Common conversations

Common

Who’s next? Today’s youth. Because today 15 to 25 year olds hold up a mirror to an entire society. And it is precisely this age group that the new format from Munich-based TED x YOUTH makers Zibert & Friends is dedicated to. Since August 4, 2020, inspiring discussions with young adults on current topics have been held every Tuesday as part of common conversations.

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Jeans production and its downsides

170 years ago the city of Nîmes supplied the first denim to the USA – for the famous Levi Strauss jeans. The target group at that time were the gold prospectors in California. That is why the fabric is still called denim today – “from Nîmes”. Today it is impossible to imagine our wardrobes without jeans. Unfortunately, jeans production is anything but harmless. For the environment and for us. The manufacture of a single pair of pants consumes up to 8,000 liters of water.

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