TED, a non-profit that began 25 years ago as a four-day gathering in California, with the idea of getting "Ideas Worth Spreading" out to the local, then national and global community, has developed a spin-off called TEDx. TEDx still follows the original TED's idea of each idea having an 18-minute limit, so the segments are short enough to keep the attention span of the viewers - and these days the viewers are legion, as TED has become an online phenomenon. The idea behind TEDx is to generate local, self-organized events - events designed to get communities to share in brief talks, videos and discussions of issues important to them. And TEDx is coming to UVM. Monday, July 19, from 3:00-6:00 p.m., UVM's Institute for Global Sustainability will host a TEDx event on campus, focused on the theme "leading and managing for sustainability." The $19 admission fee will "include the talks, refreshments and a chance to meet the presenters. The event is open to the public, and will be held in North Lounge, Billings." Among the key presenters are Gund Fellow and Director, ecological economist Robert Costanza, and environmental visionary Saleem Ali, also a Gund Fellow.