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(birds chirping)
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[Voiceover] My name is Sapiens,
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Homo Sapiens.
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I'm about 200 thousand years old.
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And this is my life today.
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(energetic busy rhythm)
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(cars honking)
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(whirring of subway train moving)
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(cars honking)
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I'm searching for something
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but I'm not sure what I'm searching for.
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(majestic music)
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(birds chirping)
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(majestic music)
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(water rushing)
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(birds chirping)
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(crickets chirping)
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On those rare occasions
when I look up at the sky,
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I see all those stars.
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And as far as I know,
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only our planet has life.
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(humming and dramatic music)
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Among all the species here on Earth,
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I think of myself as the most intelligent,
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self-reflective,
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and wise.
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But am I?
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(somber music)
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{\an8}[Voiceover] The United Nations reported
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{\an8}that the world is in serious trouble.
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{\an8}The media are reporting on it.
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The world of scientists are showing data.
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The folks that have the
ability to make change
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know that we're in trouble.
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So there's fear.
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{\an8}[Voiceover] There has not
been this kind of destruction
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{\an8}on the planet since the
time of the dinosaurs,
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{\an8}65 million years ago.
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[Voiceover] I saw this progress.
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(cars honking)
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(rumbling on tracks)
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And progress has its price.
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(energetic music)
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Over thousands of years,
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we've been progressively
empowering ourselves,
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becoming more differentiated,
more identified
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as unique human beings.
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But in the process, step
by step pulling back
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{\an8}from the natural world.
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{\an8}That process has gone so far now
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{\an8}that we're running into a wall,
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an evolutionary wall.
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[Voiceover] An evolutionary wall?
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Is this the end of my life?
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(crickets chirping)
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{\an8}[Voiceover] The only way
we'll ever make it as a species
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{\an8}on this planet is if we
reconnect with nature.
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[Voiceover] Nature?
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Isn't that what I've been
trying to evolve away from?
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Not to be dependent on nature?
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Not to be at the mercy of nature's wrath?
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For the last 35 thousand years,
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even as awakening hunter-gatherers,
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we've been pulling back from nature.
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And then about 10 thousand years ago,
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we woke up to nature's
seasons, nature's cycles,
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and in that process we saw the possibility
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{\an8}of becoming farmers.
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{\an8}And that's been a process
of empowering ourselves
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and taking control of our own lives,
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our own destiny.
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{\an8}And about 300 years ago, we saw not only
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could we farm nature, we
could manipulate matter.
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And we pulled back further from nature.
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(energetic music)
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(gunfire)
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Oh.
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(fire crackling)
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(somber music)
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Technically our species
name is Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
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And to be sapient means to be wise.
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So to be Homo Sapiens Sapiens means
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to be doubly wise.
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It's not only do we know,
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we know that we know.
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[Voiceover] Sapiens sapiens,
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yes, that's me.
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And because I know that I know,
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I've made up many stories of my dance
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and fight with nature.
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In the Bible, there's a key passage
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that encourages us to have
dominion over the earth.
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That's means we would be
in a controlling position
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{\an8}relative to other life forms,
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{\an8}other creatures on the earth,
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{\an8}and they were in a position of serving us
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in our own evolution.
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{\an8}The story that science
tells us very basically
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{\an8}is that we live in a
universe that's meaningless,
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purposeless, just simply an
accidental material evolution.
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{\an8}We thought of Earth as just stuff,
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{\an8}and it led to an orientation of use.
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So Earth is here for us to use.
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And I think we've now come
to the end of that track,
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and it's no longer serving us.
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And we see, instead of dominion,
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we're really participants
in the natural world.
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And that's coming really
much more into alignment
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with some of the Eastern traditions
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as well as some of the
indigenous traditions
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in spirituality.
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(bells ringing)
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Buddhism talks about the
inter dependent co-origination
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of all things in nature.
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All things in life arise
and co-exist together.
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And it means we're not
in a privileged position.
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We're not in a place of dominion.
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We're in a place of participation.
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A similar theme arises with the indigenous
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American Indian traditions:
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the aliveness of nature,
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that our aliveness connects
with that aliveness.
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(drums beating)
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In Christianity, and to some extent
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in Islam and Judaism,
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the sense of dominion is now shifting
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{\an8}towards a feeling of
stewardship and trusteeship.
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{\an8}So rather than having power over,
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we're in a respectful and
responsible relationship
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to the natural world.
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(water running)
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(birds calling)
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{\an8}[Voiceover] So the last
3.8 billion years that life
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{\an8}has been on this planet,
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all of these individual species
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kind of started working together.
