Is it time to reassess our relationship with nature? | BBC Ideas
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Күн бұрынWestern societies tend to see nature and humanity as separate concepts. But are there other ways of understanding our relationship with planet Earth? Are there lessons to be learnt from indigenous cultures?
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@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
If you enjoyed this animation, you might like this one too - Why water is really, really weird: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7agfsup2azKYYU.html
@robingarvin-mack 4 жыл бұрын
Given that the world's population has nigh doubled every 50 years during the past century _(2 billion as @ 1920, nearly 4 billion - 1970 & nearly 8 billion - 2020),_ have you produced a video highlighting the adverse affects that a fourfold global population growth over the last 100 years has had on the Earth's various ecosystems? i.e.: Not just the obvious, but also (e.g.) agriculture to feed us has destroyed the natural habitats of indigenous wildlife and driven species to near or total extinction. Animal farming has not only had the same effect, but the _'exhaust' and dung from increased growth of livestock adds to greenhouse gasses, as indeed has the increased production of power (energy) for increased numbers of homes, and transport, etc. *_R_* 😎
@goldbrodidoggo 4 жыл бұрын
I tot u r gonna say vegan.. Veganism is the true and direct way of changing these.. Not wars and politics..
@robingarvin-mack 4 жыл бұрын
@@goldbrodidoggo Did you miss the bit that land clearance _(decimating the rain forest and cutting back other forests throughout the N & S temperate zones)_ to grow crops is destroying the natural habitat of indigenous species and driving them to extinction? Many of these species are essential for maintaining the planet's ecosystems and Nature's balance. With the world's human population doubling every half century, can you imagine the effect that feeding 15 billion *_'vegans'_* will have on our planet and its ecosystems by 2070??? Veganism _(and eating one's 'greens')_ is hardly green! MOREOVER... vegetarianism & veganism do not address the other issues of creating housing stock, infrastructure & transport, energy production, and all the other forms of industrialization required to accommodate and maintain the needs & wants of an exponentially growing population.
@saisree2511 4 жыл бұрын
I did.... amazing videos....I love all of them
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 жыл бұрын
“Time spent among trees is never time wasted.” -Anonymous
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 жыл бұрын
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ― Lao Tzu
@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
A fitting quote!
@afonsoferreira2198 4 жыл бұрын
You are everywhere: Alux, Nate, here, ... ;)
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 жыл бұрын
@@afonsoferreira2198 is it possible that I might be an omnipresent being?
@afonsoferreira2198 4 жыл бұрын
@@QuestionEverythingButWHY We are about to know.
@anananitanana9617 4 жыл бұрын
"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life." Rachel Carson
@anananitanana9617 4 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful video! I'm Colombian and it hurts to see how colonialism took our spirituality away from us and even if today we aware of it, it seems we forgot our history and we want to remain disconnected of our indigenous heritage. Fortunately my grandparents are farmers and they taught us to take care of each single living creature and treat it with respect and love. We are all one! ❤️
@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ana for your lovely comment ❤️
@straighttalking2090 Жыл бұрын
Well if it hurts to see how colonialism took your spirit away just think how the native animals felt as your ancestors wiped them off the face of the planet - species after species. Your ancestors wiped out 75% of all large species of animal that lived their before your ancestors arrived. Ask yourself who were the worst colonists of all.. your ancestors were! Why not get on with saving the species that are left.
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 жыл бұрын
"We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." --Native American proverb
@favb7931 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not indigenous except for a 16th part on my fathers side. But since I was 4 years old I have lived and flourished around nature. I grew up running wild in the woods and swimming in great lakes. Now that I'm a young adult I have started to see things more clearly. The earth and humans are one. I feel the enlightment of my ancestors filling me up. My understanding of the living natural force expands every single day. And I feel more and more close to my home. This planet is my home and my future. I will be here until the end and even after. Let's all love Earth and make ourselves a part of it again 🌎🌿🌾
@KsenijaNapan 3 жыл бұрын
This is so masterfully done. In 4.44 minutes you explained it all. Thank you! Goosebumps! Deeply touched.
@nayrhpos8341 Жыл бұрын
Our world is so beautiful, life and all living beings are so precious. If only more people stopped to take in the beauty of the natural world, it's value in itself not as a means to an end.
@alahmedsalahsaleh 4 жыл бұрын
I thought the intro was Avatar the last air bender
@adventureawaits3860 3 жыл бұрын
Hands down for the amazing Animation! Way to go BBC!
@Totallynotmelmao 2 жыл бұрын
Wow this is incredibly informative and beautifully illustrated…
@galangbudi7050 3 жыл бұрын
This absolutely deserve more views.
@philipsullivan4885 11 ай бұрын
Excellent video and so, so true! More people need to see this!
@ranggamahaswa5117 3 жыл бұрын
This is crazy! I really love this animation....
