Karen Armstrong's 2009 TED Prize wish for the creation of the Charter for Compassion, which launched last month: charterforcompassion/

Sylvia Earle's campaign for marine protected areas: tedprize/sylvia-earle/ Jill Tarter's plan to make SETI data publicly available so that millions can join the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence: tedprize/jill-tarter/ Jose Antonio Abreu's dream to see his visionary El Sistema music program flourish in America via a Fellows program: elsistemausa/ Neil Turok's Next Einstein project: nexteinstein/ Cameron Sinclair's Open Architecture Network: openarchitecturenetwork/ Dave Eggers' OnceUponASchool: onceuponaschool/ E.O. Wilson's Encyclopedia of Life: eol/

"This is a classic case of less is more. By focusing the community's efforts, we'll end up with even greater achievement. We're investing more than ever in our TED Prize efforts and are truly proud of all that is being delivered by members of the TED community. This change will be a catalyst to take our unique mass-collaboration endeavor to a new level," says Anderson.

Jamie Oliver will unveil his "wish to change the world" wish on February 10 at TED2010 and the global TED Community will work to make it come true.

SOURCE TED Conferences