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Why it is Better to Do Something Small | Vera Günther | TEDxRuhrUniversityBochum

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Working as a volunteer welcoming refugees at the beaches in Greece, Vera Günther’s life changed profoundly. Vera will take us on a journey that shows how personal experiences can enable us to gain new perspectives and explains what empowered her to act. It might have been the moment when she realized that the two 14-year-old boys, which she found shivering on the shore and which she changed into some dry and warm clothes, were actually the smugglers who had been steering the dinghy from Turkey to Greece. In this talk, we will learn about why it is better to do something small than to do nothing, how to find the battle you’re passionate to fight in and how a washing machine can have a huge impact.
Vera Günther has represented Germany in negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals and she has worked for UN Environment in countries all over the world to make sustainable resource management as popular as she thinks it should be. Last year, Vera decided to leave the policy arena to co-found the social enterprise mimycri, where refugees and locals work together: the international team is upcycling broken refugee rubber boats into high quality bags to create awareness for the refugee crisis. Vera Günther, a social entrepreneur, has  represented  Germany  in  negotiating  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  and  she  has  worked  for  UN  Environment  in  countries  all  over  the  world  to  make  sustainable  resource  management  as  popular  as  she  thinks  it  should  be.  
In  her  talk  “Changing  your  perspective  will  change  your  life  “ she  will  share  how  her  personal  experiences  working  as  a  volunteer  welcoming  refugees  at  the  beaches  in  Greece  have  changed  her  life  profoundly. Vera  will  take  you  on  a  journey  of  how  personal  experiences  can  enable  us  to  gain  new  perspectives  and  explains  what  empowered  her  to  act. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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