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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,031 --> 00:00:06,701 (birds chirping) 2 00:00:15,501 --> 00:00:19,086 [Voiceover] My name is Sapiens, 3 00:00:19,296 --> 00:00:20,297 Homo Sapiens. 4 00:00:22,340 --> 00:00:25,051 I'm about 200 thousand years old. 5 00:00:26,845 --> 00:00:29,764 And this is my life today. 6 00:00:29,973 --> 00:00:31,975 (energetic busy rhythm) 7 00:00:32,183 --> 00:00:34,435 (cars honking) 8 00:00:34,644 --> 00:00:37,897 (whirring of subway train moving) 9 00:00:38,104 --> 00:00:40,441 (cars honking) 10 00:00:40,650 --> 00:00:42,610 I'm searching for something 11 00:00:43,528 --> 00:00:46,948 but I'm not sure what I'm searching for. 12 00:00:50,534 --> 00:00:53,203 (majestic music) 13 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:02,003 (birds chirping) 14 00:01:12,763 --> 00:01:15,558 (majestic music) 15 00:01:50,591 --> 00:01:53,343 (water rushing) 16 00:01:57,598 --> 00:02:00,266 (birds chirping) 17 00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:40,804 (crickets chirping) 18 00:02:41,014 --> 00:02:45,351 On those rare occasions when I look up at the sky, 19 00:02:45,559 --> 00:02:47,770 I see all those stars. 20 00:02:50,271 --> 00:02:52,440 And as far as I know, 21 00:02:52,650 --> 00:02:56,111 only our planet has life. 22 00:02:56,820 --> 00:03:00,657 (humming and dramatic music) 23 00:03:19,675 --> 00:03:22,678 Among all the species here on Earth, 24 00:03:23,762 --> 00:03:27,432 I think of myself as the most intelligent, 25 00:03:29,101 --> 00:03:30,977 self-reflective, 26 00:03:32,228 --> 00:03:33,562 and wise. 27 00:03:35,731 --> 00:03:37,233 But am I? 28 00:03:38,943 --> 00:03:41,696 (somber music) 29 00:03:56,001 --> 00:03:57,711 {\an8}[Voiceover] The United Nations reported 30 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:00,046 {\an8}that the world is in serious trouble. 31 00:04:00,255 --> 00:04:02,632 {\an8}The media are reporting on it. 32 00:04:02,841 --> 00:04:06,636 The world of scientists are showing data. 33 00:04:06,845 --> 00:04:09,513 The folks that have the ability to make change 34 00:04:09,723 --> 00:04:11,682 know that we're in trouble. 35 00:04:11,891 --> 00:04:13,184 So there's fear. 36 00:04:17,312 --> 00:04:19,648 {\an8}[Voiceover] There has not been this kind of destruction 37 00:04:19,857 --> 00:04:22,901 {\an8}on the planet since the time of the dinosaurs, 38 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:24,737 {\an8}65 million years ago. 39 00:04:31,284 --> 00:04:32,869 [Voiceover] I saw this progress. 40 00:04:33,078 --> 00:04:34,245 (cars honking) 41 00:04:34,454 --> 00:04:36,664 (rumbling on tracks) 42 00:04:36,873 --> 00:04:39,667 And progress has its price. 43 00:04:39,876 --> 00:04:42,754 (energetic music) 44 00:04:46,758 --> 00:04:48,258 Over thousands of years, 45 00:04:48,467 --> 00:04:50,469 we've been progressively empowering ourselves, 46 00:04:50,677 --> 00:04:53,472 becoming more differentiated, more identified 47 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,265 as unique human beings. 48 00:04:55,474 --> 00:04:58,769 But in the process, step by step pulling back 49 00:04:58,977 --> 00:05:01,062 {\an8}from the natural world. 50 00:05:01,270 --> 00:05:04,024 {\an8}That process has gone so far now 51 00:05:04,232 --> 00:05:06,358 {\an8}that we're running into a wall, 52 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:08,694 an evolutionary wall. 53 00:05:08,904 --> 00:05:11,781 [Voiceover] An evolutionary wall? 54 00:05:12,948 --> 00:05:15,202 Is this the end of my life? 55 00:05:21,372 --> 00:05:24,375 (crickets chirping) 56 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,968 {\an8}[Voiceover] The only way we'll ever make it as a species 57 00:05:34,177 --> 00:05:37,806 {\an8}on this planet is if we reconnect with nature. 58 00:05:44,270 --> 00:05:45,897 [Voiceover] Nature? 59 00:05:47,148 --> 00:05:51,735 Isn't that what I've been trying to evolve away from? 60 00:05:51,944 --> 00:05:54,196 Not to be dependent on nature? 61 00:05:55,823 --> 00:05:59,159 Not to be at the mercy of nature's wrath? 62 00:06:02,204 --> 00:06:04,915 For the last 35 thousand years, 63 00:06:05,123 --> 00:06:07,333 even as awakening hunter-gatherers, 64 00:06:07,542 --> 00:06:10,419 we've been pulling back from nature. 65 00:06:14,173 --> 00:06:16,341 And then about 10 thousand years ago, 66 00:06:16,551 --> 00:06:20,096 we woke up to nature's seasons, nature's cycles, 67 00:06:20,304 --> 00:06:22,764 and in that process we saw the possibility 68 00:06:22,974 --> 00:06:24,558 {\an8}of becoming farmers. 69 00:06:24,766 --> 00:06:27,978 {\an8}And that's been a process of empowering ourselves 70 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:30,647 and taking control of our own lives, 71 00:06:30,856 --> 00:06:31,898 our own destiny. 72 00:06:35,861 --> 00:06:39,197 {\an8}And about 300 years ago, we saw not only 73 00:06:39,572 --> 00:06:42,783 could we farm nature, we could manipulate matter. 74 00:06:42,993 --> 00:06:46,079 And we pulled back further from nature. 75 00:06:47,454 --> 00:06:50,249 (energetic music) 76 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,851 (gunfire) 77 00:07:13,062 --> 00:07:13,897 Oh. 78 00:07:18,902 --> 00:07:21,653 (fire crackling) 79 00:07:23,906 --> 00:07:26,367 (somber music) 80 00:07:29,912 --> 00:07:33,832 Technically our species name is Homo Sapiens Sapiens. 81 00:07:34,041 --> 00:07:37,002 And to be sapient means to be wise. 82 00:07:37,210 --> 00:07:39,712 So to be Homo Sapiens Sapiens means 83 00:07:39,921 --> 00:07:41,340 to be doubly wise. 84 00:07:43,925 --> 00:07:45,260 It's not only do we know, 85 00:07:45,468 --> 00:07:47,011 we know that we know. 86 00:07:50,932 --> 00:07:52,850 [Voiceover] Sapiens sapiens, 87 00:07:53,059 --> 00:07:54,268 yes, that's me. 88 00:07:55,937 --> 00:07:58,730 And because I know that I know, 89 00:07:58,939 --> 00:08:00,815 I've made up many stories of my dance 90 00:08:01,024 --> 00:08:02,692 and fight with nature. 91 00:08:06,405 --> 00:08:09,115 In the Bible, there's a key passage 92 00:08:09,324 --> 00:08:13,078 that encourages us to have dominion over the earth. 93 00:08:13,286 --> 00:08:15,871 That's means we would be in a controlling position 94 00:08:16,081 --> 00:08:17,748 {\an8}relative to other life forms, 95 00:08:17,957 --> 00:08:19,417 {\an8}other creatures on the earth, 96 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:21,877 {\an8}and they were in a position of serving us 97 00:08:22,086 --> 00:08:23,712 in our own evolution. 98 00:08:26,799 --> 00:08:29,843 {\an8}The story that science tells us very basically 99 00:08:30,052 --> 00:08:33,513 {\an8}is that we live in a universe that's meaningless, 100 00:08:34,139 --> 00:08:38,810 purposeless, just simply an accidental material evolution. 101 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:46,901 {\an8}We thought of Earth as just stuff, 102 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:49,988 {\an8}and it led to an orientation of use. 103 00:08:51,406 --> 00:08:53,992 So Earth is here for us to use. 104 00:08:57,786 --> 00:09:01,540 And I think we've now come to the end of that track, 105 00:09:01,748 --> 00:09:03,667 and it's no longer serving us. 106 00:09:03,875 --> 00:09:05,584 And we see, instead of dominion, 107 00:09:05,794 --> 00:09:09,588 we're really participants in the natural world. 108 00:09:16,221 --> 00:09:18,931 And that's coming really much more into alignment 109 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:20,599 with some of the Eastern traditions 110 00:09:20,808 --> 00:09:23,019 as well as some of the indigenous traditions 111 00:09:23,227 --> 00:09:24,561 in spirituality. 