What One Person Can Do About Climate Change | Ella Lagé | TEDxHamburg

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.

[alykatandon]

I hope little by little we all can make a change by replacing our toxic habits and realising what's truly important. Amazing video.

[freiac]

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.

[vl]

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

[alexandrosaiakides]

Magnificent idea. You need to be nominated for the Humanistic Award Price.
This should be spread throughout the rich countries .

[ramsaYt]

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...

[seancampbell]

That's a very brave talk she just gave. What a hero!

[alloomis]

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.

[xyzsame]

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.

[cristybello]

This video should have reached a million views as well as likes!

[SAMZest]

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!

[MyHelixnebulae]

So important talk, it opened my eyes!!

[GabrielAlRamirez]

I can’t believe there is only 41k views on this

[leannekarberg]

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.

[BalramKanwat]

Great talk and no listeners, we can imagine how serious we are. Dangerous.

[bardiaferdowski]

thank you so much. Knowing and learning by you.

[JanakShah]

What you can do to fight climate change and conservation of ecosystem of planet:

1. Refuse, reduce, repair, refurbish or recycle
2. Reduce & conserve energy by Investing in LED bulbs in my house, office, kindergarten, schools, municipalities, Buy energy efficient goods and machinery. Adopt Goods Manufacturing Practices.
2. Save water indoors and outdoors Adopt low flow faucets in toilets. Use Water harvesting and recycling methods. Use good farming and management and irrigation practices
3. Stop using flights and agitate for teleconferences or "hololens" type interactions,
4. Think global, Act local, buy local products, goods and services as far as feasible and campaign for other people to do the same. Adopt small, local, decentralized, need based, resources oriented economy
5. Stop using transport/vehicles that depend on fossil fuel and educate others to do the same. Start using public transport, sharing transport or car pools instead of individual vehicle
6. Use renewable sources of energy, Generate electrical energy form clean coal technology, bio-fuel, Energy form solar, wind, tidal wave, biodiesel, geothermal, nuclear
7. Stop using products from "China" - produced in other side of the Earth or Moon, ...
8. Reduce your food and water eco-footprint
9. Go vegan diet as far as possible
10. Protect & conserve trees, forest, mangroves, oceans, water bodies, bio diversity, soil, air, energy,
11 Save paper, Use products with low ecofootprints i.e. products marked with EcoGreen footprint labels
12. Support biodivrerse natural or organic farming to mono culture industrial farming practices. Discourage factory processed or produces foods, Support family farmers by purchasing form farmers market instead of buying form malls. Prefer freshly prepared or cooked foods to packaged and processed foods in factories or central kitchens

[PrecipiceHead]

Thank you for your inspiring talk. As record temperatures are scorching Europe this summer, action is needed more than ever.

[marianwhitcomb]

Just stay home, learn to enjoy the beauty of everything around you and care for it. Want not waste not.

[farukaliyu]

In the beginning i thought the cliff is a mere type as usual. But upon listening, I felt i would have lose much had i snubbed it. Its inspiring and I think i can spare my time to join the 350 org in Nigeria if its arm is extended in developing countries.

[nirvonna]

Everyone keeps forgetting that the simplest and most far-reaching way to reduce one’s carbon footprint is to not procreate. Nothing else can begin to compare. A giant personal footprint of someone with no kids is ultimately far less impactful (less damaging) than the footprint of someone who does all the speaker suggests, and more, to reduce their footprint yet has a few kids, who have a few kids, who have a few kids, who have a few kids, add infinitum. If the goal is to preserve life on earth as we’ve known it, the most impactful thing that can possibly be done is to curtail the relentless growth of the human population.