Jon Jandai, one of the co-founders of Pun Pun Isaan - Thailand, shares about the importance of finding beauty in a world of increasing chaos. From the bees in the garden, to the food that he grows, Jon Jandai speaks of how he found joy and autonomy in his life as he turned inaction into action in the face of a global crisis.

Dr Debal Deb, a scientist, biodiversity conservationist and ecologist committed to working with traditional farmers in eastern India to conserve indigenous seed diversity from extinction since 1996. Also known as 'Rice Warrior of India', Debal has managed to save more than 1000 varieties of rice, all of which he stores in community based seed banks in West Bengal and Odisha for farmers.

Debal works with farmers to truly recognise the depth of their knowledge, and believes that solutions to hunger must benefit the small producer who is at highest risk. In his words, "Farmers are unnamed, unknown and greatly talented scientists."

Founder of Vrihi, the first non-governmental and largest rice seed bank for farmers in eastern India, Dr. Debal Deb has managed to save 920 varieties of rice by re-establishing the vanishing culture of non-commercial seed exchange. Debal works with farmers to truly recognize the depth of their knowledge and believes that solutions to hunger must benefit the small producer who is at highest risk. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Scientist Suzanne Simard explains the complex intelligence of how trees communicate with one another and are super cooperators rather than competitors. This beautiful story takes you into the forest to see how trees share resources and protect each other from invaders and disease while nurturing their young. Feel your childlike sense of wonder awaken as you walk through the forest learning about the natural intelligence of our planets ecosystems. Nature cooperates, more than competes, to build a thriving community of diverse species that will help the whole system withstand various attacks. We could gain a lot of perspective from learning how to cooperate with one another instead of endlessly competing. Nature already has the design.

The Plummery is a suburban home where a tiny urban permaculture garden measuring only 100sq/m (1076 sq feet) produces over 400kg/900 pounds of food year-round.

Kat Lavers describes her approach to gardening, including vertical and bio-intensive growing, and how important it is – and possible! – for city dwellers to be food resilient in the face of natural, financial and social crises. We were very inspired by how little day-to-day effort goes into creating such an abundance of food!