112 00:09:26,105 --> 00:09:28,107 (bells ringing) 113 00:09:28,315 --> 00:09:31,901 Buddhism talks about the inter dependent co-origination 114 00:09:32,111 --> 00:09:33,820 of all things in nature. 115 00:09:34,029 --> 00:09:37,824 All things in life arise and co-exist together. 116 00:09:45,874 --> 00:09:48,293 And it means we're not in a privileged position. 117 00:09:48,501 --> 00:09:49,918 We're not in a place of dominion. 118 00:09:50,128 --> 00:09:52,796 We're in a place of participation. 119 00:10:04,475 --> 00:10:06,977 A similar theme arises with the indigenous 120 00:10:07,186 --> 00:10:08,978 American Indian traditions: 121 00:10:09,188 --> 00:10:10,980 the aliveness of nature, 122 00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:14,859 that our aliveness connects with that aliveness. 123 00:10:15,943 --> 00:10:18,404 (drums beating) 124 00:10:27,038 --> 00:10:28,830 In Christianity, and to some extent 125 00:10:29,039 --> 00:10:30,582 in Islam and Judaism, 126 00:10:30,791 --> 00:10:32,667 the sense of dominion is now shifting 127 00:10:32,876 --> 00:10:37,005 {\an8}towards a feeling of stewardship and trusteeship. 128 00:10:37,214 --> 00:10:40,008 {\an8}So rather than having power over, 129 00:10:40,217 --> 00:10:43,261 we're in a respectful and responsible relationship 130 00:10:43,470 --> 00:10:45,305 to the natural world. 131 00:10:45,596 --> 00:10:47,681 (water running) 132 00:10:52,437 --> 00:10:55,106 (birds calling) 133 00:10:58,109 --> 00:11:00,486 {\an8}[Voiceover] So the last 3.8 billion years that life 134 00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:02,071 {\an8}has been on this planet, 135 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:04,573 all of these individual species 136 00:11:04,781 --> 00:11:07,326 kind of started working together. 137 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,379 By virtue of being in the same habitats 138 00:11:19,587 --> 00:11:22,048 and the same ecosystems, they begin 139 00:11:22,257 --> 00:11:25,050 to leverage those relationships 140 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:29,138 in order to create conditions conducive to life. 141 00:11:37,312 --> 00:11:40,149 (tranquil music) 142 00:11:42,942 --> 00:11:43,943 If you could imagine that 143 00:11:44,153 --> 00:11:47,155 sort of emergent property scaling up, 144 00:11:48,156 --> 00:11:51,450 it could actually explain some of the planetary phenomena 145 00:11:51,659 --> 00:11:53,161 that we see today. 146 00:12:02,002 --> 00:12:05,088 {\an8}[Voiceover] So, we're getting away from this idea 147 00:12:05,298 --> 00:12:07,257 {\an8}that nature is all machinery 148 00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:11,553 and looking into the Earth as a single living system. 149 00:12:18,268 --> 00:12:21,896 [Voiceover] That idea had a mystical name, 150 00:12:22,104 --> 00:12:23,689 Gaia. 151 00:12:24,524 --> 00:12:28,152 Imagine: A scientific hypothesis in the 1970s 152 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,322 named after a Greek goddess? 153 00:12:32,865 --> 00:12:36,202 No wonder so many people didn't buy it. 154 00:12:40,247 --> 00:12:42,374 But now, scientists seem to be finding 155 00:12:42,583 --> 00:12:45,293 that Earth can really self-regulate 156 00:12:49,547 --> 00:12:52,217 like any single living organism. 157 00:12:54,885 --> 00:12:57,555 (dramatic music) 158 00:13:12,486 --> 00:13:14,696 Earth is alive. 159 00:13:17,407 --> 00:13:19,784 {\an8}Scientists thought for a long time, 160 00:13:19,992 --> 00:13:21,160 {\an8}it's only because Earth is 161 00:13:21,369 --> 00:13:24,163 {\an8}the exact right distance from the sun. 162 00:13:24,372 --> 00:13:26,165 Because you see, our molecules, 163 00:13:26,374 --> 00:13:28,167 if they get too cold, they freeze up 164 00:13:28,376 --> 00:13:29,126 (ping) 165 00:13:29,335 --> 00:13:30,169 and the organism dies. 166 00:13:30,378 --> 00:13:31,379 If they get too hot, 167 00:13:31,587 --> 00:13:34,173 they unfold and the organism dies. 168 00:13:34,382 --> 00:13:37,008 We have to be in a certain range of temperature, 169 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:38,134 (joyful bells) 170 00:13:38,344 --> 00:13:40,262 and that's where Earth is. 171 00:13:42,682 --> 00:13:45,141 But over four billion years, 172 00:13:45,350 --> 00:13:46,977 this is what we've learned in the 20th century, 173 00:13:47,185 --> 00:13:49,729 the sun was 25% cooler. 174 00:13:49,938 --> 00:13:52,190 So it sent its rays to Earth, 175 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:56,068 and Earth had all of these heat-trapping gases 176 00:13:56,278 --> 00:14:00,740 to keep the sunlight in and warm up the planet 177 00:14:01,073 --> 00:14:02,992 to the temperature for life. 178 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,244 But over four billion years, 179 00:14:05,452 --> 00:14:07,371 the sun got hotter and hotter. 180 00:14:07,579 --> 00:14:11,874 As it got hotter, Earth drew carbon dioxide out 181 00:14:12,376 --> 00:14:16,630 of the atmosphere so it wouldn't get too hot for life. 182 00:14:18,131 --> 00:14:20,592 Earth has regulated itself 183 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,844 by changing its atmosphere, 184 00:14:23,052 --> 00:14:25,305 by drawing down carbon dioxide 185 00:14:26,306 --> 00:14:28,474 while the sun heated up. 186 00:14:28,683 --> 00:14:32,019 So you see, if we, in industrial civilization, 187 00:14:32,228 --> 00:14:34,813 are now reversing that trend, 188 00:14:35,732 --> 00:14:39,109 we're actually going against the intelligence, 189 00:14:39,318 --> 00:14:42,237 the ordering that brought forth life. 190 00:14:42,446 --> 00:14:45,157 (water rushing) 191 00:14:47,701 --> 00:14:50,370 (dramatic music) 192 00:15:08,928 --> 00:15:11,390 (gulls cawing) 193 00:15:19,564 --> 00:15:23,276 There's evidence that suggests that the organisms, 194 00:15:23,485 --> 00:15:26,738 the biosphere, plays a very, very significant role 195 00:15:26,945 --> 00:15:29,699 {\an8}into how the planetary systems work. 196 00:15:29,907 --> 00:15:33,452 {\an8}And you add in the layers of the geosphere 197 00:15:33,661 --> 00:15:35,454 and the atmosphere, and it becomes 198 00:15:35,663 --> 00:15:38,290 an incredibly complex system. 199 00:15:38,499 --> 00:15:42,169 But that interactive system ultimately means 200 00:15:42,378 --> 00:15:43,629 that everything is interconnected 201 00:15:43,837 --> 00:15:45,381 and interdependent. 202 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:49,008 (dramatic music) 203 00:16:00,395 --> 00:16:03,398 {\an8}[Voiceover] We're completely nature. 204 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:09,236 We breathe the same air that every other animal breathes. 205 00:16:11,988 --> 00:16:13,866 There is no separation. 206 00:16:18,954 --> 00:16:20,080 This understanding 207 00:16:20,288 --> 00:16:22,081 of the self-regulating nature of Earth, 208 00:16:22,290 --> 00:16:23,333 we didn't know about this. 209 00:16:23,542 --> 00:16:26,210 For 400 years in science, we just didn't. 210 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:28,963 But now we're realizing we're destroying billions 211 00:16:29,171 --> 00:16:32,007 of years of creativity that enabled 212 00:16:32,216 --> 00:16:34,677 all of this vitality to exist. 213 00:16:34,886 --> 00:16:37,179 (owl hoots) 214 00:16:38,848 --> 00:16:41,809 {\an8}But we're awakening to that mistake, 215 00:16:42,016 --> 00:16:45,186 {\an8}and now we see, instead of thinking of Earth 216 00:16:45,396 --> 00:16:47,606 as something to exploit and use, 217 00:16:47,815 --> 00:16:50,776 we're beginning to realize it is a community 218 00:16:50,984 --> 00:16:53,987 that we are to join and enhance. 