Theme: TEDxHappily presents ancient, present, and future solutions to live happily in a carbon zero planet

TEDxHappily is an open community of inventors, producers, engineers, architects, designers, creators, and amplifiers. We reduce waste, represent diverse voices, reinvest in underserved communities, and respect the peacemakers. Join us this year for our one hour broadcast of ancient, present, and future solutions to realizing a carbon zero planet by 2030.

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Happily
2030 Carbon Free Lane
Los Angeles, California, 90019
United States

Danielle Krettek Cobb

Founder, Google Empathy Lab

Danielle Krettek Cobb founded Google Empathy Lab in 2015 out of a desire to create enlivening technology informed by nature, empathy, resilience, and wisdom of heart. Her Design Feeling methods and practices are a radical force of hope and creativity, connecting compassionate inner work with purposeful outer work.

Duncan Meisel

Campaign Director, Clean Creatives

Duncan Meisel is a campaign strategist, writer, and the Director of Clean Creatives. Previously, he's worked with organizations like 350.org, Amnesty International USA, and Sunrise Movement, and lives in Austin, Texas, USA.

Eric Stackpole

Co-Founder, OpenROV, Open Explorer & Sofar Ocean Technologies

Eric Stackpole is the co-founder of OpenROV, Open Explorer and Sofar Ocean Technologies, which have all focused on democratizing ocean exploration. With a background in mechanical engineering, Stackpole has spent his career developing devices to explore some of the most challenging-to-get-to parts of our planet and beyond.

George Ko

Concert Pianist and Composer

Known for his alluring sound, expressivity, and eloquence at the keyboard, pianist/composer George Ko has appeared on stages around the world, from 2000 seat auditoriums to Carnegie Hall. George is also a successful entrepreneur, having founded several companies and non-profits, in which he received the CES Innovation Award in Robotics in 2019, the Harvard Gov 2.0 Award for innovation in politics, and a patent in data management. George is also the co-founder of Giant Robot Media, an Asian-American digital magazine that discovered groundbreaking creatives throughout the world.

Molly Yang

Hgen

Molly Yang is the co-founder of Hgen, a green hydrogen startup working on more efficient, cheaper alkaline electrolyzers. She was previously a product lead at Tesla, working on industrial and residential energy storage, solar, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. She graduated from Harvard University.