The surprising impact of our consumption habits | Babette Porcelijn

The surprising impact of our consumption habits | Babette Porcelijn | TEDxMaastricht

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5 жыл бұрын

Do we truly understand the hidden impact of our consumption? Babette’s passion is to inspire people to live an eco-positive life. “As Western consumers we have more impact on the environment than we think. Not just at home or at the gas station, but also on the other side of the world, by producing and transporting the things we buy on a daily basis.” Babette shows us that often it is not the use of our products that make the biggest impact on our world, but largely the production. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@sojournern 5 жыл бұрын

very nice ted talk. I absolutely agree with all she said. We can't change the people in power overnight but we CAN change our lives, those are decisions WE make.

@holleey 5 жыл бұрын

and this absolutely does have a meaningful impact as all of us have friends and family who will take notice. in this connected age, the action of one individual can trigger a chain reaction that results in a global movement.

@lobaetoile8440 5 жыл бұрын

This talk is actually useful and practical. Not fatalistic but about an urgent topic. Bravo! 💜

@asiahmbou9611 5 жыл бұрын

My name is Asiah, I'm in Cameroon, a central African country. One of my new dreams is to attend your conference one day and maybe to be a lecturer after.

@AtomiskZabaleta 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck Sir

@SomethingStrange1579 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing everyone a beautiful day

@PhoebeFayRuthLouise 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! This was wonderful! Thank you so much for the amazing research you have done! And thank you for changing your life as an example for the rest of us! And thank you for this inspiring TEDTalk! I took a screenshot of your chart so I can show it to everyone I know!

@donavenmusic 5 жыл бұрын

"I thought, 'If I eat this carrot, what am I killing?'" That's how I felt when I first went vegan and learned about the immense, negative impact humans are having on the planet.

@ChessMasteryOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

*Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.*

@LughSummerson 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like you are an annoying, self-promoting spammer.

@ChessMasteryOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

@@LughSummerson I respect that.

@Ian-sm3su 5 жыл бұрын

DiscoverYourAwesomeness Dr Seuss right?

@ChessMasteryOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ian-sm3su Bernard M. Baruch.

@Bloom100000000000 5 жыл бұрын

The world needed this ted talk I really hope that enough people will watch this!

@erellg5375 5 жыл бұрын

that was a really interesting and lovely ted-talk thank you!!!

@akuma417 5 жыл бұрын

Is there an english version of the site?

@holleey 5 жыл бұрын

when we put these impact sources side by side in a chart, we also have to take into consideration what value they provide. for example, a device like a laptop potentially provides HUGE value. I am sure miss Porcelijn would never have been able to learn everything she did and to compile this beautiful talk without the help of a computer. on the other hand, the consumption of meat, which has an impact just barely below that of devices, does only provide a minuscule value, or in some cases, is even detrimental to our health. so the 1. impact source really should not put the 2. in the shadow in this case.

@hamade7997 5 жыл бұрын

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY

@MammaApa 5 жыл бұрын

I dunno about that...

@ashish5718 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@Babasamama700 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. How about the reuse of human & animal excreta? To what extent can this make up for the losses from eating meat?

@ThelumleysfilmMovies 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video

@roybrolsbeak 5 жыл бұрын

i see to my shock that this is held near my place .. how can anyone attend TED talks like this. ?

@asiahmbou9611 5 жыл бұрын

How can we do to have TED X in our country???

@Kris_M 5 жыл бұрын

1:08 That's a trick question, how many people would categorize rubber as plastic?

@MutekiHikaru 5 жыл бұрын

There can be no change if the big companies don't compromise. Supply and demand is controlled mostly by the suppliers after the revolution in marketing -- especially after Edward Bernays. And considering that those same big companies are responsible for the biggest chunk of the negative impact on the environment, there has to be willing and well-intentioned people within the higher hierarchy to make this work. Otherwise it's the common folk doing all the hard work for just a small improvement.

