Save Yourself First

You recycle, you occasionally take the train, you eat less meat. Then you read about wars, microplastics and how social media is affecting our brains, and you wonder: why bother? The same forces that are depleting the planet are also systematically undermining your health, polluting your environment and clouding your judgement. But here is the good news: you have a lot more power than you realise.

In this keynote, landscape architect, filmmaker and author Louis De Jaeger offers a stubbornly optimistic antidote, showing how small, everyday choices can make you healthier and clearer of mind. Ultimately, these choices will make you harder to manipulate, and you do not have to be a martyr to make a difference.