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By virtue of being in the same habitats
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and the same ecosystems, they begin
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to leverage those relationships
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in order to create
conditions conducive to life.
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(tranquil music)
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If you could imagine that
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sort of emergent property scaling up,
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it could actually explain some
of the planetary phenomena
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that we see today.
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{\an8}[Voiceover] So, we're
getting away from this idea
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{\an8}that nature is all machinery
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and looking into the Earth
as a single living system.
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[Voiceover] That idea
had a mystical name,
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Gaia.
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Imagine: A scientific
hypothesis in the 1970s
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named after a Greek goddess?
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No wonder so many people didn't buy it.
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But now, scientists seem to be finding
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that Earth can really self-regulate
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like any single living organism.
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(dramatic music)
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Earth is alive.
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{\an8}Scientists thought for a long time,
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{\an8}it's only because Earth is
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{\an8}the exact right distance from the sun.
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Because you see, our molecules,
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if they get too cold, they freeze up
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(ping)
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and the organism dies.
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If they get too hot,
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they unfold and the organism dies.
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We have to be in a certain
range of temperature,
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(joyful bells)
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and that's where Earth is.
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But over four billion years,
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this is what we've learned
in the 20th century,
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the sun was 25% cooler.
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So it sent its rays to Earth,
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and Earth had all of
these heat-trapping gases
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to keep the sunlight in
and warm up the planet
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to the temperature for life.
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But over four billion years,
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the sun got hotter and hotter.
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As it got hotter, Earth
drew carbon dioxide out
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of the atmosphere so it
wouldn't get too hot for life.
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Earth has regulated itself
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by changing its atmosphere,
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by drawing down carbon dioxide
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while the sun heated up.
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So you see, if we, in
industrial civilization,
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are now reversing that trend,
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we're actually going
against the intelligence,
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the ordering that brought forth life.
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(water rushing)
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(dramatic music)
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(gulls cawing)
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There's evidence that
suggests that the organisms,
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the biosphere, plays a
very, very significant role
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{\an8}into how the planetary systems work.
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{\an8}And you add in the layers of the geosphere
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and the atmosphere, and it becomes
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an incredibly complex system.
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But that interactive
system ultimately means
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that everything is interconnected
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and interdependent.
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(dramatic music)
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{\an8}[Voiceover] We're completely nature.
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We breathe the same air that
every other animal breathes.
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There is no separation.
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This understanding
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of the self-regulating nature of Earth,
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we didn't know about this.
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For 400 years in science, we just didn't.
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But now we're realizing
we're destroying billions
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of years of creativity that enabled
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all of this vitality to exist.
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(owl hoots)
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{\an8}But we're awakening to that mistake,
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{\an8}and now we see, instead
of thinking of Earth
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as something to exploit and use,
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we're beginning to
realize it is a community
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that we are to join and enhance.
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That's the big shift.
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[Voiceover] If I had to dominate nature,
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animals were no exception.
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After all, they don't
have feelings like I do.
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Or do they?
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(slower, reflective music)
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Where did we get this strange idea
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that animals don't have feelings?
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It actually goes back
to one of the founders
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of the modern world, René Descartes.
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So he, back there with Newton and Galileo,
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they were giving birth to a new world.
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And Descartes, as the philosopher,
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was asking himself the question,
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"Do animals have feelings?"
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And at first he thought, "Maybe they do."
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And so he was starting off
with animals close to humans,
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and then he was working his way down.
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And when he got to the oyster,
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that was too much.
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He just couldn't imagine
an oyster having feelings.
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So then he just said then none of them do.
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And he imagined then that
animals were machines.
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And when they gave off sounds like pain,
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it just meant they were machines
that were malfunctioning.
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I mean, it's a really
bizarre view, ultimately.
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And yet, our factory farms,
our cosmetics industry?
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We treat animals as if they
were just sort of nothing,
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and it goes right back
to this mistaken view
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of the nature of the universe.
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(hopeful music)
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Western industrial people
are at that stage now
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where we are challenged by feeling our way
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into the lives of the animals.
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The mother bear cares for her cubs
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just the same way we
care for our children.
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All of these beings live within feelings
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that are just as intense as ours.
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(hopeful music)
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It's not just making the
planet work for humans.
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It's to participate in bringing forward
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the thriving, vibrant community of life
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including all of the
species of this planet.
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(dramatic music)
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(sniffing)
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If we take the four
and a half billion years
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that Earth has been around
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and we compress it into one year
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so that the Earth is born on January 1st,
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just past midnight,
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and we're standing on December 31st,
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just before midnight,
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life's been around for 3.8 billion years
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which means it showed up on February 25th.
