A l’instar des adultes, les adolescents ont désormais couramment mal au dos et à la nuque: certaines études indiquent que 30% des jeunes déclarent avoir mal souvent, ou tout le temps! S’agit-il là simplement d’une fatalité, d’une signature de notre époque contre laquelle nous ne pouvons rien? Ces douleurs sont en fait intrinsèquement liées à nos habitudes, conscientes ou inconscientes, …
Football can change the world, but we need to change football first
Football is by far the most popular sport in the world. It is a game for all ages, cultures and backgrounds. Especially young children embrace football, because it is an accesible sport and it provides the possibility to move, to express oneself and learn to work together. However the adults involved in the game, coaches and parents focus on the …
Where would you like to land ? | YEMI BABINGTON-ASHAYE | TEDxGeneva
Large protests are transforming our societies. Are the apparent divides forming in societies – as disparate as India and France, Brazil and Britain – the result of a common sentiment? Yemi shares his observations of a growing feeling of disempowerment around the globe, a frustration from people feeling unheard. If that isn’t bad enough, Yemi shares his sense of despair …
Les chansons interdites qui dérangeaient les pouvoirs en place | CHLOE & BAPTISTE BIERI | TEDxGeneva
Discover forbidden songs because they disturbed the powers in place. Who said that music and art are only there to entertain us? Did you know that many songs were banned at the time because they disturbed the powers in place. Between musette and swing, Chloé and Baptiste Bieri make us discover songs that, each in their own way, were sources …
L’histoire en images de l’homme qui a cherché les origines de notre monde végétal | MARIO DEL CURTO | TEDxGeneva
In his long-term photographic explorations, Mario del Curto shows us the links that unite us to the plant world. In particular, he introduces us to the work of Nikolai Vavilov at the beginning of the 20th century, which needs to be shared: this Russian agronomist has identified the origins of the vast majority of cultivated plants. Without moral or categories, …
Le pont entre citoyens et politiques | DELPHINE BACHMANN | TEDxGeneva
The relationship between citizens and politicians is very complex. A bridge between the two of them has been building over the years, leading up to a new form of government, a parliament that collaborates with the people more than ever before. Delphine’s talk will illustrate the impact and the power a citizen has in our politics and in creating our …
Le crime à l’épreuve des traces numériques | DAVID BILLARD | TEDxGeneva
Digital traces are omnipresent in the present criminal investigations. These include messages, photos, videos found in our cell phones or computers. However, can we say that these traces completely replace fingerprints or DNA samples? Are they complementary and in this case, what is their added value? In reality, these traces provide a dispassionate view of the course of a crime, …
How to design cities to empower youth | ELISABETH BELPAIRE | TEDxGeneva
In her urban planning and engineering architecture studies Elisabeth learnt very little about youth development and terms like inequity. From working experiences in different countries and cultures, she fully realized how the city environment impacts the wellbeing of its citizens. Youth and their wellbeing too often fall through the cracks of city planning and management. Today we live in an …
Etre consommateur ou contributeur au bien commun ? | YANNICK LAIGNEL | TEDxGeneva
Here is how we combined the mechanisms of facilitation in collective intelligence, contribution economics and participatory democracy to create Solucracy, an open source method to foster a dynamic of collaboration in the territories that takes care of the social fabric and which transforms the needs of the inhabitants into solutions. We have tested this method in the village of Léaz, …
How to avoid the next financial crisis? | MICHEL GIRARDIN | TEDxGeneva
Over the last 6 centuries, financial crises occur for almost always the same reason: we increase our debts to unsustainable levels, be it in the government, corporate or households sectors. The problem is that no financial institution is willing to tackle credit bubbles before they burst into severe recessions. Central Banks are only ready to intervene once financial crises take …










