Global issues | TEDxTUM

Fighting statelessness with the power of community | Christiana Bukalo

by Marvin Pfaff | Sep 6, 2021

Statelessness affects up to 15 million people around the world, including Christiana Bukalo. The causes are manifold, and the consequences, ranging from the inability to travel to the lack of basic human rights, are potentially devastating. With the intent of changing...

Refugees – a homemade challenge | Melusine Reimers

by organizer | May 18, 2019

Germany took in over 950k asylum-seekers in 2015. When a wave of refugees reached the Munich central station back in September 2015, hundreds of volunteers received them with smiles, food and clothes. But what happens afterwards? How should we welcome these people in...

The time is now for a sustainable food revolution | Marc Buckley

by organizer | May 18, 2019

For Marc it’s a safe bet that you all love food, but in his talk he shows how to produce healthy food in a sustainable way. On his search for these technologies he discovered some of the industry’s biggest problems. Showing some of the worst consequences,...

Beyond the first step: the unexpected, unanticipatible, enthralling! | Terry Swartzberg

by organizer | May 17, 2019

Terry Swartzberg is convinced that every person has the potential to change the world around them, and he won’t stop until each of us goes out the door and starts making this vision reality. Whether he is fighting for the remembrance of the suffering of Jews...

The Glue That Holds Society Together | Jürgen Gradl

by organizer | May 17, 2019

What kind of society do we want to live in? Jürgen believes that solidarity is the glue that holds together a respectful society. But how can we maintain solidarity? In modern-day Germany, taxes ensure solidarity. We pay taxes and stay in the system because we know it...