Teodora Zareva
Contributing Writer, Big Think
Recent Activity
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Two decades after creating the World Wide Web, in a speech at an MIT symposium, Tim Berners-Lee said that "access to the web is now a human right". Probably not many people know, however, that only 25.6% of the world population has internet access. This means there are 5 billion people worldwide ... Read More
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Here are three interesting items that make the process of packing, eating and separating trash a bit more practical, fun, and smart. I love the idea behind the packaging of one of the world's most expensive olive oils, El Verd Del Poaig. It's design was done by Spanish studio CuldeSac and it's ... Read More
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Nature doesn't litter, people do. In the US that trash amounts to 1.4 billion pounds per day. And 40% of that is packaging. Recently, Greenpeace tried to provoke the global community portraying Barbie as a serial killer because of her addiction to cheap packaging. I personally think that ... Read More
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1.3 trillion bricks are manufactured each year worldwide. 10% of them are made by hand in coal-fired ovens, emitting on average 1.4 pounds of carbon per brick or 800 million tons of carbon per year. In countries like China and India where the kilns are outdated this process is one of the major ... Read More
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A year ago, Ronald Shaich, the founder of Panera Bread, one of the biggest restaurant chains in the States, decided to try something different. He opened the Panera Cares Community Café in Colorado, an establishment that looked like and sold the same things as all the rest of the Panera Breads out ... Read More
About Teodora Zareva
Hello! :) My name is Teddy and I live in Sofia, Bulgaria. I spent 5 years in NY getting my B.A. in Communications with a concetration in film production and photography. I have worked as a photographer, editor and writer for several publications in Bulgaria and I'm dedicating the next two years of my life to be a "Teach for Bulgaria" educator. I am one of the organizers of TEDxBG - the first and biggest TEDx event in Bulgaria. I love to dance, eat chocolate and ask questions.