TEDxChCh - Linh Do - Defying Social Norms for Social Change

In this talk, Linh Do asks some important questions: What is normal? And how abnormal do we have to be to effect social change?

19-year-old Linh Do is the founder of Change and Switch in Australia. Four years ago, Linh initiated the Change a Million Light Bulbs project in Melbourne to get people to switch from incandescent to LED or compact fluorescent light bulbs. The project later went Australia-wide under the name Change and Switch and, as of November 2009, incandescent light bulbs are no longer for sale in Australia.
Just three years ago, Linh was trained by Al Gore to be a Climate Project presenter and deliver the slideshow behind An Inconvenient Truth, and earlier this year, Linh was one of 250 international passengers to spend two months on the Ship of World Youth, an initiative by the Government of Japan to facilitate intercultural exchange.

Linh is currently studying for her Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Environmental Studies, as well as the University of Melbourne's Universitas 21 Diploma in Global Issues.

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[jmarshallroberts]

What a cool girl! Love her style and sensibility.

[vurten2]

What has been will be again,

what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

Why's this topic even brought up, and why is it even considered important?

[mikeylj87]

Great stuff!!

[SoundsLikePeace]

We need to get to a point where every single individual thinks for themselves and does not blindly follow others.

We weren't given the ability to think and create just so that we could shut our minds and hearts off.

Don't ever worry about what others think.

As has been said "Listen to your heart above all other voices"

Thanks for the talk, the ideas and the video, please keep up the good work.

Thanks and Peace.

[edonovani]

I love this inspiring talk from an energetic and 'straight-up' young woman. No self promotion. Clearly she could! Just a brilliant connection with people who are considering their role in the world and the values they are using to decide the direction to take. I am teaching a unit on Strategies for social change at uni and this will be presented. I hope my students navigate their way to find Linh Do to engage in a campaign as heartfelt as she has found.

[redandHOT09]

I was waiting for her to get to the point for half of the talk...

[electrodacus]

Great presenter quite natural.

CFL unfortunately where not a good idea just replace the mercury that come from coal power plant with the mercury in the CFL that will bee in the landfill in just few years.

[bernardengks]

I dont understand your English... Please speak nicely...