219 00:16:54,195 --> 00:16:55,780 That's the big shift. 220 00:17:22,473 --> 00:17:24,390 [Voiceover] If I had to dominate nature, 221 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,685 animals were no exception. 222 00:17:27,728 --> 00:17:31,522 After all, they don't have feelings like I do. 223 00:17:34,692 --> 00:17:36,026 Or do they? 224 00:17:36,486 --> 00:17:40,155 (slower, reflective music) 225 00:17:42,492 --> 00:17:44,409 Where did we get this strange idea 226 00:17:44,619 --> 00:17:46,077 that animals don't have feelings? 227 00:17:46,286 --> 00:17:49,789 It actually goes back to one of the founders 228 00:17:49,998 --> 00:17:53,251 of the modern world, René Descartes. 229 00:17:53,877 --> 00:17:56,421 So he, back there with Newton and Galileo, 230 00:17:56,630 --> 00:17:58,965 they were giving birth to a new world. 231 00:17:59,173 --> 00:18:00,759 And Descartes, as the philosopher, 232 00:18:00,967 --> 00:18:02,761 was asking himself the question, 233 00:18:02,969 --> 00:18:05,095 "Do animals have feelings?" 234 00:18:05,304 --> 00:18:08,432 And at first he thought, "Maybe they do." 235 00:18:08,641 --> 00:18:11,477 And so he was starting off with animals close to humans, 236 00:18:11,685 --> 00:18:14,688 and then he was working his way down. 237 00:18:15,773 --> 00:18:17,775 And when he got to the oyster, 238 00:18:17,983 --> 00:18:19,818 that was too much. 239 00:18:20,026 --> 00:18:21,904 He just couldn't imagine an oyster having feelings. 240 00:18:22,111 --> 00:18:25,532 So then he just said then none of them do. 241 00:18:28,117 --> 00:18:33,998 And he imagined then that animals were machines. 242 00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:37,460 And when they gave off sounds like pain, 243 00:18:37,669 --> 00:18:41,338 it just meant they were machines that were malfunctioning. 244 00:18:41,547 --> 00:18:44,466 I mean, it's a really bizarre view, ultimately. 245 00:18:44,675 --> 00:18:49,805 And yet, our factory farms, our cosmetics industry? 246 00:18:50,973 --> 00:18:56,102 We treat animals as if they were just sort of nothing, 247 00:18:56,394 --> 00:18:59,313 and it goes right back to this mistaken view 248 00:18:59,522 --> 00:19:01,775 of the nature of the universe. 249 00:19:03,192 --> 00:19:05,778 (hopeful music) 250 00:19:13,578 --> 00:19:16,496 Western industrial people are at that stage now 251 00:19:16,706 --> 00:19:20,166 where we are challenged by feeling our way 252 00:19:20,375 --> 00:19:22,586 into the lives of the animals. 253 00:19:27,549 --> 00:19:29,342 The mother bear cares for her cubs 254 00:19:29,551 --> 00:19:32,929 just the same way we care for our children. 255 00:19:36,599 --> 00:19:40,352 All of these beings live within feelings 256 00:19:40,561 --> 00:19:43,147 that are just as intense as ours. 257 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,984 (hopeful music) 258 00:19:49,695 --> 00:19:54,365 It's not just making the planet work for humans. 259 00:19:54,574 --> 00:19:56,534 It's to participate in bringing forward 260 00:19:56,744 --> 00:19:59,955 the thriving, vibrant community of life 261 00:20:00,872 --> 00:20:04,626 including all of the species of this planet. 262 00:20:06,044 --> 00:20:08,713 (dramatic music) 263 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,454 (sniffing) 264 00:20:58,635 --> 00:21:00,637 If we take the four and a half billion years 265 00:21:00,845 --> 00:21:02,138 that Earth has been around 266 00:21:02,347 --> 00:21:04,223 and we compress it into one year 267 00:21:04,432 --> 00:21:06,392 so that the Earth is born on January 1st, 268 00:21:06,601 --> 00:21:07,769 just past midnight, 269 00:21:07,977 --> 00:21:09,979 and we're standing on December 31st, 270 00:21:10,187 --> 00:21:11,647 just before midnight, 271 00:21:11,856 --> 00:21:14,483 life's been around for 3.8 billion years 272 00:21:14,692 --> 00:21:17,444 which means it showed up on February 25th. 273 00:21:17,653 --> 00:21:18,779 And then after about a month, 274 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:22,198 we see photosynthesis, the planet rapidly change 275 00:21:22,408 --> 00:21:23,701 from a carbon-rich atmosphere 276 00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:26,620 to an atmosphere that has quite a bit more oxygen. 277 00:21:26,829 --> 00:21:29,832 And as a result, we see a lot more diversification 278 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,793 and single-celled organisms dominate the planet 279 00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:38,005 through April and May and June and July 280 00:21:38,339 --> 00:21:39,841 and half of August. 281 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:43,218 In September's the first time we have sexual reproduction, 282 00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:45,429 and then it isn't even until November 283 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:47,597 that we start seeing fungi. 284 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,976 And after the fungi, come the fish. 285 00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:52,269 And then eventually we have land plants. 286 00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:54,980 And when terra firma starts being colonized, 287 00:21:55,189 --> 00:21:58,442 then we have insects and amphibians 288 00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:00,736 and reptiles and mammals. 289 00:22:00,944 --> 00:22:05,489 Flowers have only been here since December 20th. 290 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:08,659 The loss of the dinosaurs, that was Christmas. 291 00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:11,997 {\an8}And then if we go to today, December 31st, 292 00:22:12,205 --> 00:22:14,707 {\an8}and we look at our ancestors, the hominids, 293 00:22:14,915 --> 00:22:17,001 the first primates that came out of the trees 294 00:22:17,209 --> 00:22:20,212 and walked the plains of Africa with two legs, 295 00:22:20,420 --> 00:22:23,632 they showed up at 11:30 this morning. 296 00:22:23,841 --> 00:22:25,675 And Homo Sapiens Sapiens? 297 00:22:25,885 --> 00:22:28,261 We've been here for 23 minutes. 298 00:22:28,470 --> 00:22:30,139 And the entire Industrial Revolution 299 00:22:30,346 --> 00:22:32,432 which defines life as we know it 300 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,350 to where we look for ideas, 301 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:36,770 how we presume, how we live on this planet, 302 00:22:36,978 --> 00:22:40,690 everything around our technologies and our media, 303 00:22:40,899 --> 00:22:42,316 the last 200 years, 304 00:22:43,567 --> 00:22:44,903 one second. 305 00:22:45,111 --> 00:22:46,445 That's it. 306 00:22:46,653 --> 00:22:48,864 (air rushing) 307 00:23:05,172 --> 00:23:08,258 [Voiceover] I'm such a young species. 308 00:23:08,466 --> 00:23:10,009 It's hard to believe. 309 00:23:13,805 --> 00:23:17,474 We have something like 99% match 310 00:23:17,683 --> 00:23:19,894 of our genes with chimpanzees. 311 00:23:21,813 --> 00:23:27,193 Even with trees, we share 25% of the genes with trees, 312 00:23:30,821 --> 00:23:32,697 so that we're starting to realize 313 00:23:32,906 --> 00:23:34,741 that we're really all kin. 314 00:23:34,950 --> 00:23:36,701 We're all cousins. 