@spike_bang 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just here cause of classwork but wow the voice of the narrator and the spectacular art work 👌🏻 every time she says "Earth" 🌎 my mind travels to somewhere I've never been to
@yasmeenshaker6353 3 жыл бұрын
The animations are beautiful
@stewartthomas2642 2 жыл бұрын
Love your stuff kick on love it
@khaimgulkovich3368 4 жыл бұрын
Life on Earth-the Terrabiota-is a technical process, that, potentially, can continue forever.
@johnirvine9942 2 жыл бұрын
This was beautiful
@alexandermagnus6297 2 жыл бұрын
It moved me to tears 😭😢
@Isokatmydydecsf 3 жыл бұрын
I actually wondered ''why aren't we allowed to interact with Nature if we're part of it ?"
@timderekker1510 Жыл бұрын
You are allowed, you can climb trees, hike through scenery, swim in lakes, eat fruit, like animals would live and play in nature. But completely destroying the environment to farm precious materials to build things we don't need or enjoy like electric cars... is something else. We need to reorganize the outside world and our lives to actually bring balance. In my view we are less allowed to interact with the outside world than ever, not even allowed to cross the street whenever I want I could literally die wtf, or even with a vehicle on road for vehicles I have to follow so many rules. It stresses me out. I cry when I watch TV and hear all the people discuss how we will manage the transition to renewable energy or when people are happy precious metals are found in a mine in sweden. Never do I hear about reorganizing our human-made world so we don't use so much energy so inefficiently. "Let's mine this whole country, treat it with chemicals, refine it so we can build electric cars, those are slightly less horrible than regular cars!". "Great idea! We will subsidize it into oblivion, this will provide jobs and economic growth"
@belialren 4 жыл бұрын
Okay BBC, you betta work!!!
@buffplums 2 жыл бұрын
This is excellent
@saisree2511 4 жыл бұрын
Splendid.... always wonderful.... thank u so much for such a beautiful , valuable information
@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! Great to hear you enjoyed this video 😊
@saisree2511 4 жыл бұрын
@@bbcideas yes of course....I always do....cause the videos posted by you is always wonderful, intreasting, creative with valuable information....thank you...and All the Best...😊
@michellegong1626 2 жыл бұрын
I live near a city, and I don’t see myself separate from nature
@dr.samuraisminutelecture7064 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! All the rational people are feeling something is wrong and we must change to live with nature and the earth except for the super rich with distorted minds, who think they can get away no matter. The problem is they are more likely to grab power and do thing to the own interests ignoring the majority of the earthians.
@favb7931 2 жыл бұрын
Symbios, reconnection and serenity. A new era is at dawn. And we will be there to witness its sunrise. Our path has many obstacles at hand. But in the end we will make it, and I it will be our home being one with us once again.
@katicninatituana2238 3 жыл бұрын
Well, I’m Ecuadorean and we do have laws that were meant to protect nature. Unfortunately, greed and corruption are exploiting it anyway. 😞
@rintusingh3522 4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful animation and very knowledgeable video , and today nature is changing a/q to humanity thoughts. ❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the lovely feedback. All the best 😊
@alefranca9983 4 жыл бұрын
We are one.
@tamara3782 Жыл бұрын
As the climate heads into greater extremes globally, how can we best deal with future climate crises? The short answer is that we cannot deal with them unless we take care of nature's inner balance. We live in a tightly-closed and interdependent system in which everything boomerangs back to us. While living in such a system, we need to reconsider what we want and think, and how we treat each other, because our human connections are the primary influence on how nature responds to us. It is common to think that climate is dependent on factors outside of us-whether it be balances between heat and cold in the environment, or the effects of various kinds of pollution we emit-because we lack a complete picture of how our attitudes to each other bring about the strongest responses from nature toward us. No creature distorts nature the way that we people do. And it is not simply a matter of switching to renewable energy sources, electric cars and the like; it is a matter of how we relate to each other. If we truly wish to witness more balance throughout nature and not have to deal with all kinds of cold waves and other natural disasters, then similarly to how we have electricity, water and gas meters in our homes, we should also have meters that count how much evil we emit into the world from our negative attitudes to each other. What I mean is that if we could feel the extent to which we emit negative forces into the world, which negatively ricochet back to us, then we would wish to change this negative driver within us. We would want to switch it to a drive that makes our human connections positive, and which harmonizes us with nature. In simple terms, when we get up in the morning, we should first and foremost consider what we need to do in order for all people to have it good. Developing such an attitude is not so simple, yet we will need to seriously work on it as we head into the future. A life of increasing blows from nature or a life of peace and harmony depends on the extent to which we impact a shift in our attitudes to each other-from negative to positive.
@PeterParkorr 4 жыл бұрын
Looooooooooooooooong overdue, Sherlock!