@b_uppy 5 жыл бұрын

I knew that car production was a big deal. About clearing land for cattle: it isn't necessary to clear cut all the trees. Keep the useful ones. Many innovative farmers are using interplanting techniques that allow cattle to utilize the tree leaves as food. The meat production is much higher per acre. The quality of meat is very good. Polyculture farming also reduces other stresses for cattle and the soil. The trees shade cattle in summer, so that heat ius moderated and cows continue to maintain/add weight. Trees allow break up of hardpan soils. Trees *and cattle* , when managed properly, *allow more/deeper penetration of water into the soil* . Both trees and cattle harvest and bring nutrients back up to the surface and resupply feed. Trees provide moisture retentive leaves, while cattle knock down grasses that help shade and protect roots from the hot sun and drying winds. Cattle creat divots in the soil that hold humus, seeds and water, encouraging new plant life. The trees also provide an additional harvest and crops for farmers, adding to their economic resiliency. Smart cattle farmers may cut some trees, but they know replanting with useful species of trees can increase their production and keep them solvent during otherwise lean years.

@ztsyxcvg 5 жыл бұрын

B uppy we don’t clear woods for land where the cattle could stand, we cut so many trees, especially in the rainforests, to grow corn, soy and all those crops then fed to cattle and other livestock animals. In such a case all trees need to be cut for enough space for a monoculture field. The way to go is going vegan! We need to stop filtering nutrients from plants through the dead bodies of living beings, and go for the plant foods straight away.

@tidepoolclipper8657 5 жыл бұрын

Eventually all that will become obsolete through meat grown in labs and vertical farming.

@b_uppy 5 жыл бұрын

@@tidepoolclipper8657 Lol.

@yashyadav6190 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@englishwithmr.roshdy6080 5 жыл бұрын

Very good.

@meri_o6509 5 жыл бұрын

What is the app that she shows at the end?

@nickplays2022 5 жыл бұрын

You might look at her website but not all of it is in English

@rodibremo 5 жыл бұрын

They react just like kids: "Raise your hand", "Get up", "The right answer is..."

@realityhits3022 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, an irrelevant question: Can there be change in the heritable trait within the same species of an organism over generations? If so, please gimme some examples.

@holleey 5 жыл бұрын

at some point in the past we've been single-celled organisms. is that enough change for you?

@LughSummerson 5 жыл бұрын

You can do the experiments for yourself using any quickly-reproducing species like insects. Set up isolated breeding populations and change their environment in different ways. Keep notes so that others can reproduce your findings if you discover anything interesting. _Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing._

@AnilKumar-yc3sc 5 жыл бұрын

We India's using two Sim or triple Sim Chinese smart phones which are under 200$ or 300$ and more wire cables coming with them and I know we throw them after usage. We don't have any recycle or proper waste removal system. which we buy on average every 3 or 4 years.

@nickplays2022 5 жыл бұрын

It's not just you

@joaovictorazevedodacosta3110 5 жыл бұрын

Legendas para outras línguas é necessário

@realser9 5 жыл бұрын

Guten Abend 🙌💖

@user-ig1mj7yt6v 5 жыл бұрын

لماذا لا يوجد ترجمة بااللغه العربية ؟ 💚

@alphastrength3402 5 жыл бұрын

Where is Maastricht

@mvstatuscreator1239 5 жыл бұрын

very nic mam......

@manalhamdy43 5 жыл бұрын

It 's good .

@onuryesilyurt9361 5 жыл бұрын

All the other big country which they have power to create and design something useful they always prefer to make it in on the outside of their own country. They don't want to destroy their country environment.

@youcefbenamar5317 5 жыл бұрын

Onur Yeşilyurt we live in a beautiful country algeria

@onuryesilyurt9361 5 жыл бұрын

I never think to visit but I am sure it is beautiful

@rumutulnu9020 5 жыл бұрын

Easy to change your habbits when you have money. The change cannot be only support by the people but also by the industry and therefore the states !