315 00:23:39,788 --> 00:23:43,833 (flutes and rattles with rhythmic music) 316 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:05,770 {\an8}And our understandings of many of the peoples 317 00:24:05,979 --> 00:24:08,189 {\an8}that I come from and that I work with 318 00:24:08,731 --> 00:24:11,150 is that every aspect of creation, 319 00:24:11,358 --> 00:24:14,279 every aspect of an ecosystem is alive 320 00:24:16,739 --> 00:24:20,159 from the smallest particles of creation 321 00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:22,078 to the largest. 322 00:24:24,289 --> 00:24:26,415 Each of them are necessary to be a part 323 00:24:26,623 --> 00:24:30,669 of keeping something in balance in the natural world. 324 00:24:41,679 --> 00:24:44,140 [Voiceover] I thought of myself as different, 325 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:47,018 separate, superior, 326 00:24:47,935 --> 00:24:50,478 yet all this is making sense. 327 00:24:51,856 --> 00:24:55,817 I convinced myself I needed to separate from nature, 328 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:58,279 but I probably went too far. 329 00:25:03,491 --> 00:25:05,785 And then, so you can think, huh, 330 00:25:05,994 --> 00:25:09,581 maybe this new deep understanding required 331 00:25:09,789 --> 00:25:11,791 {\an8}our disconnection from nature. 332 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,084 {\an8}It's a possibility. 333 00:25:13,293 --> 00:25:16,046 {\an8}Maybe, to reach this full understanding, 334 00:25:16,254 --> 00:25:19,590 we had to go through this period of disconnection. 335 00:25:19,798 --> 00:25:21,384 Who knows for sure? 336 00:25:21,592 --> 00:25:24,053 But the exciting thing is that we're learning 337 00:25:24,261 --> 00:25:26,931 our commonality with all of life. 338 00:26:06,592 --> 00:26:08,887 [Voiceover] I can't give up technology 339 00:26:09,096 --> 00:26:11,639 and go back to living in a cave. 340 00:26:12,598 --> 00:26:14,475 Then, what? 341 00:26:16,811 --> 00:26:19,230 It's not about giving up technology. 342 00:26:19,439 --> 00:26:21,899 In fact, the way through our evolutionary wall 343 00:26:22,108 --> 00:26:26,028 is by designing the most advanced technological era ever, 344 00:26:27,238 --> 00:26:30,116 the biological revolution. 345 00:26:34,536 --> 00:26:36,288 The entire Industrial Revolution 346 00:26:36,496 --> 00:26:38,790 was ultimately about taking: 347 00:26:39,874 --> 00:26:43,920 taking minerals, taking soil, taking oil, taking water. 348 00:26:44,129 --> 00:26:45,922 And we're very rapidly learning 349 00:26:46,131 --> 00:26:49,467 that there's a limit to how much that we can take. 350 00:26:51,428 --> 00:26:53,179 So by redefining our relationship, 351 00:26:53,388 --> 00:26:56,433 it isn't nature is there for us, 352 00:26:57,057 --> 00:27:00,936 {\an8}but we ultimately are part of the natural world. 353 00:27:01,145 --> 00:27:02,938 {\an8}Our lives depend on it. 354 00:27:03,147 --> 00:27:05,107 And if we can quiet our cleverness 355 00:27:05,315 --> 00:27:08,027 and we can instead borrow the recipe 356 00:27:08,235 --> 00:27:11,280 instead of taking the raw materials, 357 00:27:11,488 --> 00:27:15,033 then we've entered the biological revolution. 358 00:27:22,123 --> 00:27:26,377 Biomimicry is conscious emulation of nature's genius. 359 00:27:28,003 --> 00:27:29,963 We actually make an intentional choice 360 00:27:30,173 --> 00:27:32,758 to look to the other organisms for inspiration 361 00:27:32,966 --> 00:27:35,385 about how we can live better on this planet 362 00:27:35,594 --> 00:27:39,473 for our designs, for our processes, our systems. 363 00:27:42,059 --> 00:27:45,228 So ultimately, a biological revolution means 364 00:27:45,437 --> 00:27:47,980 we as a species, Homo Sapiens, have to learn 365 00:27:48,190 --> 00:27:50,775 to align itself back with the strategies 366 00:27:50,983 --> 00:27:53,360 that have succeeded for the other 30 million species 367 00:27:53,569 --> 00:27:56,614 that are on the planet today. 368 00:27:56,822 --> 00:27:58,991 And they've been around a lot longer than we have 369 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,034 as a species. 370 00:28:00,242 --> 00:28:04,538 And so, with 3.8 billion years of R&D behind them, 371 00:28:04,746 --> 00:28:06,998 you might say there's a little bit of genius in that 372 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:09,084 that we can borrow from. 373 00:28:12,670 --> 00:28:17,008 We have, as a race, invented all sorts of tools. 374 00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:20,761 We don't have to abandon that knowledge. 375 00:28:20,970 --> 00:28:25,641 We need to use that knowledge but open up our thinking 376 00:28:25,849 --> 00:28:28,685 {\an8}and use those tools and that knowledge 377 00:28:28,894 --> 00:28:31,355 {\an8}to then go back and revisit nature 378 00:28:31,564 --> 00:28:33,315 {\an8}and find new solutions. 379 00:28:35,692 --> 00:28:39,488 [Voiceover] I used to think I could figure anything out, 380 00:28:39,695 --> 00:28:43,783 but how can I create objects without destroying nature? 381 00:28:46,578 --> 00:28:49,288 [Dayna] The answer lies looking at nature itself. 382 00:28:49,498 --> 00:28:51,415 Take a look at Morpho butterflies, 383 00:28:51,624 --> 00:28:54,585 an incredibly brilliant bright blue color, 384 00:28:54,794 --> 00:28:58,297 but you know, there's no pigment in these butterflies. 385 00:28:58,506 --> 00:29:02,008 The wings have nanostructures that create color 386 00:29:02,218 --> 00:29:05,053 just by their ability to refract light. 387 00:29:05,262 --> 00:29:09,057 And by emulating this design, scientists have created 388 00:29:09,266 --> 00:29:14,312 fabric, cosmetics, paint without the need for toxic dyes. 389 00:29:14,770 --> 00:29:16,856 In fact, they've even created displays 390 00:29:17,065 --> 00:29:19,276 that use minimal power and are fully visible 391 00:29:19,484 --> 00:29:21,110 in bright sunlight. 392 00:29:24,531 --> 00:29:27,158 (hopeful music) 393 00:29:33,497 --> 00:29:35,457 [Voiceover] Mimicking nature is still far 394 00:29:35,665 --> 00:29:38,169 from being an everyday reality. 395 00:29:41,589 --> 00:29:43,298 But I'm starting to see the potential 396 00:29:43,507 --> 00:29:47,260 for a new technological era, inspired by nature. 397 00:29:48,845 --> 00:29:51,222 (happy music) 398 00:29:52,515 --> 00:29:55,101 There are turbines that powered with minimal energy 399 00:29:55,310 --> 00:29:58,313 that emulate the shape of the flow forms in seashells. 400 00:29:58,521 --> 00:30:00,105 There are self-cooling buildings 401 00:30:00,315 --> 00:30:02,733 that are emulating the way termite mounds cool, 402 00:30:02,941 --> 00:30:04,860 and even high-speed bullet trains 403 00:30:05,068 --> 00:30:09,156 that are emulating the beak of the kingfisher bird. 404 00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:16,746 One of the biggest challenges that we're facing 405 00:30:16,954 --> 00:30:18,540 as a species on this planet today 406 00:30:18,748 --> 00:30:20,208 is climate change. 407 00:30:22,210 --> 00:30:25,463 And the fact that we are pumping so much carbon dioxide 408 00:30:25,672 --> 00:30:28,466 into the atmosphere along with other greenhouse gases, 409 00:30:28,674 --> 00:30:30,134 that we're changing. 410 00:30:30,343 --> 00:30:33,346 We're changing the whole dynamics of the planet. 411 00:30:33,554 --> 00:30:36,224 (drums beating) 412 00:30:46,233 --> 00:30:49,027 (crashing noise) 413 00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:55,908 That we actually have the opportunity 414 00:30:56,116 --> 00:30:58,160 {\an8}to look to the natural world and ask, 415 00:30:58,369 --> 00:31:01,497 {\an8}"What do you do with an excess carbon dioxide source? 416 00:31:01,706 --> 00:31:03,499 {\an8}"And how do you prevent the production 417 00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:05,918 of that carbon dioxide in the first place?" 