TEDxVerftet

Speakers

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• Gaute Velle

  Gaute has been swimming around in rivers to gather knowledge on plastic pollution. This changed his perspective on what we need to teach the next generations about nature.

• Haakon Vatle

  Haakon has led a circumnavigation of the world, on a 3-masted steel bark, gathering knowledge of the oceans: The One Ocean Expedition.

• Hilde Fålun Strøm

  Hilde spends long winters in a tiny cabin in the Arctic, surrounded by polar bears, to gather knowledge for researchers and to teach kids about climate change. There, she discovered the essentials of life.

• Jon Gjerde

  Jon is a former World Champion in acrobatic hanggliding, who got inspired by his knowledge of the winds, to create new airborne wind power technology and founded Kitemill.

• Kees Klomp

  Kees is looking into what will be the most important human capacities we need to cultivate, to succeed with the green transition that lies ahead. Earlier, he has developed an economic theory of thriving, that shows how economy can be put in service of the planet.

• Lars Erik Lund

  Lars Erik is the executive who has been open about being depressed, and is showing the way to how we can really create inclusive workplaces where people thrive.

• Rune Gaasø

  Rune is a clean ocean activist and entrepreneur who dedicates most of his time to rid our shores and waters of plastic pollution.

• Vilde Regine Tellnes

  Vilde Regine wants to change the concept of Fast Food. She noticed how most food on the go is unhealthy, and most healthy food is inaccessible – and set out to change that.