‘Plastic Doesn’t Disappear’ | Katharina Flatt | TEDxSchuleSchlossSalem

Adventurous, open-minded and curious, that’s how my friends would describe me. I am Katharina Flatt, 16 years old and currently in IB1 in Salem. I grew up in a small town in central Germany, almost as a single child as my three older siblings moved out quite early. The limited offers in my hometown, the excitement of my older sibling’s life and most certainly my curiosity gave me the wish to explore different cultures and lifestyles from the very beginning. At the end of primary school, I did my first exchange to France for six months. This experience gave me the opportunity to live in a new environment, learn a new language and develop myself at a very young age. From then on, I’ve done exchanges to Peru and the US. Together with my family, I also started travelling and exploring nature very early and continued this passion. I can never get enough of nature, especially snowy mountains and wide oceans awake an extraordinary feeling in myself. All these interests led to my big wish to participate in “Classroom under Sails”, a project where a group of young students sail across the Atlantic and visit several countries on the way. This was probably the biggest adventure in my life, not always easy but a challenge in itself. Living on a small space with many people, getting up in the middle of the night to do your night watch, having classes on deck on the wavy ocean, glancing into cultures opposite from yours and being exposed to nature for half a year makes you reflect on everything you have ever done. For me, personally, this journey isn’t over, I keep processing what I saw and learned, and I keep doubting my actions and my lifestyle. Certainly, the biggest aspect of my thoughts is about the environment and the inequality behind it. In this talk I want to give a small glimpse of what I have experienced and how my perspective on our consumer society has changed. Adventurous, open-minded and curious, that’s how my friends would describe me. I am Katharina Flatt, 16 years old and currently in IB1 in Salem. I grew up in a small town in central Germany, almost as a single child as my three older siblings moved out quite early. The limited offers in my hometown, the excitement of my older sibling’s life and most certainly my curiosity gave me the wish to explore different cultures and lifestyles from the very beginning. At the end of primary school, I did my first exchange to France for six months. This experience gave me the opportunity to live in a new environment, learn a new language and develop myself at a very young age. From then on, I’ve done exchanges to Peru and the US. Together with my family, I also started travelling and exploring nature very early and continued this passion. I can never get enough of nature, especially snowy mountains and wide oceans awake an extraordinary feeling in myself. 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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