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And then after about a month,
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we see photosynthesis,
the planet rapidly change
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from a carbon-rich atmosphere
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to an atmosphere that has
quite a bit more oxygen.
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And as a result, we see a
lot more diversification
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and single-celled organisms
dominate the planet
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through April and May and June and July
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and half of August.
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In September's the first time
we have sexual reproduction,
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and then it isn't even until November
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that we start seeing fungi.
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And after the fungi, come the fish.
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And then eventually we have land plants.
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And when terra firma
starts being colonized,
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then we have insects and amphibians
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and reptiles and mammals.
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Flowers have only been
here since December 20th.
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The loss of the dinosaurs,
that was Christmas.
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{\an8}And then if we go to today, December 31st,
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{\an8}and we look at our
ancestors, the hominids,
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the first primates that
came out of the trees
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and walked the plains
of Africa with two legs,
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they showed up at 11:30 this morning.
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And Homo Sapiens Sapiens?
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We've been here for 23 minutes.
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And the entire Industrial Revolution
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which defines life as we know it
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to where we look for ideas,
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how we presume, how we
live on this planet,
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everything around our
technologies and our media,
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the last 200 years,
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one second.
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That's it.
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(air rushing)
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[Voiceover] I'm such a young species.
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It's hard to believe.
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We have something like 99% match
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of our genes with chimpanzees.
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Even with trees, we share
25% of the genes with trees,
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so that we're starting to realize
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that we're really all kin.
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We're all cousins.
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(flutes and rattles with rhythmic music)
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{\an8}And our understandings
of many of the peoples
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{\an8}that I come from and that I work with
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is that every aspect of creation,
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every aspect of an ecosystem is alive
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from the smallest particles of creation
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to the largest.
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Each of them are necessary to be a part
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of keeping something in
balance in the natural world.
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[Voiceover] I thought
of myself as different,
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separate, superior,
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yet all this is making sense.
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I convinced myself I needed
to separate from nature,
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but I probably went too far.
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And then, so you can think, huh,
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maybe this new deep understanding required
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{\an8}our disconnection from nature.
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{\an8}It's a possibility.
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{\an8}Maybe, to reach this full understanding,
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we had to go through this
period of disconnection.
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Who knows for sure?
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But the exciting thing
is that we're learning
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our commonality with all of life.
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[Voiceover] I can't give up technology
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and go back to living in a cave.
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Then, what?
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It's not about giving up technology.
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In fact, the way through
our evolutionary wall
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is by designing the most
advanced technological era ever,
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the biological revolution.
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The entire Industrial Revolution
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was ultimately about taking:
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taking minerals, taking soil,
taking oil, taking water.
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And we're very rapidly learning
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that there's a limit to
how much that we can take.
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So by redefining our relationship,
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it isn't nature is there for us,
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{\an8}but we ultimately are
part of the natural world.
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{\an8}Our lives depend on it.
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And if we can quiet our cleverness
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and we can instead borrow the recipe
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instead of taking the raw materials,
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then we've entered the
biological revolution.
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Biomimicry is conscious
emulation of nature's genius.
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We actually make an intentional choice
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to look to the other
organisms for inspiration
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about how we can live
better on this planet
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for our designs, for our
processes, our systems.
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So ultimately, a
biological revolution means
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we as a species, Homo
Sapiens, have to learn
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to align itself back with the strategies
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that have succeeded for the
other 30 million species
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that are on the planet today.
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And they've been around
a lot longer than we have
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as a species.
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And so, with 3.8 billion
years of R&D behind them,
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you might say there's a
little bit of genius in that
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that we can borrow from.
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We have, as a race,
invented all sorts of tools.
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We don't have to abandon that knowledge.
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We need to use that knowledge
but open up our thinking
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{\an8}and use those tools and that knowledge
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{\an8}to then go back and revisit nature
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{\an8}and find new solutions.
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[Voiceover] I used to think
I could figure anything out,
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but how can I create objects
without destroying nature?
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[Dayna] The answer lies
looking at nature itself.
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Take a look at Morpho butterflies,
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an incredibly brilliant bright blue color,
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but you know, there's no
pigment in these butterflies.
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The wings have nanostructures
that create color
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just by their ability to refract light.
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And by emulating this design,
scientists have created
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fabric, cosmetics, paint
without the need for toxic dyes.
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In fact, they've even created displays
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that use minimal power
and are fully visible
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in bright sunlight.
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(hopeful music)
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[Voiceover] Mimicking
nature is still far
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from being an everyday reality.
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But I'm starting to see the potential
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for a new technological
era, inspired by nature.
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(happy music)
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There are turbines that
powered with minimal energy
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that emulate the shape of
the flow forms in seashells.
