TEDx LA Miracle Mile!

TEDxLA Miracle Mile 

So I know I have had a bit of absence from writing on here. I have been involved in a lot of things lately. I am working on an art project that will be showcased in June in downtown LA, an independent TED project in Los Angeles, and then my hostess job at Pete's Cafe and Bar also in downtown LA.

A lot of you have been curious about my TEDx project. Most of you know what TED is, so I assume I don't have to explain it. TEDx are independent, local conferences that operate under TED licenses. This means we follow some TED rules, some TED format, and then we get the TED name. That's pretty much it!

The theme for our TEDx project is “Food Systems in the 21^st Century”, and I am really stoked about it. We are having a little fundraiser [most likely at the Last Bookstore, in downtown LA] with a jazz quartet and a silent auction. The actual event will [hopefully] be happening at the UCLA Lenart Auditorium at the Fowler. With that said, here is our impressive lineup...

John Todd , John Todd EcologicalDesign: Designing the Sustainable Environment

James McWilliams,Texas State University: Achieving Sustainable Agriculture By Reducing/Eliminating Reliance on Animal Agriculture.

John Marshall, CalTech: Speaking For GMO's

Tara Kolla, Silverlake Farms: Urban Farming in Los Angeles: How To Make It Work

Ken Lindner, Lindner Bison: The Cost of Quality

Erik Knutsen/Emily Coyne, Authors: The Urban Homestead / Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World

Steven Rudicel/Gloria Putnam, Mariposa Creamery, Institute of Domestic Technology: Micro-Farming

Laura Avery, Manager of the Santa Monica Farmer's Market: The Future Expectations of Farmer's Market's

Nicolette Niman, Author of "The Righteous Porkchop": Eating the Way We Farm (and Farming the Way We Eat)

Debate:

" Does the World Need Sustainable Animal Agriculture?”

If you want to know more, check out the Facebook page, or contact one of the organizers!

Me! - emeraldgermaine@yahoo.com

Maurice – tedxmiraclemile@gmail.com

And, for past TEDxLAMM events, check this out.