The Story That Shapes Your Relationship with Nature | Damon Gameau | TED

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  • Are we separate and superior to nature? This question has been a driving force behind humanity's industrialization and economic progress for centuries -- but it's brought us to the brink of an ecological crisis, says filmmaker Damon Gameau. In an impassioned talk, he calls for a new story that recognizes our interconnectedness with nature and moves towards a thriving, regenerative future.
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Komentáře • 94

  • @nicolau2
    @nicolau2 Před rokem +28

    Beautiful talk. Touch me more than I thought it would as I'm laying here, crying at 11 am with my coffee.
    But is as sad as the story is.
    Nature is us and we are killing it.
    Thanks.

  • @rorsail
    @rorsail Před rokem +16

    What he's saying is true not only if Christianity but all Abrahamic monotheisms. I'm a Hindu atheist from India, while in India we're taught in school that all religions are the same, they are fundamentally not. Hindu philosophy says the universe is divine, therefore the earth and all living things are divine and not separate from humans. One of the main prayers in Hinduism is let there be peace and balance for all life. I'm not saying it is practiced in a perfect way, today the entire world follows Western notions of development and growth.

  • @KingsMom831
    @KingsMom831 Před rokem +28

    Outstanding talk!!!
    Hope this reaches far and wide.

  • @elvytan4682
    @elvytan4682 Před rokem +31

    If I could give more than just one thumb-up for this talk, I would gladly do it. Rarely cried listening to TED talks but this one hit differently. Thank you, Damon and the TED team, for this spectacular storytelling.

    • @Diaz-ho2xi
      @Diaz-ho2xi Před rokem

      And even if he works as actor, his emotional almost breakdown near the end looked real to me .

  • @ainemurray387
    @ainemurray387 Před rokem +3

    I found this while literally struggling to finish my dissertation on this exact topic. On our stories of our relationship to nature and how they are for so many of us unacknowledged or undeveloped or not shared. We all have our own stories about the natural environment, many of us felt more connected when we were children and lost it, some are feeling connected now more than ever as we see the damage wrought but for many that is too scary to confront and we become avoidant. Reading how everything is ramping up was effecting me being able to finish writing about stories, it was starting to feel so small and insignificant. But stories is who humans are and how we make sense and meaning and relationships and values and morals. “First we invented stories, then they changed us”. Please everyone share your story, ask people to share theirs and decide where you want that story to lead next. Our story will be made up of every one of yours.

  • @guagadugu9125
    @guagadugu9125 Před rokem +15

    We have to live sustainably with nature. You have put this into a very compassionate talk, thank you. I hope people will take inspiration and motivation out of this.

  • @juliahenriques210
    @juliahenriques210 Před rokem +5

    Truer worlds have seldom been spoken.

  • @BeatnikHimself
    @BeatnikHimself Před rokem

    This is wonderful. Thank you so much for your voice. We are with you.

  • @Iceberg6606
    @Iceberg6606 Před rokem +1

    Simply excellent! Thank you!

  • @mbpandora50
    @mbpandora50 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for this excellent talk. We must all do our part.

  • @janikonjedic
    @janikonjedic Před rokem +4

    This is so inspiring!

  • @luisa219JB
    @luisa219JB Před rokem

    I needed this words to give me hope. Beautiful words!

  • @Flowstatecaptain
    @Flowstatecaptain Před rokem +1

    This is the best TED talk ever.

  • @phyliciajoykloes
    @phyliciajoykloes Před rokem +2

    Yes! Great talk!

  • @brooksphotography14
    @brooksphotography14 Před 2 měsíci

    Absolutely fantastic talk. Everyone needs to hear this

  • @johnerickmoje6038
    @johnerickmoje6038 Před 5 měsíci

    What an inspiring talk! Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @shepherdcustomhome9987
    @shepherdcustomhome9987 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for making this video. I hope it reaches the right audience.

  • @soenyinyikyaw
    @soenyinyikyaw Před rokem

    impressive
    I really love it . Fantastic speech.

