This is a story about our relationship to Nature. For most of us the natural world is a place of beauty and wonder. Though all too often we are reminded of its terrifying force … Our relationship with nature is in crisis. Nature & Us: A History through Art I: Out of Nature, BBC 2021
The ancient past: how our earliest ancestors invested the natural world with magic and power. But how we then tried to separate ourselves from nature and tried to control it. ibid.
We were all animists once, and many of us still are. ibid.
How humans tried to understand nature, and gaining knowledge led us to appreciate it in a whole new way. Nature & Us: A History through Art II: Understanding Nature
Romantics wanted to do the opposite: the thing they liked about nature was they couldn’t control it, they couldn’t understand it, and the kind of nature the Romantics were after was wild. ibid.
Nature: The more we learn about it, the more we realise how important it is. Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. But are home to a quarter of all marine life. And life in the ocean provides more oxygen than even the rainforests. Environments like this are precious. Restoring the Earth: The Age of Nature s1e1: Awakenings, BBC 2023
In 1946 an atomic bomb was detonated on the Pacific island of Bikini Atoll. Over the next 12 years 22 more nuclear tests like this were carried out … Nature was not the priority. ibid.
How we live with Nature now will determine our future. ibid.
‘The potential that Nature has for recovery if left alone.’ ibid. diver at Bikini Atoll
The rate of recovery is extraordinary. ibid.
Across the world people are studying eco-systems and looking for connections giving us a deeper understanding of nature. Restoring the Earth: The Age of Nature II: Understanding
Climate Change: impacting our planet faster than ever before. This is a global problem that needs a global solution. Restoring the Earth: The Age of Nature III
How we live with Nature will determine our future: a new age is upon us – the Age of Nature. ibid.