
Others love playing golf
or devouring literature.
One of my greatest pleasures in life is, I have to admit,
a bit special.
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy
Hi.
I want to talk about understanding, and the nature of understanding,
and what the essence of understanding is,
because understanding is something we aim for, everyone.
We want to understand things
I'd like you to imagine the world anew.
I'd like to show you some maps,
which have been drawn by Ben Hennig,
of the planet in a way
that most of you will never have seen the planet depicted before.
He
In the next six minutes that you will listen to me,
the world will have lost three mothers
while delivering their babies:
one, because of a severe complication;
second, because she will be a teenager
I just want to share with you
what I have been experiencing over the last five years
in having the great privilege of traveling
to many of the poorest countries in the world.
This scene is one I see a