TEDx Organizers
TEDx organizers around the world create grassroots, local events dedicated to spreading ideas within their communities, and beyond. Select any name to learn more about them and their events. Learn about participating in a local event near you
Rifat Saba
Muttrah, Oman
I believe that education is the most effective pathway to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals—not through policy alone, but through daily practice in schools. While SDGs are widely discussed at global and national levels, they remain largely under-implemented within classrooms and school cultures. My idea is simple yet transformative: schools must become living laboratories of sustainability, where global goals are translated into local action and lifelong habits.
I am passionate about embedding SDGs into education in ways that are practical, visible, and meaningful. Specifically, SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 15 (Life on Land) can be naturally integrated into teaching, learning, and community engagement. When students learn about work ethics, responsible choices, environmental stewardship, and climate responsibility through real experiences—not just textbooks—education moves from awareness to impact.
This idea challenges the traditional view of schools as exam-focused institutions. Instead, I propose that schools function as ecosystems that shape values, behaviors, and future-ready citizens. Teachers become sustainability leaders. Students become problem-solvers and advocates. Communities become partners in change.
Aligned with national visions such as Oman Vision 2040, this approach ensures that sustainability is not treated as an add-on but as a core educational purpose. When schools intentionally model sustainable practices and embed SDGs into everyday learning, they cultivate responsible individuals who are prepared not only for careers, but for citizenship in a fragile and interconnected world.
This is an idea worth spreading because the future of sustainable development depends on what we normalize in education today.
Sadia Saba
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New York, New York, United States
Leadership

Riccardo Sabatini
San Francisco, California, United States
Barbara Sabbadini

Beenu Sabharwal
Bangalore, India
Dr. Prabhjot Sabharwal

Edgar Sabina
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
I'm passionate about wine as a way of understanding culture, tradition, and identity.
FATIMA EZZAHRA SABIRI

Rishika Saboo

Abdul Saboor
Hyderabad, India

Fabrice Sabre
Avignon, France

Fatma Sabry
Cairo, Egypt
My passion in my own life and my life is goal is to build a big workhouse for the street children, refugees and the ones who faced children abuse from their own families or the community, my dream is not to build a traditional housework, my dream is to build a place where they can feel home ,a place where teaches them and their families how to be a human, and treats them in a very good humanity way ,a place where arranges them to face the world and helps them to make a good impact on the community ,i believe that the children all of them especially the streets children and the homeless ones , they are our future so we must create good minds can lead our future, and give them all equal chances to get their best out
Jaafar Sabry
Colombo , Sri Lanka

Christo sabu
Thiruvananthapuram , India

Noel Sabu
Mumbai, India
My Country, my family and my society. What I can do for them and how much can I help them. I am passionate about exploring new ideas, perspectives, etc.

Lily Sacal Neumann
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Flavia Sacapano

Charles Sacco
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Yashasvi Sachdeo
Naresh Sachdev

Naresh Sachdev
Ludhiana, India
Nidhi Sachdev
Saanvi Sachdev
Manchester , United Kingdom