@rumutulnu9020 5 жыл бұрын

@@holleey I agree :'( that's why we need the stats to also force them to change, which is very hard considering the globalization..

@abdusalamkhan8215 5 жыл бұрын

You will not be successful with money but actually, u will be successful if you had good manners

@jalapenohiway 5 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽

@marzansazid6627 5 жыл бұрын

Well now I feel blessed for not being rich.

@rickporcelijn9549 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Vegan, less stuff, slow travel and don't forget to enjoy the ride

@lmao4283 4 жыл бұрын

Rick Porcelijn BASHHAHAHAHAHAH

@alex0087 5 жыл бұрын

8:50 where is the maritime transport ? Boats emit a lot

@raylantigua 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been said this, it won’t stop 99% of the people who agree with this will go back to the same habits. Habits die hard. And that a sacrifice people are not willing to make, never did, never will. Hopeful thoughts, we need a savior and you all know who that is.

@LughSummerson 5 жыл бұрын

Elon Musk?

@MammaApa 5 жыл бұрын

The great spaghetti monster?

@tduffy001 5 жыл бұрын

Hemp is the answer.

@DanielRizza 5 жыл бұрын

I wish she would have proven her claims.

@nickplays2022 5 жыл бұрын

On her site, she sells her book. Maybe there's something in it...

@meryemcharfawi2758 5 жыл бұрын

Please translate into Arabic to benefit

@ujenkins7657 5 жыл бұрын

Surprised that having lots of children wasn’t in the top ten? Surely population growth is a huge issue?

@ayoiskatie 4 жыл бұрын

This was before the drastic Amazon fires happened.. 😢

@noonoo2122 5 жыл бұрын

nice video but i dont agree with some points

@dankboigaming5835 5 жыл бұрын

I'm number five 👌

@axelconor99barrera36 5 жыл бұрын

OO YEAAAA

@abelthink3226 5 жыл бұрын

And that is why i started using a bidet

@jonathanrayfencing1824 5 жыл бұрын

Regenerative farming helps the environment.

@Daljirkii101 5 жыл бұрын

Third 😮

@vish2bnice 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson made a video song decades ago on this.

@itamar_da_god5651 5 жыл бұрын

Second

@creativelightning9703 5 жыл бұрын

The asmr is real though

@generalinformation9796 5 жыл бұрын

Her lecture did not influence in me rather then her persnolty

@hottubtoohot5815 5 жыл бұрын

Im going to fly in my private plane with my laptop eating steak

@saimukkapati8430 5 жыл бұрын

How car is correct.... Bathroom is correct bcz it was used by 60 to 70 % of the population in the world but how many use car

@EYEBALLKLOTT 8 ай бұрын

Add a comment L8

@patricka.crawley6572 5 жыл бұрын

Our consumption isn't an individual choice. The public wants what the public gets.

@holleey 5 жыл бұрын

the public gets what the public wants, rather.

@MammaApa 5 жыл бұрын

This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get This is what you want This is what you get

@patricka.crawley6572 5 жыл бұрын

@@holleey It's not a free-market. It's impossible to get what you want. The 'powers that be' won't allow it.

@patricka.crawley6572 5 жыл бұрын

When Africa gets 4.4 billion people in it....then you'll see pollution....flying all the way to the U.S.A. Water and Oil Wars. Mass migrations. China with a wall of soldiers and missiles around its empire and military outposts...all across the World. The public wants what the public wants. Hegelian dialectic.

@holleey 5 жыл бұрын

@@patricka.crawley6572 we absolutely do get what we demand (want), however, the majority is heavily influenced / manipulated in what they believe they want & need instead of thinking for themselves.