418 00:31:06,126 --> 00:31:10,005 And plants provide an incredible opportunity. 419 00:31:10,214 --> 00:31:11,173 Plants photosynthesize, 420 00:31:11,382 --> 00:31:13,758 and photosynthesis is the magic combination 421 00:31:13,967 --> 00:31:18,263 of taking CO2 and water, and in the presence of sunlight, 422 00:31:18,472 --> 00:31:22,141 creating energy and sugars and oxygen. 423 00:31:28,273 --> 00:31:30,065 Learning from the plants, well, 424 00:31:30,275 --> 00:31:32,443 there's researchers that have now been able 425 00:31:32,652 --> 00:31:34,945 to use catalysts, pulling carbon dioxide 426 00:31:35,153 --> 00:31:36,822 out of the atmosphere. 427 00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:51,794 There's enough energy that hits the planet every day 428 00:31:52,003 --> 00:31:54,171 to power all of our energy needs. 429 00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:57,258 And by learning from some of the specific parts 430 00:31:57,466 --> 00:32:00,594 of photosynthesis itself, we can bio-optimize. 431 00:32:00,803 --> 00:32:04,223 We can improve on our solar panels today. 432 00:32:04,432 --> 00:32:06,434 And ideally, we get to a place where we're able 433 00:32:06,642 --> 00:32:09,185 to even manufacture our solar panels 434 00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:11,522 in a way that is sustainable. 435 00:32:12,939 --> 00:32:15,400 (serene music) 436 00:32:19,696 --> 00:32:21,239 When it comes to biomimicry, 437 00:32:21,448 --> 00:32:24,075 the conscious emulation of nature's genius 438 00:32:24,284 --> 00:32:26,910 is ultimately about recognizing that life 439 00:32:27,119 --> 00:32:30,122 creates conditions conducive to life. 440 00:32:36,503 --> 00:32:39,006 And so, to truly practice biomimicry, 441 00:32:39,214 --> 00:32:42,259 it's beyond emulating form, what nature has made. 442 00:32:42,468 --> 00:32:45,262 But it's also asking, how has she made it 443 00:32:45,471 --> 00:32:48,973 and how does it fit in the larger ecosystem? 444 00:33:01,569 --> 00:33:04,697 And it comes from a place of quieting our cleverness 445 00:33:04,905 --> 00:33:07,199 and having the thanksgiving. 446 00:33:09,368 --> 00:33:12,120 Thank you for sharing your ideas with me. 447 00:33:12,329 --> 00:33:14,706 Thank you for giving us some insights 448 00:33:14,915 --> 00:33:17,376 about how we as such a young species 449 00:33:17,584 --> 00:33:20,504 can actually learn to live here on the planet. 450 00:33:20,712 --> 00:33:23,382 (waves splashing) 451 00:33:37,395 --> 00:33:39,938 (gull calling) 452 00:33:45,486 --> 00:33:49,740 (crickets chirping and frogs croaking) 453 00:33:57,497 --> 00:34:01,208 (subway rushing noise) 454 00:34:01,418 --> 00:34:02,960 [Voiceover] It's no wonder that as I moved away 455 00:34:03,168 --> 00:34:06,505 from nature, I was also moving away 456 00:34:06,714 --> 00:34:08,465 from nurturing my body. 457 00:34:12,428 --> 00:34:14,971 I used to think that all I needed to survive 458 00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:17,683 was a cold beer and a pizza. 459 00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:21,310 But now I'm realizing that I need clean air, 460 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,355 clean water, the sun, and vibrant foods 461 00:34:24,565 --> 00:34:26,733 that capture those elements. 462 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:29,026 (water burbling) 463 00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:33,197 If you stop and think about what's happening 464 00:34:33,406 --> 00:34:35,324 when you're breathing, it can actually be 465 00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:38,369 a very profound meditation on your connection 466 00:34:38,578 --> 00:34:40,913 to the environment around you. 467 00:34:47,461 --> 00:34:50,589 You're taking in from the air around your body 468 00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:52,174 {\an8}what your body needs to survive, 469 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:55,218 {\an8}and you're breathing out what is no longer useful to you. 470 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:56,845 {\an8}And the fascinating thing about that 471 00:34:57,052 --> 00:34:59,054 is the trees are doing the exact same thing, 472 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:01,933 but they need what we're exhaling. 473 00:35:05,102 --> 00:35:07,898 And we need what they're exhaling. 474 00:35:10,524 --> 00:35:13,067 We really are that connected. 475 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:22,202 [Voiceover] Trees are our partners. 476 00:35:22,410 --> 00:35:26,581 {\an8}Trees are a critical piece of the life support system 477 00:35:26,789 --> 00:35:28,791 {\an8}of the planet. 478 00:35:33,546 --> 00:35:37,299 In Los Angeles, the incidence of obesity, 479 00:35:37,509 --> 00:35:42,137 diabetes, skin cancer, asthma, and lung disease 480 00:35:42,387 --> 00:35:44,473 is killing people. 481 00:35:45,516 --> 00:35:48,894 That map of where the highest concentrations are 482 00:35:49,102 --> 00:35:51,438 is in reverse proportion to the highest concentration 483 00:35:51,647 --> 00:35:53,815 of tree canopy. 484 00:36:00,279 --> 00:36:03,199 Now, it's a socio-economic correlation, 485 00:36:03,407 --> 00:36:07,286 but it's now being called environmental justice. 486 00:36:14,544 --> 00:36:18,630 [Voiceover] Trees have been my shelter and my fuel. 487 00:36:19,757 --> 00:36:23,885 Now I realize that they also help to store water. 488 00:36:29,891 --> 00:36:32,309 [Dayna] When rain hits a tree, its leaves and branches 489 00:36:32,519 --> 00:36:37,314 collect the water and soften its impact on the ground. 490 00:36:37,523 --> 00:36:41,485 The mulch and the soil below the tree acts like a sponge 491 00:36:41,694 --> 00:36:45,573 and slowly releases that water into the soil. 492 00:36:45,781 --> 00:36:48,659 The roots and the fungi soak up that water, 493 00:36:48,867 --> 00:36:52,580 ultimately creating an underground reservoir. 494 00:36:54,999 --> 00:36:58,167 So trees are a natural water treatment system 495 00:36:58,376 --> 00:37:02,463 and can provide communities with this essential element. 496 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,133 (laughing) 497 00:37:11,598 --> 00:37:14,558 (water trickling) 498 00:37:21,773 --> 00:37:22,983 [Voiceover] Without water, 499 00:37:23,191 --> 00:37:25,861 I can only survive for a few days. 500 00:37:29,405 --> 00:37:30,866 And to think that my body is made up 501 00:37:31,074 --> 00:37:34,577 of about 60 to 70% water. 502 00:37:45,253 --> 00:37:47,840 The sun nourishes life on Earth. 503 00:38:04,022 --> 00:38:07,817 As a diurnal animal, who evolved under the sun, 504 00:38:09,276 --> 00:38:11,153 how did I get to view sunlight 505 00:38:11,362 --> 00:38:13,405 as such a guilty pleasure? 506 00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:28,169 Besides my lifestyle taking me mostly indoors, 507 00:38:28,378 --> 00:38:30,755 I also convince myself to stay away from the sun 508 00:38:30,964 --> 00:38:33,257 for fear of sun cancer. 509 00:38:36,095 --> 00:38:37,929 Did I overdo it? 510 00:38:40,222 --> 00:38:41,599 We've discovered there's an epidemic 511 00:38:41,808 --> 00:38:43,350 of vitamin D deficiency, 512 00:38:43,559 --> 00:38:47,562 and this is contributing to the risk for diabetes, 513 00:38:47,772 --> 00:38:51,775 heart disease, certain cancers, osteoporosis. 514 00:38:51,984 --> 00:38:54,194 There are several other risk factors 515 00:38:54,403 --> 00:38:57,614 {\an8}for heart disease, but vitamin D deficiency 516 00:38:57,823 --> 00:39:01,367 {\an8}can increase the risk by as much as double. 