  • @NowruzGurbanow
    @NowruzGurbanow Před rokem +3

    He speaks poetically beautiful

  • @SiTrixonian
    @SiTrixonian Před rokem +10

    An interesting perspective. I totally agree that we need to be stewards of our planet. However, I find it interesting that you only pick modern-ish ideas to illustrate your point - Christianity, science and philosophy from recent times. Following your narrative, what about the earliest beliefs that said one human was better than another or the religions that said pharoah was god or whole swathes of people were less than others, or sacrifices of not just animals but human beings. I don't believe the old story was better. It's easy to pretend that human beings were better 2/5/10,000 years ago. I don't think they were. There's plenty of evidence of exploitation of surroundings and nature and a desire to invent tools to subdue and make life easier. I agree that they were more in 'harmony' with nature - because they had to be. They had to learn to survive with what they new as tribes and people groups. As they met new tribes, new people groups they didn't generally tolerate new ways but culture evolved with the contact and humans now had more information and ideas to get what they wanted. History shows us this, and not just recent history. To me, the thing I take most out of your story is the selfishness of humans, the unwillingness to change their own behaviours for the benefit of others - even their children - and the extreme willingness to blame others for their mistakes. We can't even apologise for slavery or exploitation of indigenous peoples centuries on. If we can't admit and take responsibility for mistreating our own species, we are not looking hopeful for respecting our planet and it's nature. Thank you for your talk.

  • @aliazbi1481
    @aliazbi1481 Před 8 měsíci

    One of the strongest ted talks ever

  • @dickman348
    @dickman348 Před rokem

    I have learned a lot, thanks

  • @shadowhawk22
    @shadowhawk22 Před rokem

    love this.

  • @yixuan_yx
    @yixuan_yx Před rokem

    Great talk!

  • @manjuchoudhary3867
    @manjuchoudhary3867 Před rokem +2

    It's magnificent ❤❤❤

  • @Tanjir_Shuvo
    @Tanjir_Shuvo Před rokem

    Thank You So Much...✨💙

  • @hasaneren2985
    @hasaneren2985 Před rokem +2

    Very great...👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @zooneyl2248
    @zooneyl2248 Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @user-nc3xu5ve2g
    @user-nc3xu5ve2g Před 6 měsíci

    this is everything💗💗

  • @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    I cry. I hope.

  • @sinebheag4685
    @sinebheag4685 Před rokem +2

    This is beautiful and powerful

  • @funeverything1153
    @funeverything1153 Před rokem +2

    16 hours and 16 thousand views...I want youtube algorithm to make this talk appear on first position of everyone's CZcams feed

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong Před rokem +1

    Just wow

  • @ahreebeyourself
    @ahreebeyourself Před rokem

    Awesome!!!!!!

  • @huntingclimbsamongotherthi5368

    Hope a lot of people see this talk

  • @jayciejorgensen2182
    @jayciejorgensen2182 Před rokem +2

    Think Globally. Act Locally. Humanity, let's please do better.

  • @hewhothinks1275
    @hewhothinks1275 Před rokem +1

    I’m glad he pointing to the “source” of this issue. The misunderstanding of religious text.

    • @jenrich111
      @jenrich111 Před rokem +1

      religious texts; written by man and edited by kings.

  • @khaimgulkovich3368
    @khaimgulkovich3368 Před rokem

    1. There is no way back to the primitive way of life.
    2. The concepts of social and economic progress are an integral part of the dominant worldview.
    3. A complex society is beyond repair, reform, improvement, amelioration etc.

  • @buiducphat
    @buiducphat Před rokem

    greate

  • @funnytv-1631
    @funnytv-1631 Před rokem +7

    Seek out new experiences visit a new city,try a new food to help you gain perspectives and insights that can inspire your creativity

    • @AliRaza-qc3uf
      @AliRaza-qc3uf Před rokem +1

      I want practice my english
      I am looking for a native speaker

  • @Creepzza
    @Creepzza Před rokem

    Nice :)

  • @user-ez2gw4nt3i
    @user-ez2gw4nt3i Před rokem

    8:54

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 Před rokem

    💚

  • @jaminxc143
    @jaminxc143 Před rokem

  • @maryrorick6129
    @maryrorick6129 Před rokem +2

    The Bible teaches us that we are to have dominion over the earth so that we can be stewards of the earth. We are allowed to utilize nature's resources while also replenishing the planet. It is a symbiotic relationship that God put in place for humans and the Earth.

  • @themcgeefamily7514
    @themcgeefamily7514 Před rokem +1

    ❤ 💙

  • @thefreshest2379
    @thefreshest2379 Před rokem

    In physics it's useless to define properties without describing the entire system it's a part of.

  • @selfretired3025
    @selfretired3025 Před rokem +5

    👏👏👏 🌎 👊❤

  • @thomaslink7294
    @thomaslink7294 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Heard. Definitely agree that nature needs to be lifted up in our policy.
    But Christianity does not teach that man and nature are separate… rather, man is the crown jewel of God’s creation, charged with ruling it responsibly.

