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If the media is the problem, make it the solution | Liz Bastian | TEDxOrange

232 views · Published 7 December 2015 · 19:00 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Seeing the media as one of the problems with climate change, Lis Bastian has channeled her energy into citizen media to help get the big ideas out there. She inspires us with local solutions to global issues.

Lis Bastian is an artist, passionate ecologist and founder of The Big Fix, a solutions journalism movement.  She started life as an art teacher before becoming a curator, cafe and bookshop owner, then worked in local government, ran her own art gallery all while sprinting around after twin boys. After years of leading art and environment community initiatives, she realised that the people who focus on possibility are the ones who are going to help get us out of the terrible fix – environmental, social and health –  that our planet’s in. So she started The Big Fix.  Every day, The Big Fix facebook page drip feeds its followers nourishing journalistic snacks of ingenuity, courage and possibility.  The BIg Fix the shares solutions stories from all over the world.  Stories about people who focus relentlessly on what is good, possible and best for everyone.  Because we’re all in this together.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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