Adventurous, open-minded and curious, that’s how my friends would describe me. I am Katharina Flatt, 16 years old and currently in IB1 in Salem. I grew up in a small town in central Germany, almost

Adventurous, open-minded and curious, that’s how my friends would describe me. I am Katharina Flatt, 16 years old and currently in IB1 in Salem. I grew up in a small town in central Germany, almost as a single child as my three older siblings moved out quite early. The limited offers in my hometown, the excitement of my older sibling’s life and most certainly my curiosity gave me the wish to explore different cultures and lifestyles from the very beginning. At the end of primary school, I did my first exchange to France for six months. This experience gave me the opportunity to live in a new environment, learn a new language and develop myself at a very young age. From then on, I’ve done exchanges to Peru and the US. Together with my family, I also started travelling and exploring nature very early and continued this passion. I can never get enough of nature, especially snowy mountains and wide oceans awake an extraordinary feeling in myself. All these interests led to my big wish to participate in “Classroom under Sails”, a project where a group of young students sail across the Atlantic and visit several countries on the way. This was probably the biggest adventure in my life, not always easy but a challenge in itself. Living on a small space with many people, getting up in the middle of the night to do your night watch, having classes on deck on the wavy ocean, glancing into cultures opposite from yours and being exposed to nature for half a year makes you reflect on everything you have ever done. For me, personally, this journey isn’t over, I keep processing what I saw and learned, and I keep doubting my actions and my lifestyle. Certainly, the biggest aspect of my thoughts is about the environment and the inequality behind it. In this talk I want to give a small glimpse of what I have experienced and how my perspective on our consumer society has changed. Adventurous, open-minded and curious, that’s how my friends would describe me. I am Katharina Flatt, 16 years old and currently in IB1 in Salem. I grew up in a small town in central Germany, almost as a single child as my three older siblings moved out quite early. The limited offers in my hometown, the excitement of my older sibling’s life and most certainly my curiosity gave me the wish to explore different cultures and lifestyles from the very beginning. At the end of primary school, I did my first exchange to France for six months. This experience gave me the opportunity to live in a new environment, learn a new language and develop myself at a very young age. From then on, I’ve done exchanges to Peru and the US. Together with my family, I also started travelling and exploring nature very early and continued this passion. I can never get enough of nature, especially snowy mountains and wide oceans awake an extraordinary feeling in myself. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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In 2002, mountain bikers and entrepreneurs Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to Fruita, Colorado, in search of cheap rent, world-class single track, and free time to ride. Over 15 years later, the two

In 2002, mountain bikers and entrepreneurs Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller moved to Fruita, Colorado, in search of cheap rent, world-class single track, and free time to ride. Over 15 years later, the two unconventional women have helped reshape one of the state’s most conservative towns, uniting the community through advocacy, inclusivity, and damn good pizza. Directed by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel Subscribe: https://pat.ag/Subscribe Get more from Patagonia: Official site: https://pat.ag/Patagonia Patagonia Stories: https://pat.ag/PatagoniaStories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patagonia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PATAGONIA/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/patagonia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@patagonia?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patagonia_2/ About Patagonia: At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is under threat of extinction. We’re using the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imaginations—to do something about it.

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Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ The wastefulness of takeaway paper coffee cups and issues of recyclability have regularly featured in the headlines in recent years as topics like ocean

Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ The wastefulness of takeaway paper coffee cups and issues of recyclability have regularly featured in the headlines in recent years as topics like ocean plastics become increasingly prominent. Better design and reuse are clearly on top of the agenda, but there's demands for better recycling are also firmly on the agenda of governments, organisations and consumers. Join this session to hear the story of how DS Smith has aimed to tackle this issue, starting by finding a solution to recycling coffee cups at scale in a standard paper mill, and then moving on to consider the system that sits around that technology with the launch of their Coffee Drop Box solution. We'll also be joined in the studio by the Head of Environment from one of the UK's largest coffee retailers, who will talk about the challenge of single use takeaway cups and the respective roles that reuse and recycling can play in changing a consumer's relationship with those products.

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Stark predictions of global temperature rise, and the urgent need for climate action are taking a huge emotional and psychological toll on the scientists who understand what’s happening.

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