Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected]
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., March 3, 2015—On Saturday, March 7, Williams College will host a viewing party of TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat. The screening will take place in Thompson Chemistry, Wege Auditorium from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and viewers are welcome to come and go throughout the all-day screening.
Among the 17 speakers for the event are Anim Steel ’94, executive director and co-founder of the Real Food Challenge; Danny Meyer, the New York City restaurateur; and Stefanie Sacks, nutritionist and author of What the Fork Are You Eating?
Talks will center on food—everything from organic food and sustainability to health education and ending hunger. Titles of presentations include “Fine dining and chain restaurants—the evolvement and overlap of the two,” “How small changes in eating can make big differences,” “The power of ugly vegetables,” “The only real way to end hunger in America,” and “How end-of-the-world doomsday preppers are thinking about their food.” Clips from several films, including The Meatrix, also will be shown.
This event is sponsored by the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives. For a full schedule of talks and speakers, visit www.tedxmanhattan.org/event.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast event in nearby Whistler. The annual TEDGlobal conference was held in October 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.
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Published March 3, 2015
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