  • @catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca-cat

    hate me for this but 0:57

  • @k.venketsuryak.venkatsurya3310

    I want to know his name

    • @tydewalt5425
      @tydewalt5425 Před rokem +3

      Read the Video description?

    • @KMHill
      @KMHill Před rokem

      His name is in the video title and displayed on screen at the start.

  • @shoobydoobydoo590
    @shoobydoobydoo590 Před rokem

    this cool new vibe of ~~~christianity~~~~
    passing the word~~~~

  • @y0k0z00na
    @y0k0z00na Před rokem +31

    We are meant to be stewards of the planet.

  • @rainbowannlloren1484
    @rainbowannlloren1484 Před rokem

    Day by day I become a nihilist, being hopeless that Earth would have better state supposed to be in the kind of technology we have today but it's the opposite that's happening. At this rate we are all pests, no better than any virus or plague or war that caused suffering to millions. I am so ashamed to be a human tbh.

  • @Onfiredragon
    @Onfiredragon Před rokem +1

    😢🙌👏👏👏👏👏

  • @seanomaille8157
    @seanomaille8157 Před rokem

    i suspect we need a new religion/spirituality with regular ceremonies/ practices/ prayers/ music etc. Humans need ritual to embed these ides as Confucius well knew. More reverence and less distraction.

  • @jerijayz3929
    @jerijayz3929 Před rokem

    Approved. You shape your world. God is the only painter. It's Jason Bourne lol

  • @user-pl1uc7xu4c
    @user-pl1uc7xu4c Před rokem +2

    Maybe that sounds awesome but the truth is that we never going to back with our knowlegde only when mashiaj "christ" comeback with the kingdom's god. ✊🏽🔥
    The ecology world is just one more sign that show for us that all the we need is the kingdom's god

  • @ligiasommers
    @ligiasommers Před rokem +1

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🌹✨🙏🏻

  • @Diaz-ho2xi
    @Diaz-ho2xi Před rokem

    Amen ;)

    • @Diaz-ho2xi
      @Diaz-ho2xi Před rokem

      Let's hope we get more people getting this. But I am quite negative. Most people prefer to watch crap in tv and put more energy and money in their outside looks... Future looks like...no future. :(

  • @jenrich111
    @jenrich111 Před rokem

    "cows in the amazon rain forest?" that's wrong

  • @euge.sosa.b
    @euge.sosa.b Před rokem +1

    Weird that he's misinterpreting Judaism but for some reason trying to pin it on Christianity. 🤡

  • @TheBabaG
    @TheBabaG Před rokem

    We are destroying this mother earth planet to live on mars.Salute to the thinking of billionairs.

  • @ankurm4100
    @ankurm4100 Před rokem +1

    Hindu scriptures call our age, the Kali Yuga.. but unlike what Damon mentioned, it would last not a few hundred years but until 430,000 CE. This epoch in "human history" is considered to be full of conflict and sin. Educated in stern western sciences, I heard these mythologies through oral traditions and at the age of 40 now, can't help but philosophise that we bear the brunt of seeing this Yuga through.. The call for action is futile but must be undertaken simply because it's dharma. It is important to understand that we are NOT saving mother nature or the earth as mother nature doesn't care about this anthropogenic blip... we are trying to save ourselves. And that pursuit in itself is futile.

  • @MM-hv5nv
    @MM-hv5nv Před rokem

    😢Christianity

  • @nathenwesner9856
    @nathenwesner9856 Před rokem

    This guy doesnt know what idealism or pansychism is or thw difference.

  • @mdofficial394
    @mdofficial394 Před rokem +1

    Thousands of Durood o Sallam on Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him ❤❤❤

  • @keniacalvo5336
    @keniacalvo5336 Před rokem +5

    “Christian Craze” ok. Must be a better way to share your ideas without belittling an entire religion

    • @Kaz-td2yg
      @Kaz-td2yg Před rokem

      ok but what is kenia though?

    • @hewhothinks1275
      @hewhothinks1275 Před rokem +3

      He’s not belittling, he’s pointing out a flaw in the understanding of the religion. I challenge Christians to stand up to other Christians that have this mindset.

  • @eddyburgos672
    @eddyburgos672 Před rokem

    Virtual signaling gaslighting a bit.

  • @zahoorkhan-ct6fd
    @zahoorkhan-ct6fd Před rokem

    This is so inspiring!

  • @marialucille4751
    @marialucille4751 Před 3 měsíci