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There are self-cooling buildings
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that are emulating the
way termite mounds cool,
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and even high-speed bullet trains
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that are emulating the beak
of the kingfisher bird.
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One of the biggest
challenges that we're facing
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as a species on this planet today
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is climate change.
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And the fact that we are
pumping so much carbon dioxide
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into the atmosphere along
with other greenhouse gases,
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that we're changing.
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We're changing the whole
dynamics of the planet.
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(drums beating)
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(crashing noise)
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That we actually have the opportunity
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{\an8}to look to the natural world and ask,
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{\an8}"What do you do with an
excess carbon dioxide source?
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{\an8}"And how do you prevent the production
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of that carbon dioxide
in the first place?"
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And plants provide an
incredible opportunity.
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Plants photosynthesize,
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and photosynthesis is
the magic combination
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of taking CO2 and water, and
in the presence of sunlight,
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creating energy and sugars and oxygen.
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Learning from the plants, well,
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there's researchers
that have now been able
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to use catalysts, pulling carbon dioxide
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out of the atmosphere.
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There's enough energy that
hits the planet every day
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to power all of our energy needs.
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And by learning from some
of the specific parts
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of photosynthesis itself,
we can bio-optimize.
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We can improve on our solar panels today.
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And ideally, we get to
a place where we're able
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to even manufacture our solar panels
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in a way that is sustainable.
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(serene music)
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When it comes to biomimicry,
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the conscious emulation of nature's genius
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is ultimately about recognizing that life
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creates conditions conducive to life.
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And so, to truly practice biomimicry,
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it's beyond emulating
form, what nature has made.
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But it's also asking, how has she made it
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and how does it fit in
the larger ecosystem?
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And it comes from a place
of quieting our cleverness
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and having the thanksgiving.
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Thank you for sharing your ideas with me.
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Thank you for giving us some insights
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about how we as such a young species
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can actually learn to
live here on the planet.
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(waves splashing)
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(gull calling)
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(crickets chirping and frogs croaking)
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(subway rushing noise)
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[Voiceover] It's no
wonder that as I moved away
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from nature, I was also moving away
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from nurturing my body.
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00:34:12,428 --> 00:34:14,971
I used to think that
all I needed to survive
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was a cold beer and a pizza.
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00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:21,310
But now I'm realizing
that I need clean air,
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clean water, the sun, and vibrant foods
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that capture those elements.
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(water burbling)
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If you stop and think
about what's happening
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when you're breathing, it can actually be
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a very profound meditation
on your connection
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to the environment around you.
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You're taking in from
the air around your body
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{\an8}what your body needs to survive,
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{\an8}and you're breathing out what
is no longer useful to you.
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{\an8}And the fascinating thing about that
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is the trees are doing
the exact same thing,
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but they need what we're exhaling.
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And we need what they're exhaling.
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We really are that connected.
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[Voiceover] Trees are our partners.
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{\an8}Trees are a critical piece
of the life support system
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{\an8}of the planet.
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In Los Angeles, the incidence of obesity,
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diabetes, skin cancer,
asthma, and lung disease
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is killing people.
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That map of where the
highest concentrations are
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is in reverse proportion to
the highest concentration
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of tree canopy.
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Now, it's a socio-economic correlation,
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but it's now being called
environmental justice.
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[Voiceover] Trees have
been my shelter and my fuel.
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Now I realize that they
also help to store water.
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[Dayna] When rain hits a
tree, its leaves and branches
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collect the water and soften
its impact on the ground.
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The mulch and the soil below
the tree acts like a sponge
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and slowly releases that
water into the soil.
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The roots and the fungi
soak up that water,
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ultimately creating an
underground reservoir.
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So trees are a natural
water treatment system
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and can provide communities
with this essential element.
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(laughing)
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(water trickling)
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[Voiceover] Without water,
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I can only survive for a few days.
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And to think that my body is made up
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of about 60 to 70% water.
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The sun nourishes life on Earth.
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As a diurnal animal, who
evolved under the sun,
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how did I get to view sunlight
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as such a guilty pleasure?
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Besides my lifestyle
taking me mostly indoors,
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I also convince myself
to stay away from the sun
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for fear of sun cancer.
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Did I overdo it?
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We've discovered there's an epidemic
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of vitamin D deficiency,
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and this is contributing
to the risk for diabetes,
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heart disease, certain
cancers, osteoporosis.
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There are several other risk factors
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{\an8}for heart disease, but
vitamin D deficiency
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{\an8}can increase the risk
by as much as double.
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Interestingly, if we slather with sunblock
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and keep covered up with clothing
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and our vitamin D levels go down very low,
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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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