Theme: Can we change climate change?

In the spirit of TED's global climate campaign Countdown, TEDxUtrecht opens up the stage to solutions and initiatives that support the challenge to change climate change. 9 talks, 11 speakers, show how they contribute to a wiser, fairer, greener and more just system of education, business, living, working and overall behaviour.

Because climate change isn't something that just happens to us - it's something that we can change if we want to.

Stadsschouwburg
Lucasbolwerk 24
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands

Bas Welling

Bas Welling is co-founder of Wefilm. At a young age, he specialized in viral video and reached over 500 million views with their award-winning videos. After a few years, he changed the company into an agency for impact: the approach that worked for advertising big brands, is now being used to make a positive impact on society. Bas was the TEDxUtrecht 2014 host, and came back in 2022 to share his personal story together with his brother.

Charlotte Ernst

Charlotte Ernst is an urban architect and creative brain behind the cooperative Het Hof van Cartesius. It’s a permanent circular living lab and creative incubator for makers in Utrecht. She set this up together with her sister Bianca Ernst and third partner Simone Tenda. They also established a branch of Buurman in Utrecht. Buurman is a shop and workshop for used materials. With both projects they give value to waste and residual products and show how rich the city is in resources and materials.

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Juliëtte Schraauwers

Juliëtte Schraauwers is a regenerative entrepreneur and co-founder @NOWSCHOOL. She was nominated several times and was listed in the Duurzame Jonge 100 of 2020 and was listed as 1 of the 21 Triodos Verbeteraars of 2021. Her mission is to regenerate the education system by empowering the next generations to work with nature.

Kees Klomp

Kees Klomp (1968) studied political science and communication, and worked for 15+ years as a business consultant, and now as an applied scientist in education. Klomp has dedicated his life to develop theory and practice that helps the planet and humanity, rather than hurts the planet and humanity. Klomp is married, has 3 children and lives in rural Drenthe. TEDx is a wonderful platform to share some hope. We can change the system!

Leen Gorissen

Leen Gorissen, Ph.D. in Biology, is specialized in ecology, transition science, regenerative development and bio-inspired innovation. She is the author of the book ‘Building the Future of Innovation on millions of years of Natural Intelligence’ and the founder of Centre4NI, a catalyst that helps organizations and businesses to innovate like nature. It is time for a new perspective and narrative and TEDx is the platform to do just that.

Liset Meddens

Liset is the founder of Fossielvrij NL, an organization that builds a citizen movement to break the power of the fossil industry. In this way we accelerate the transition to a just, sustainable society. We are setting up campaigns to ensure that financial institutions – such as the ABP pension fund – stop investing in oil, coal and gas companies.

Liz Engelberts

For Liz, sustainability is a green thread in her story. She is convinced that the combination of sustainability and business can save the world. During her two MSc’s, it became clear to her that the challenges in society fuel innovation. It is a dream come true to have the first long-range solar cars on the road this summer. During her adventure at Lightyear she experiences what it is like to contribute to the future of mobility: thinking ahead, always looking for opportunities and constantly moving at maximum speed. With a head for business and a heart for the world.

Rob Van den Dool

Entrepreneur Yumeko

Why do we use materials, farming and production methods that are harmful for the environment, for people and animals? Rethinking the way things are made, the Amsterdam based sustainable bed- and bath brand Yumeko, has focused on ethically made materials from organic and fairtrade agriculture and production, to realize their Theory of Change to make the world a better place.

Roel Welling

Roel Welling is co-founder of Wefilm. At a young age, he specialized in viral video and reached over 500 million views with their award-winning videos. After a few years, he changed the company into an agency for impact: the approach that worked for advertising big brands, is now being used to make a positive impact on society.

Thijs Suijten

Thijs has been a nerd for as long as he can remember, writing software and new technology is what he loves to do. But at some point he wondered: “what impact am I having and what world do I leave behind?”. Now he’s dedicating his time and technical skills to make the world a better place using pragmatic technology. Collaborating with NGO’s and taking on ecological and humanitarian challenges.