How modern technology can make our society more sustainable by David Lais on TEDxGoodenoughCollege
David Lais, founder of the German Non-Profit Organisation for Sustainable Consumption, talks about
harnessing the power of modern technology and AI to combat climate change as we go about our daily lives.
David is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of several innovative start-ups in the payment area. He
started his first venture at the age of 16 and by coincident moved into the payment industry. After a life
changing event in 2015 he decided to change his focus and use his knowledge for good to start fighting
climate change. A few months later he started his latest venture, the German Non-Profit Organisation for
Sustainable Consumption (Organisation fuer nachhaltigen Konsum - OfnK).
David is focused on consumer education and uses modern technologies such as machine learning to help
consumers understand their global impact based on their purchases by analyzing the underlying payment
transaction. David is a real tech lover and software developer by heart and profession and likes to play
with pretty much everything that requires electricity and, ideally, runs code. This talk was given at a
TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Day-to-day consumer technology vs Big, innovative, change-oriented technology
In this article, it will cover a few things we can do to shift the imbalance of our unsustainable
technology consumption, and on the whole other side to sustainable tech, there’s also a few examples of
exciting innovations that are currently being developed to future proof our planet. This type of
technology will increasingly impact our lives in a positive way, but before we get into the nitty-gritty,
what is “sustainable technology”?
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