Smart green world? Making digitalization work for sustainability | Tilmann Santarius | TEDxTUBerlin

The digital revolution is currently changing the daily lives of billions of people worldwide and is disrupting much of the global economy. Many sustainability researchers and representatives of civil society have been insisting for years that our economic model and consumerist lifestyle need to change to overcome the challenges facing the 21st-century world. Can the much-discussed disruption potential of digitalization be harnessed for this purpose?”

In his talk, Tilmann Santarius shows how the digital revolution transforms consumption patterns, mobility habits and industry structures – and analyses to what extent this generates new opportunities, but also creates new challenges. Tilmann provides guiding principles for a sustainable digitalization and develops hands-on proposals that show how politicians, individuals, businesses and civil society actors can help achieve it. Tilman Santarius is a scientific author and writes on topics such as digital transformation, global justice, climate policy, world trade, and sustainable economics. He studied sociology, anthropology and economics and accomplished a PhD in social science. Apart from numerous articles, Tilman co-authored the books: “Fair Future. Limited Ressources, Security, and Global Justice” (zed books, 2007); “Slow Trade – Sound Farming. A Multilateral Framework for Sustainable Markets in Agriculture” (www.ecofair-trade.org, 2007); and “Rethinking Climate and Energy Policies” (Springer, 2016). In 2020, his latest book “Smart Green World? Making Digitalization Work for Sustainability” has been published with Routledge. 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