The Story That Shapes Your Relationship with Nature | Damon Gameau | TED
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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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.
@thinkabout602
Жыл бұрын
please stay 💪 ☮
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.
@philipsullivan4885
8 ай бұрын
Well-said
Outstanding talk!!! Hope this reaches far and wide.
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.
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.
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
Жыл бұрын
And even if he works as actor, his emotional almost breakdown near the end looked real to me .
Truer worlds have seldom been spoken.
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.
This is wonderful. Thank you so much for your voice. We are with you.
Thank you for this excellent talk. We must all do our part.
This is the best TED talk ever.
Absolutely fantastic talk. Everyone needs to hear this
Simply excellent! Thank you!
What an inspiring talk! Thank you so much for sharing.
This is so inspiring!
I needed this words to give me hope. Beautiful words!
One of the strongest ted talks ever
Yes! Great talk!
Thank you for making this video. I hope it reaches the right audience.
He speaks poetically beautiful
love this.
16 hours and 16 thousand views...I want youtube algorithm to make this talk appear on first position of everyone's KZread feed
@user-xo2ex9gm8n
Жыл бұрын
Agree! It would be a blessing!
impressive I really love it . Fantastic speech.
This is beautiful and powerful
@mikeanderson7549
Жыл бұрын
You Irish?
I have learned a lot, thanks
this is everything💗💗
Great talk!
Very great...👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you
Just wow
It's magnificent ❤❤❤
Think Globally. Act Locally. Humanity, let's please do better.
I cry. I hope.
Awesome!!!!!!
Thank You So Much...✨💙
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.
Hope a lot of people see this talk
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.
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
Жыл бұрын
I want practice my english I am looking for a native speaker
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.
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Nice :)
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@mikeanderson7549
Жыл бұрын
Guess you are Irish?
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In physics it's useless to define properties without describing the entire system it's a part of.
8:54
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We are meant to be stewards of the planet.
@KatyReminiec9399
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@calliope699
Жыл бұрын
absolutely, let’s do it
Amen ;)
@Diaz-ho2xi
Жыл бұрын
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. :(
I’m glad he pointing to the “source” of this issue. The misunderstanding of religious text.
@jenrich111
Жыл бұрын
religious texts; written by man and edited by kings.
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
hate me for this but 0:57
this cool new vibe of ~~~christianity~~~~ passing the word~~~~
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.
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.
I want to know his name
@tydewalt5425
Жыл бұрын
Read the Video description?
@KMHill
Жыл бұрын
His name is in the video title and displayed on screen at the start.
Approved. You shape your world. God is the only painter. It's Jason Bourne lol
Weird that he's misinterpreting Judaism but for some reason trying to pin it on Christianity. 🤡
"cows in the amazon rain forest?" that's wrong
@mikeanderson7549
Жыл бұрын
Yeah
@mikeanderson7549
Жыл бұрын
You Irish?
We are destroying this mother earth planet to live on mars.Salute to the thinking of billionairs.
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.
😢Christianity
Thousands of Durood o Sallam on Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him ❤❤❤
This guy doesnt know what idealism or pansychism is or thw difference.
“Christian Craze” ok. Must be a better way to share your ideas without belittling an entire religion
@Kaz-td2yg
Жыл бұрын
ok but what is kenia though?
@hewhothinks1275
Жыл бұрын
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.
Virtual signaling gaslighting a bit.
@Sareaesque
Жыл бұрын
word salad much?
This is so inspiring!
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