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Overconsumption - Greed Without Responsibility | Dhanishtha Upadhyay | TEDxYouth@DAA

Tell the truth: do you have a drawer filled with all your old electronics (phones you upgraded from or that stopped working, wires you can’t remember the purposes of, etc…)? When you’re organizing your closet, do you come across long-forgotten clothes that still fit but you never wore? For Dhanishtha, both answers are ‘yes’. In her talk, she looks at the overconsumption of food, electronics and products in general and addresses how producers and consumers can work together to protect our health, our wallets and our planet. After all, ‘Reduce’ is the first of the three ‘R’s… TEDxYouth@DAA 2022 marks the 10th year of TEDxYouth at Dubai American Academy. This year's theme is ‘Paradigm Shift’ – an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way. Dhanishtha Upadhyay is a class of 2022 student at Dubai American Academy. In her talk, she explores our societal habit of overconsumption and ways society as a whole can work together to tackle this global issue. 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