@Bill0102 7 ай бұрын
This piece is a treasure trove of valuable wisdom. Engaging with a book with parallel content was a transformative experience. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
@nattehyler 4 жыл бұрын
I cried a little
@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын
Tears of optimism we hope 😊
@tashi_a 4 жыл бұрын
We are indeed a part of the earth ✌🏻
@robingarvin-mack 4 жыл бұрын
More than that... we are the stuff of stars. *_R_* 😎
@ricestrange 2 жыл бұрын
I'm an modern animist and I tell you, we should restore our faith with respecting planet we live in and restoring our faith so _she_ can answer our prayers again (Don't fight me, monotheists)
@mhlengisabela891 Жыл бұрын
Yhoo
@robingarvin-mack 4 жыл бұрын
_You think you own whatever land you land on_ _The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim_ _But I know every rock and tree and creature_ _Has a life, has a spirit, has a name ._ _You think the only people who are people_ _Are the people who look and think like you_ _But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger_ _You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew_ _'Colours of the Wind'_ from Disney's _'Pocahontas',_ (1995) *_R_* 😎
@stewartthomas2642 2 жыл бұрын
we are 1
@iloveiberia 3 жыл бұрын
OU :)
@smunjin 2 жыл бұрын
Yaa, of course, we need Aang back!
@briancannon3987 2 жыл бұрын
Nature in the metaverse?
@clara.chen4321 Жыл бұрын
I want my
@tonporsupaluck3977 3 жыл бұрын
I love this topic but could you speak a bit louder please?
@stefannikola 4 жыл бұрын
airrrth
@edenswaterislife9214 2 жыл бұрын
The spirit in nature gives us life through Mama. The truth is in front of us. It is unnatural to claim a father gives life through females.
@melsaren9954 2 жыл бұрын
Pov:pumunta ka dito para sa CER
@owand5017 4 жыл бұрын
Humans are the pollen of earth, we are the way earth will spread life trough out the universe!
@diegochatard-caraballo5848 2 жыл бұрын
But what kind of life ? Only human life, considering how selfish we are made.
@straighttalking2090 Жыл бұрын
Well so far as we know humans have destroyed more species of Animalia than any other species known to man.
@willlyon7129 3 жыл бұрын
A topic that no one seems to care about.
@rajaryansingh2519 4 жыл бұрын
It's time to reassess our relationship with God.
@Vijay_27 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome brother !
@jasmynesartstudio 3 жыл бұрын
If we fix our relationship with God, it will fix our relationship with the earth. He tell us to steward it well
@SimplySammyK 2 жыл бұрын
the propaganda piece at 0:11 as if a lion is any different
@TeknoSquirrel 2 жыл бұрын
if that's how you justify industrializing the act of controlling the lives of and killing animals for food that's your opinion. I personally think saying that would be a much less rational piece of "propaganda" though.
@ricestrange 2 жыл бұрын
@@TeknoSquirrel we must kill them for survivial
@michafotografia Жыл бұрын
Here we go again: Polytheism
@azukarzuchastux8066 2 жыл бұрын
Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
@madmank7881 2 жыл бұрын
That's so nice but let's be honest naturist horrible and most people wouldn't be alive, just look back 100 years ago and you see how much people died everyday it was ridiculous.
@Beefy.com. Жыл бұрын
this doesnt mean we can not find a way to live in harmony, we are becoming so technologically advanced we could use that for amazing things for the world
@tamara3782 Жыл бұрын
As the climate heads into greater extremes globally, how can we best deal with future climate crises? The short answer is that we cannot deal with them unless we take care of nature's inner balance. We live in a tightly-closed and interdependent system in which everything boomerangs back to us. While living in such a system, we need to reconsider what we want and think, and how we treat each other, because our human connections are the primary influence on how nature responds to us. It is common to think that climate is dependent on factors outside of us-whether it be balances between heat and cold in the environment, or the effects of various kinds of pollution we emit-because we lack a complete picture of how our attitudes to each other bring about the strongest responses from nature toward us. No creature distorts nature the way that we people do. And it is not simply a matter of switching to renewable energy sources, electric cars and the like; it is a matter of how we relate to each other. If we truly wish to witness more balance throughout nature and not have to deal with all kinds of cold waves and other natural disasters, then similarly to how we have electricity, water and gas meters in our homes, we should also have meters that count how much evil we emit into the world from our negative attitudes to each other. What I mean is that if we could feel the extent to which we emit negative forces into the world, which negatively ricochet back to us, then we would wish to change this negative driver within us. We would want to switch it to a drive that makes our human connections positive, and which harmonizes us with nature. In simple terms, when we get up in the morning, we should first and foremost consider what we need to do in order for all people to have it good. Developing such an attitude is not so simple, yet we will need to seriously work on it as we head into the future. A life of increasing blows from nature or a life of peace and harmony depends on the extent to which we impact a shift in our attitudes to each other-from negative to positive.
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