What One Person Can Do About Climate Change | Ella Lagé | TEDxHamburg
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Published 2016-07-18
Ella grew up in Germany, Italy, the U.S. and Israel. At 17, she received the Bavarian Environmental Award for significantly lowering the water consumption of her home town.
As part of Fossil Free Berlin, she is campaigning for the city of Berlin to divest its capital reserves from the fossil fuel industry. In 2016, she funded an association and recently launched a platform for members of German pension funds to demand divestment of their pensions.
Divestment fills her with hope to tackle climate change: As a pragmatic environmentalist, as a responsible parent, as a hands-on optimist. Ella carries a communication design degree and a Master of Art. She started out with a four letter yahoo email address and helped shape the advance of digital services in agencies in Hamburg, New York, Berlin – and at betterplace.org. She has tought in several media schools, such as the Springer Akademie and the EMS Babelsberg. Today, she works as a Berlin based expert on service strategy and design.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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I hope little by little we all can make a change by replacing our toxic habits and realising what's truly important. Amazing video.
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The fact that its 2021 and still not many people try to do something and some don’t even care about climate change breaks my heart
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This was such a good Ted talk - I can´t believe it hasn´t more views. We are facing a crisis, and we need to change systems. Part of that transition definetely needs to happen in finance and what we are investing in.
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one person can do this: every monday morning send an email to your mp or congress representative, saying "i won't vote for you until your party publishes a radical program for climate recovery." tell all your contacts to do the same. if humanity is to survive, we must all stand up and demand action.
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Magnificent idea. You need to be nominated for the Humanistic Award Price. This should be spread throughout the rich countries .
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I can’t believe there is only 41k views on this
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LOve you for what you are doing! Divestment is a great isea and pragmatic tool. Thanks for sharing it in the interest of Mother Earth safety!
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So important talk, it opened my eyes!!
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If I choose to act on fighting fossil fuels, I would (acting on consumption cause): 1. Invest in LED bulbs in my house, office, kindergarden, schools, municipalities, 2. Use less hot water and show others how to do this 3. Stop using flights and agitate for teleconferences or "hololens" type interactions, 4. Stop buying non-local products and campaign for other people to do the same 5. Stop using transport/vehicles, that depend on fossil fuel and educate others to do the same 6. Buy electricity from renewable sources and hint my friends to do so 7. Stop using products from "China" - produced in other side of the Earth or Moon, ... There are so many things to do right now to contribute to co2 reduction as compared to simply declare your support and let the others do your bidding...
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This video should have reached a million views as well as likes!
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WE need to make this happen
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Am really thrilled with this presentation!
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Thank you for this Ted Talk. Recently started investing in my Roth IRA and was informed that a lot of companies are fueling fossil fuel companies. Now I try my best to research companies that have no to very little funding in these companies. I think a lot more should know they can help with climate change by how and where they invest. Also, changing banks is a huge step.
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Thanks for sharing the information. Good Initiative
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That's a very brave talk she just gave. What a hero!
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Thanks for sharing your ideas with us. Keep up the good work!!
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Great talk and no listeners, we can imagine how serious we are. Dangerous.
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Quit eating meat. And if you eat meat: eat less and buy organic. It also helps to cut down on dairy products. Buy organic food. Cotton is one of the most important crops worldwide. Stop buying "fast" fashion - made of cotton and otherwise. Buy less garments and buy organic and sustainably produced. Avoid flying. Join car sharing to drive to work. Consider living in a smaller house or appartment. We need a lot of energy for heating, and then there is the grey energy of building the houses AND the infrastructure. So the individual family home IS very energy consuming.
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This is extremely good!
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Thank you for your inspiring talk. As record temperatures are scorching Europe this summer, action is needed more than ever.