517 00:39:05,246 --> 00:39:08,166 Interestingly, if we slather with sunblock 518 00:39:08,374 --> 00:39:10,418 and keep covered up with clothing 519 00:39:10,626 --> 00:39:13,295 and our vitamin D levels go down very low, 520 00:39:13,504 --> 00:39:16,507 we increase our risk for skin cancer. 521 00:39:18,884 --> 00:39:20,970 [Voiceover] Well now, I might just start 522 00:39:21,178 --> 00:39:24,264 giving myself a little fun in the sun. 523 00:39:27,350 --> 00:39:30,062 (cheerful music) 524 00:39:48,997 --> 00:39:50,873 {\an8}[Voiceover] We get charged up by being out in the sun. 525 00:39:51,081 --> 00:39:52,499 {\an8}It actually helps our brain make serotonin 526 00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:55,586 {\an8}which helps us feel happy and alive. 527 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,094 [Voiceover] It was only a matter of time 528 00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:06,512 until I started to feel the consequences 529 00:40:06,721 --> 00:40:08,514 of so many bad choices. 530 00:40:17,774 --> 00:40:20,193 (sad music) 531 00:40:26,199 --> 00:40:27,783 [Voiceover] A research study was done 532 00:40:27,991 --> 00:40:30,035 {\an8}across the US in socio-economic groups 533 00:40:30,244 --> 00:40:33,538 {\an8}where cord blood was taken from the baby's umbilical cord 534 00:40:33,747 --> 00:40:35,331 at the time of birth. 535 00:40:37,959 --> 00:40:40,796 This blood was analyzed for 200 and some toxins 536 00:40:41,004 --> 00:40:43,422 commonly found on the planet. 537 00:40:46,342 --> 00:40:48,594 The average number of toxins found 538 00:40:48,803 --> 00:40:51,263 in all four quadrants of the country 539 00:40:51,472 --> 00:40:55,017 was over 200 toxins, almost the entire panel. 540 00:40:57,812 --> 00:41:00,231 (baby cooing) 541 00:41:05,777 --> 00:41:09,197 So what this tells me is we can't be too careful 542 00:41:09,405 --> 00:41:11,741 in terms of what we drink and what we eat 543 00:41:11,950 --> 00:41:13,827 and the air we breathe. 544 00:41:28,715 --> 00:41:30,259 {\an8}I do prescribe medications. 545 00:41:30,467 --> 00:41:32,803 {\an8}They definitely have great value, therapeutically 546 00:41:33,011 --> 00:41:35,764 in my practice and in the field of medicine. 547 00:41:35,973 --> 00:41:39,767 I think there's room to include more natural approaches 548 00:41:39,977 --> 00:41:42,229 in terms of herbal or naturopathic approaches 549 00:41:42,436 --> 00:41:46,774 which may be a subtler intervention and over time 550 00:41:46,983 --> 00:41:49,861 can bring the same desired result. 551 00:41:51,654 --> 00:41:54,824 Cost is very affordable and side effects 552 00:41:55,032 --> 00:41:57,326 are minimal to none. 553 00:41:57,534 --> 00:41:59,828 So in my practice, I will recommend 554 00:42:00,036 --> 00:42:01,997 a therapeutic nutrition approach 555 00:42:02,206 --> 00:42:04,791 before a pharmaceutical approach 556 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,460 if I can avoid some of the possible side effects 557 00:42:07,669 --> 00:42:10,255 of the pharmaceutical medication. 558 00:42:12,883 --> 00:42:14,800 We still need to keep in the back of our mind 559 00:42:15,010 --> 00:42:17,636 that Western medicine, if the condition worsens, 560 00:42:17,845 --> 00:42:19,388 can always come in later 561 00:42:19,597 --> 00:42:22,224 and the patient can enter the allopathic system 562 00:42:22,433 --> 00:42:23,684 at that point. 563 00:42:23,893 --> 00:42:27,897 But it's not necessarily the place they need to start. 564 00:42:36,905 --> 00:42:38,781 [Voiceover] Over the last several decades, 565 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:43,745 my distancing, I meant, my evolving away from nature, 566 00:42:43,953 --> 00:42:47,790 took me far away from natural foods. 567 00:42:47,999 --> 00:42:51,920 Progress was to have a meal that was ready in an instant. 568 00:42:52,128 --> 00:42:54,796 Maybe the time saved wasn't such a great trade-off 569 00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:56,006 after all. 570 00:43:14,358 --> 00:43:16,859 {\an8}[Voiceover] Definitely eating foods as close 571 00:43:17,068 --> 00:43:18,861 {\an8}to their naturally occurring form 572 00:43:19,070 --> 00:43:22,865 from when they were in the field for vegetables and fruits 573 00:43:23,074 --> 00:43:24,241 is a healthier way to have them 574 00:43:24,449 --> 00:43:27,494 because the nutrients, the enzymes, the vitamins 575 00:43:27,702 --> 00:43:29,871 are all going to be more present, more intact, 576 00:43:30,081 --> 00:43:31,706 in larger quantity. 577 00:43:33,583 --> 00:43:35,627 So the closer to nature, the better. 578 00:43:35,835 --> 00:43:38,964 The more organically grown, the better. 579 00:43:53,519 --> 00:43:54,895 [Voiceover] If commercials seduced me 580 00:43:55,104 --> 00:43:57,440 with processed foods, 581 00:43:57,648 --> 00:44:00,317 nature is seducing me with beauty. 582 00:44:01,819 --> 00:44:02,945 {\an8}This is one of the healthiest things you can do 583 00:44:03,153 --> 00:44:04,570 {\an8}is look at your plate or your salad 584 00:44:04,779 --> 00:44:06,448 and include these beautiful colors 585 00:44:06,656 --> 00:44:07,992 and try include as many different colors 586 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,076 on your plate that you can. 587 00:44:09,284 --> 00:44:12,787 This is a great thing to do with kids too. 588 00:44:16,874 --> 00:44:19,377 (upbeat music) 589 00:44:46,486 --> 00:44:47,987 [Voiceover] Besides nature seducing me 590 00:44:48,196 --> 00:44:50,365 into eating natural foods, 591 00:44:50,573 --> 00:44:53,034 it also lures me back to health. 592 00:44:57,288 --> 00:45:00,207 I can recover faster from surgeries, 593 00:45:00,416 --> 00:45:02,960 have fewer complications, 594 00:45:03,169 --> 00:45:05,421 and need fewer painkillers when I'm taken 595 00:45:05,628 --> 00:45:08,089 to a room with a view of nature. 596 00:45:19,725 --> 00:45:22,728 I moved from living in caves 597 00:45:22,936 --> 00:45:24,772 to small dwellings, 598 00:45:26,316 --> 00:45:28,108 then villages, 599 00:45:28,692 --> 00:45:30,986 and now cities. 600 00:45:36,616 --> 00:45:41,371 Cities, magnificent examples of my power 601 00:45:43,748 --> 00:45:45,542 and evolution. 602 00:45:50,671 --> 00:45:53,341 For centuries, they've helped me develop my skills 603 00:45:53,549 --> 00:45:58,012 as a scientist, artist, doctor, entrepreneur. 604 00:45:59,263 --> 00:46:03,016 But life in the big city, more than ever, 605 00:46:03,226 --> 00:46:05,394 is taking its toll on me. 606 00:46:05,602 --> 00:46:08,105 (bus honking) 607 00:46:10,524 --> 00:46:12,984 {\an8}[Voiceover] And the kind of lifestyles 608 00:46:13,193 --> 00:46:17,114 {\an8}that we've gotten into where we're continuously stimulated 609 00:46:18,115 --> 00:46:21,493 keeps us in a state of continuous autonomic 610 00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:23,661 nervous system overdrive. 611 00:46:23,869 --> 00:46:26,622 (rushing, impending music) 612 00:46:26,831 --> 00:46:28,707 This has a terrible effect on the body. 613 00:46:28,916 --> 00:46:31,001 And we know that just about every disease, 614 00:46:31,210 --> 00:46:32,253 every illness that there is 615 00:46:32,461 --> 00:46:35,381 has a relationship to stress. 616 00:46:35,589 --> 00:46:38,134 (cars honking) 617 00:46:40,802 --> 00:46:43,888 [Voiceover] Just a few minutes on a crowded street 618 00:46:44,097 --> 00:46:48,101 has a negative impact on my memory and attention. 