@Phemsdasla 4 ай бұрын

vergeterian pet ... poooor dog😁😁😁

@dwpix 5 жыл бұрын

I could not get through her presentation. Awesome topic, but wow- she was painful to watch

@zalexanna 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately true :(

@lobaetoile8440 5 жыл бұрын

She's pretty. She's smart. What are you talking about? I honestly don't get it...

@zalexanna 5 жыл бұрын

@@lobaetoile8440 no personal problem w her. Her presentation style, public speaking style is dragging and I feel no passion or the usual TED talk greatness.

@dwpix 5 жыл бұрын

Anna stated the same issue that I had. Nothing to do with her appearance or intellect. All to do with her delivery, unfortunately.

@lobaetoile8440 5 жыл бұрын

@@zalexanna I think you guys may find awkward her strong-non-native-English-accent or her kinda "nerdy" body language... And it's fine if you don't like her personality or if you don't agree with her methods/ideas/solutions, but this woman investigated a lot about the topic, she changed the direction of her career, focussed on searching for ways to make a substantial contribution/impact for an environmental cause, she and her family adapted their lifestyle only because they believe in these values... *She CLEARLY HAS A LOT OF PASSION. That's the one thing you can not deny.* Also, when you say she lacks the usual "TED Talk greatness", that implies you may have an unreasonable standard or be expecting a specific style of presentation... But this show brings people from all nationalities/backgrounds/professions to speak about their own experiences/ideas/feelings... We can't expect all of them to have the same style or charm or experience with this type of public speeches, they're very diverse people and some of them are academics who work indoors not necessarily professors who talk in public every day. Personally, I think that diversity and open-minded disposition is what makes this channel so interesting.

@rajeshwarsharma5766 5 жыл бұрын

The most irritating thing in lectures is to start with a question. The worse is asking the people to stand up as it is so embarrassing.

@margaretschachte489 5 жыл бұрын

Why would it be embarrassing to participate in a lecture? You must be very self-conscious...

@anestinamercy5761 5 жыл бұрын

To start with a question is actually very good for the lecture to be interactive.

@rachelrust 5 жыл бұрын

Rajeshwar Sharma a question is a fantastic to get your audience on track to thinking and following your lecture. Also, having people stand up is a fantastic tactic to get people’s blood flowing which increases attentiveness and brain function. You don’t know how long they’ve been sitting for or how many talks they’ve seen in that day. It’s a sly tactic that has been shows to work. If you take communication classes they’ll explain this to people.

@Zelousfear 5 жыл бұрын

As I'm eating this carrot corpse I wonder what have I killed.... save the trees, but kill the carrots, where does the hypocrisy end?

@vidalibanezfernandez 5 жыл бұрын

Unemployees; desmonitazion

@kubbarkub 5 жыл бұрын

No sorry but it is too high level. No details. Why would i belive in what she is saying? Suddenly we need to became vegetarian and stop flying. Sounds like rabbit hole.

@nickplays2022 5 жыл бұрын

Because she sells her book, and I guess it takes more than 12 minutes to read

@r33k5 5 жыл бұрын

If you read the book you will see all the research, it's very thorough. I, for one, am happy to know where my biggest impact is so I can change my habits where possible.

@kubbarkub 5 жыл бұрын

@@r33k5 my comment is about the speech - she is not giving you any detail about how she arrived to the results - she just say "here are my results take it as granted" . So are you guys vegetarians now? lol

@kubbarkub 5 жыл бұрын

@@nickplays2022 well she is not selling it well in this speech

@r33k5 5 жыл бұрын

@@kubbarkub I've been a vegetarian for 25+ years 🌿 I agree she is not sharing how the results were calculated; she hired specialists, those calculations are very complex. It might have been worthwhile to share some of that process, but there is so much to tell.

@Ojj2002 5 жыл бұрын

Sees global warming on a graph *immediately clicks off the video*

@mikakorhonen5715 5 жыл бұрын

That was too much for you? What other problems your mentally challenged mind causes in every day life? Let me guess, you are under 20, from industrial first world country and want everything shown in TV.