A fair globalization needs these 3 things | Jonathan Funke | TEDxStuttgart

So my story begins with me and my best friend Dario. We've known each other for actually since we made our first steps on this planet. And we wanted to meet just to have a relaxed evening. But it turned out different than expected. We just wanted to watch a movie, have some pizza. And we thought why not watch a

documentary? Why not find out how the clothes we're wearing are made? And as the pizza was finished and the last scenes of the movie ended and the sun was slowly rising on the horizon we were so shattered. We were so hopeless. Because we had just seen how our daily consumption ruins the lives of the people behind our

product. And we were felt so small. We thought there was nothing we could do. That in this very moment we decided never to have children. We were 14 years old. And today we're a little more relaxed. Um but still this feeling that there's something wrong with our consumption, the way we treat the people behind our product and

the natural resources, this feeling stick with us. I was very lucky. I could travel this planet a lot. I lived in Argentina for a year. I gave speeches in Malaysia. I traveled through India. But there was one experience that really stuck with me. And it was the central market of Marrakech, the Medina.

Because if you have ever been in this magical place and you've smelled the spices from all around the world, if you've ever hear heard the thousands of voices praying and bargaining and singing and chatting and laughing if you've ever seen the magical colors of the spices and the carpets you just fall in love with it.

And as you go through the small streets, you can actually see the people crafting the products, the carpets and the lamps. You get a small glimpse of their world, of their life and of their work. And buying something is so very different from a supermarket in Berlin where everything just ends with a beep.