619 00:46:52,105 --> 00:46:54,232 And many of our buildings now are very alien 620 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,068 and separated from the natural world. 621 00:46:58,278 --> 00:47:02,281 The average office worker works in a windowless environment. 622 00:47:02,490 --> 00:47:05,242 (phone ringing) 623 00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:08,078 They may think it's functional to have just a desk 624 00:47:08,287 --> 00:47:10,539 and a computer and an assignment. 625 00:47:10,746 --> 00:47:12,124 But those windowless environments, 626 00:47:12,332 --> 00:47:14,084 people are less productive. 627 00:47:14,293 --> 00:47:15,127 They're less motivated. 628 00:47:15,335 --> 00:47:16,545 They have higher morale problems. 629 00:47:16,752 --> 00:47:18,087 There's greater absenteeism. 630 00:47:18,297 --> 00:47:21,508 That's not productive over the long haul. 631 00:47:26,971 --> 00:47:28,763 [Voiceover] Having my lunch break in the wilderness 632 00:47:28,973 --> 00:47:30,765 isn't usually possible, 633 00:47:32,059 --> 00:47:34,187 so if I can't go to nature 634 00:47:35,188 --> 00:47:37,939 why not bring nature to me? 635 00:47:49,742 --> 00:47:52,495 We want to create spaces that will motivate people, 636 00:47:52,703 --> 00:47:55,122 that will satisfy them and bring them pleasure 637 00:47:55,332 --> 00:47:57,375 where they'll be most productive. 638 00:47:57,584 --> 00:47:59,126 They not only have to be efficient 639 00:47:59,335 --> 00:48:02,296 and have recyclable materials and be non-toxic, 640 00:48:02,504 --> 00:48:06,550 but they also have to be affirmative and enriching. 641 00:48:07,676 --> 00:48:09,928 We have to do this with our manufacturing facilities. 642 00:48:10,137 --> 00:48:11,680 {\an8}We have to do it with our schools. 643 00:48:11,888 --> 00:48:13,307 {\an8}We have to do it with our homes 644 00:48:13,515 --> 00:48:16,142 {\an8}and residential facilities and apartments. 645 00:48:16,352 --> 00:48:19,812 All these need to incorporate this experiential need 646 00:48:20,021 --> 00:48:22,023 to affiliate with nature. 647 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,158 [Voiceover] The times that I need nature the most 648 00:48:33,368 --> 00:48:34,910 is when I'm grieving. 649 00:48:39,248 --> 00:48:43,252 After 9/11, New York parks and botanical gardens 650 00:48:43,460 --> 00:48:46,088 had record numbers of visitors. 651 00:48:49,799 --> 00:48:52,260 (somber music) 652 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:15,282 Nature, for many people, is a sacred place. 653 00:49:16,157 --> 00:49:18,868 {\an8}And for all the churches and mosques and temples 654 00:49:19,411 --> 00:49:21,037 {\an8}that exist in this world, 655 00:49:21,246 --> 00:49:23,872 {\an8}often when people are mourning 656 00:49:24,082 --> 00:49:27,793 and feeling isolated and feeling just plain bad, 657 00:49:28,002 --> 00:49:29,671 what restores them and comforts them 658 00:49:29,878 --> 00:49:31,673 truly is Mother Nature. 659 00:49:50,273 --> 00:49:51,650 [Voiceover] What is the role of nature 660 00:49:51,858 --> 00:49:53,860 in a child's development? 661 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:04,245 Well, if urban kids are spending 662 00:50:04,454 --> 00:50:06,414 most of their time indoors, 663 00:50:06,622 --> 00:50:11,251 then trends in childhood obesity, stress, and diabetes 664 00:50:11,460 --> 00:50:13,670 are only likely to get worse. 665 00:50:28,769 --> 00:50:30,604 When kids are spending this much time 666 00:50:30,812 --> 00:50:32,814 in the digital world, how can their muscles 667 00:50:33,022 --> 00:50:35,483 and body structure develop normally? 668 00:50:35,691 --> 00:50:38,694 Won't they grow up to be stiff and slouchy? 669 00:50:38,902 --> 00:50:40,654 Not only that, but apparently 670 00:50:40,862 --> 00:50:43,948 they're not as smart as they could be. 671 00:50:45,785 --> 00:50:48,286 Researchers discovered that nature deprivation 672 00:50:48,495 --> 00:50:50,955 negatively impacts the development of the brain 673 00:50:51,164 --> 00:50:52,540 in the early years. 674 00:51:01,131 --> 00:51:04,093 [Voiceover] Children who are deprived of nature 675 00:51:04,301 --> 00:51:06,721 {\an8}are missing an essential ingredient 676 00:51:06,929 --> 00:51:10,015 {\an8}that goes into their soul development. 677 00:51:18,399 --> 00:51:21,402 Kids that don't have a sense of awe 678 00:51:22,403 --> 00:51:24,655 and just feeling the exuberance 679 00:51:24,863 --> 00:51:27,699 of being out of doors and free are missing 680 00:51:27,907 --> 00:51:31,744 a major experience of what it's like to be human 681 00:51:31,953 --> 00:51:34,163 early in life. 682 00:51:38,083 --> 00:51:40,586 (upbeat music) 683 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:49,678 {\an8}The benefits of children being in nature, 684 00:51:49,887 --> 00:51:53,348 {\an8}I think, are on many levels from the physicality 685 00:51:53,557 --> 00:51:56,852 of working your muscles and building strength 686 00:52:00,980 --> 00:52:04,442 to the socialization that happens from play 687 00:52:10,656 --> 00:52:12,533 to the sort of creativity that happens 688 00:52:12,741 --> 00:52:14,452 from children's play, 689 00:52:20,457 --> 00:52:22,375 the nervous system relaxation that happens 690 00:52:22,584 --> 00:52:24,419 from being in nature. 691 00:52:28,465 --> 00:52:32,552 Our brains are reacting to nature moment to moment. 692 00:52:35,304 --> 00:52:37,264 This is a whole body experience 693 00:52:37,474 --> 00:52:39,809 that is healing for us, really. 694 00:52:48,734 --> 00:52:51,487 (water splashes) 695 00:52:57,158 --> 00:52:59,285 (laughing) 696 00:52:59,912 --> 00:53:01,496 [Voiceover] We're even starting to move 697 00:53:01,704 --> 00:53:06,751 the classroom outside, knowing that kids learn best 698 00:53:09,085 --> 00:53:11,087 when they're having fun. 699 00:53:31,525 --> 00:53:34,109 [Voiceover] The measure of progress in civilization 700 00:53:34,318 --> 00:53:37,071 {\an8}has become deeply tied to the assumption 701 00:53:37,279 --> 00:53:39,532 {\an8}that we can transcend nature. 702 00:53:47,498 --> 00:53:50,333 We might have been dropped from another planet 703 00:53:50,543 --> 00:53:54,672 at a godlike creature that really isn't biological, 704 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,464 really isn't embedded in the natural world 705 00:53:56,673 --> 00:53:58,299 like other species. 706 00:54:13,105 --> 00:54:14,523 The notion of biophilia is that we have 707 00:54:14,732 --> 00:54:18,235 an inherent need to affiliate with the natural world 708 00:54:18,443 --> 00:54:21,030 that has been and continues to be instrumental 709 00:54:21,238 --> 00:54:22,656 in our health and our productivity 710 00:54:22,864 --> 00:54:24,366 and our well-being. 711 00:54:28,662 --> 00:54:31,497 For over 99% of our time on Earth, 712 00:54:31,707 --> 00:54:34,584 we evolved in a natural environment. 713 00:56:21,852 --> 00:56:23,228 [Voiceover] When I'm in nature, 714 00:56:23,436 --> 00:56:25,689 I feel like a better person. 715 00:56:29,776 --> 00:56:32,612 When in nature, I become more caring 716 00:56:32,821 --> 00:56:34,698 and connected to others. 717 00:56:56,719 --> 00:56:58,887 (laughing) 718 00:57:29,750 --> 00:57:32,210 [Voiceover] All humans have an inherent need 719 00:57:32,419 --> 00:57:35,756 to find meaning and purpose in their lives. 720 00:57:41,302 --> 00:57:43,679 We've often historically referred to that 721 00:57:43,888 --> 00:57:46,849 {\an8}as spirituality, to have a sense that life 722 00:57:47,057 --> 00:57:49,518 {\an8}has greater value than just being 723 00:57:49,727 --> 00:57:52,312 in an isolated speck of matter, 724 00:57:52,521 --> 00:57:56,316 a moment of time in a vastness of the universe. 