Why we can’t fight climate change but can tackle the climate crisis | Susana Hancock | TEDxGeneva

TEDx Geneva2021 – The Tide Is Rising

What does language have to do with the climate crisis? Can we change our reality by simply changing our words? How have global institutions, like the UN, called for urgent ‘code red’ action for decades without meaningful response? Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistics that combines knowledge from neuropsychology, cognitive science and linguistics to understand how language interacts with …

L’histoire en images de l’homme qui a cherché les origines de notre monde végétal | MARIO DEL CURTO | TEDxGeneva

TEDx Geneva2019 - Rethinking Power

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, …

How to design cities to empower youth | ELISABETH BELPAIRE | TEDxGeneva

TEDx Geneva2019 - Rethinking Power

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 …

Il est plus facile d’imaginer la fin du monde que la fin du capitalisme | Jean Ziegler | TEDxGeneva

TEDx Geneva2018 - Les jours qui viennent, Past events

Infatiguablement, Jean Ziegler nous rappelle des évidences qu’il constate. Rapporteur spécial du Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies. Sources de la faim dans le monde. Inégalités qui tuent. Oligarchies aux pouvoirs excessifs. Dictature des milliardaires. Profit à tout prix. Ordre cannibal. Idéologie de la main invisible du marché. Il nous montre que c’est l’homme qui fait l’histoire, et …