725 00:58:05,992 --> 00:58:07,744 {\an8}[Voiceover] In each day, take one moment 726 00:58:07,952 --> 00:58:10,497 {\an8}to take one breath and understand that 727 00:58:10,705 --> 00:58:12,957 {\an8}that breath brings life into our bodies. 728 00:58:13,166 --> 00:58:14,709 And that same breath connects us 729 00:58:14,918 --> 00:58:16,878 to every other human being on this planet, 730 00:58:17,086 --> 00:58:20,672 to all the rest of creation on this planet. 731 00:58:25,594 --> 00:58:27,471 Sometimes the most challenging thing to do 732 00:58:27,679 --> 00:58:30,724 is to sit in silence with ourselves 733 00:58:30,933 --> 00:58:32,726 and to have a place and an opportunity 734 00:58:32,935 --> 00:58:37,272 for us to reflect and reconnect our relationship 735 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,691 with creation and reconnect our relationship 736 00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:42,777 with our own emotions and our own spirit 737 00:58:42,985 --> 00:58:44,737 and own mind and our own bodies 738 00:58:44,946 --> 00:58:48,741 so that we can actually begin to be experiencing 739 00:58:48,950 --> 00:58:51,160 a fulfilled human experience. 740 00:59:00,169 --> 00:59:02,754 {\an8}[Voiceover] The more we take time to be in touch 741 00:59:02,963 --> 00:59:06,842 {\an8}with ourselves, to be reflective about our lives, 742 00:59:08,176 --> 00:59:09,761 the more we exercise the muscle 743 00:59:09,970 --> 00:59:11,930 of what's called mindfulness, 744 00:59:12,138 --> 00:59:15,183 which is learning to be able to pay attention 745 00:59:15,391 --> 00:59:17,601 to the stream of thoughts and feelings 746 00:59:17,810 --> 00:59:21,146 and reactions and desires, the more we do that, 747 00:59:21,355 --> 00:59:22,982 the more we're able to bring our best selves 748 00:59:23,190 --> 00:59:24,400 into the world, 749 00:59:27,319 --> 00:59:28,361 the more we're able 750 00:59:28,570 --> 00:59:31,531 to be a positive influence on others. 751 00:59:59,892 --> 01:00:02,686 (wolves howling) 752 01:00:17,909 --> 01:00:22,121 [Voiceover] When I think of all of nature's gifts, 753 01:00:24,123 --> 01:00:27,459 it feels like falling in love. 754 01:00:36,718 --> 01:00:40,513 And what I love, I protect. 755 01:00:47,020 --> 01:00:50,606 When I love, I transform. 756 01:01:02,952 --> 01:01:06,663 And maybe, just maybe, 757 01:01:09,582 --> 01:01:13,795 instead of keeping on this path to self-destruction, 758 01:01:14,837 --> 01:01:18,549 I might break through that evolutionary wall. 759 01:01:22,971 --> 01:01:25,847 (uplifting music) 760 01:01:34,982 --> 01:01:37,901 [Voiceover] There are people in touch with nature. 761 01:01:38,110 --> 01:01:42,239 There are conscious people being motivated by love. 762 01:01:42,447 --> 01:01:45,658 And those people are offering solutions. 763 01:01:47,411 --> 01:01:50,538 So fear is driving towards solutions. 764 01:01:52,039 --> 01:01:54,792 And love is providing solution. 765 01:01:58,087 --> 01:02:00,505 [Voiceover] We are part of this extraordinary story 766 01:02:00,714 --> 01:02:04,301 that's been going on for billions of years. 767 01:02:04,509 --> 01:02:07,095 (water splashing) 768 01:02:12,058 --> 01:02:13,977 And for the first time, we can look back 769 01:02:14,185 --> 01:02:16,271 with self-awareness and say, 770 01:02:16,479 --> 01:02:18,773 "How can we now participate? 771 01:02:19,690 --> 01:02:21,151 "And how can we now take responsibility 772 01:02:21,359 --> 01:02:24,778 "for this planet that we're living upon?" 773 01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:38,959 [Voiceover] Let me tell you what I see. 774 01:02:39,168 --> 01:02:42,879 There are people in action all over the world. 775 01:03:22,625 --> 01:03:24,168 Because nature heals, 776 01:03:24,377 --> 01:03:28,464 the environmental movement is a social justice movement. 777 01:04:00,328 --> 01:04:02,663 {\an8}[Dayna] It's estimated that over one million 778 01:04:02,871 --> 01:04:05,124 {\an8}organizations are pursuing nature's protection 779 01:04:05,332 --> 01:04:06,917 and restoration. 780 01:04:07,126 --> 01:04:09,128 This is the largest movement to ever take hold 781 01:04:09,336 --> 01:04:12,339 in the history of human civilization. 782 01:04:16,676 --> 01:04:18,387 {\an8}When you look from a scientific perspective 783 01:04:18,595 --> 01:04:22,056 {\an8}and an ecosystem perspective and you're studying it, 784 01:04:22,265 --> 01:04:23,057 you always ask the question, 785 01:04:23,266 --> 01:04:24,934 "What's its role? "What's its function?" 786 01:04:25,143 --> 01:04:28,104 And you begin to see that every species has a role 787 01:04:28,312 --> 01:04:30,231 and multiple roles to play in keeping 788 01:04:30,439 --> 01:04:33,442 the whole system functioning. 789 01:04:33,650 --> 01:04:36,945 But we forget to look at the human role. 790 01:04:38,780 --> 01:04:40,907 So when you turn the lens 791 01:04:42,367 --> 01:04:47,080 and look at what this being, the human being, 792 01:04:47,289 --> 01:04:49,332 how it has been crafted, 793 01:04:49,541 --> 01:04:52,544 all of our functionality, our thinking, 794 01:04:52,751 --> 01:04:56,464 our creativity, our passion, our compassion, 795 01:04:56,672 --> 01:04:58,757 you begin to see 796 01:04:58,966 --> 01:05:01,927 because everything has been adapted by the Earth, 797 01:05:02,136 --> 01:05:04,096 we have been profoundly adapted 798 01:05:04,305 --> 01:05:08,142 by the Earth ecosystem to a high state of intelligence, 799 01:05:08,350 --> 01:05:11,060 a high state of problem solving. 800 01:05:13,189 --> 01:05:16,691 [Brian] The universe took 13.7 billion years 801 01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:21,362 to bring forth this really amazing creature in which 802 01:05:21,571 --> 01:05:25,116 the magnificence of life and of the universe 803 01:05:25,325 --> 01:05:27,577 can come forth. 804 01:05:31,372 --> 01:05:34,667 All of this information we now know about the stars 805 01:05:34,875 --> 01:05:38,212 comes from wondering about the stars. 806 01:05:38,420 --> 01:05:40,756 Wonder then would be so central 807 01:05:40,964 --> 01:05:43,842 to what it means to be human. 808 01:05:48,222 --> 01:05:51,182 It seems obvious to me that one of our roles 809 01:05:51,391 --> 01:05:53,602 is simply to become astonished 810 01:05:53,809 --> 01:05:56,145 with where we find ourselves 811 01:05:56,354 --> 01:05:59,691 and really to praise everything around us. 812 01:06:03,653 --> 01:06:06,447 (uplifting music) 813 01:06:20,252 --> 01:06:22,379 [Voiceover] In the beginning of my life, 814 01:06:22,587 --> 01:06:24,880 some 200 thousand years ago, 815 01:06:26,799 --> 01:06:31,011 I was scared of thunder and creatures of the wild. 816 01:06:34,807 --> 01:06:37,059 So in the last few centuries, 817 01:06:37,268 --> 01:06:40,729 I've tried to tame nature and its creatures. 818 01:06:43,482 --> 01:06:45,984 In a very short time, I've disrupted 819 01:06:46,193 --> 01:06:48,445 billions of years of evolution 820 01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:51,364 and lost myself. 821 01:06:51,573 --> 01:06:53,533 (scrape) 822 01:07:10,299 --> 01:07:13,260 Now I know what I'm searching for. 823 01:07:16,305 --> 01:07:18,765 And I see that I have choices. 824 01:07:23,312 --> 01:07:25,271 When the wind whispers, 825 01:07:26,690 --> 01:07:29,483 I hear nature telling me to follow 826 01:07:35,364 --> 01:07:38,242 if I want to find my way home. 827 01:07:38,451 --> 01:07:41,119 (dramatic music) 828 01:10:14,474 --> 01:10:17,142 (upbeat music) 63017

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