david attenborough our planet transcript

Sir David Attenborough explains how we should all work together globally to ensure our oceans thrive. One part of the colony's a nursery where all the kids live and the parents fly out every night to get food. We've learnt that many, many times, and yet we carry on making the same mistake. You can change your cookie preferences. He comments that all the evolution that led to the extinct species was undone by the five great extinctions. 2023. A tale of the smartest species doomed by that all too human characteristic of failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short term goals. David Attenborough COP26 Climate Summit Glasgow Speech Transcript, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. Wed be in a much better position to talk to a person from a developing country about safeguarding the environment if: 1) we had reduced our own consumption and 2) our country or we ourselves had personally assisted them in attaining sustainable development in their country. Plus, a weekly dose of must-read awards coverage. There are many reasons. Phasing out fossil fuels and replacing them with renewables. From ocean giants to the tiniest insects. IN GRAVE DANGER. It comes down to this. https://www.scripts.com/writer/david_attenborough/3824, Complete biography of David Attenborough , David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D, David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive. Its not trying to convince anyone of anything the time for doing that is long past. Their habitat was under very rapid conversion from forest to agricultural fields. The need for fresh water is as strong as ever. The light, comic touches that made for lovely little moments in Planet Earth are overshadowed if not spoiled entirely, by the traumatic lessons put front and centre. Three quarters of the terrestrial surface has been changed, a lot of it just to feed one species. Its a haunting vision. Here are some thoughts. Mr. Attenborough has Five Steps to Help Save Our Planet. The consequences of these losses for us as a species are far-reaching and profound. But within a finite system this wont continue forever its not sustainable. We are after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth. Over the course of his 60-year career as a naturalist and beloved wildlife narrator, the landscape of the natural world has changed dramatically. Today, the most trafficked animal in the world is one few people have ever seen and many have never even heard of. We have over 200 rangers, and their jobs is to see every gorilla and check on the habitat. These deaths also occur exponentially due to the worsening environment, and soon there is a moment when the death rate and the birth rate equal each other at that point the population has peaked, and may plateau for a period. Soy, cocoa, coffee, palm oil and beef. There is no one correct response. The world has been on pause during the pandemic, and as we begin to move forward, we have a moment, we can change the way we're running our world and make it better. They only have one pup at a time, so this one pup is very precious. The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to stop. Sir David Attenborough explains how we should all work together globally to ensure our oceans thrive. Even where fish quotas are put in place, often they're not being implemented. Our burning of fossil fuels, our destruction of nature, our approach to industry, construction and learning, are releasing carbon into the atmosphere at an unprecedented pace and scale. And as we work to build a better world, we must acknowledge, no nation has completed its development because no advanced nation is yet sustainable. And either somebody got infected and travelled to Wuhan themselves or sent animals that they were shipping into the wildlife trade into those wet markets and then the virus exploded from there. And also, we need to reduce the amount of chemicals, we've got to make sure we're not degrading our soils. David Attenborough, Our Planet. Calculate how much it costs to transcribe, caption, or subtitle your content. Each of us is blinkered by the demands of here and now. My answer would be, yes, we have to. Yet the Cerrado has many unique species. Globally, there was a shock. Fatu, no, come on. If we carry on like this, we will see more epidemics as bad as this, and some of them could even be worse. The nations of the world got together and they banned these chemicals, and the problem was solved because once the manufacturing companies started looking for alternatives, they found them quite quickly. Assignments and Projects It's never been more important for us to understand the effects of biodiversity loss, of how it is that we ourselves are responsible for it. I was in the Virunga Mountains, which straddle the borders of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The Five Steps to Help Save Our Planet outlined by Mr. Attenborough are: 1. See Film Study Worksheet for a Documentary Seeking to Persuade the Viewer On a Matter of Political or Social Significance. Key points: Sir David Attenborough warned that human actions were causing rising carbon levels in the atmosphere It's really digging down, saying, what's going on here? 35 & 60. Have the class read the following section from Mr. Attenboroughs bookA Life on Our Planet and then write a one-page essay about how the situation of human beings on earth is similar to and different from the bacteria in the petri dish. To destroy this natural habitat would be devastating to local wildlife which might never recover. The impacts of biodiversity loss are no longer a threat for future generations to face. This is that moment. For example, over the last three hundred years, human beings have introduced massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by burning. Guests at the premiere included Prince Charles and his two sons Prince William and Prince Harry, Charlie Brooker, David Beckham and his son Brooklyn Beckham, Ellie Goulding and the series narrator David Attenborough, who attended the event to underline their support for action against climate change. "[20], Will Gompertz of BBC also handed out a 4 out of 5 stars for the series, stating it "gives us some of the most dazzling images you are ever likely to view on TV. As a child, Attenborough enjoyed studying fossils. Under Title 17 U.S.C. At times, our ancestors existed only in tiny numbers, but just over 10,000 years ago, that number suddenly stabilized and with it, Earths climate. In this trailer, he talks about his documentary A Life on Our Planet. And the expansion of agriculture was the only way for most people to survive. Theres every reason to believe that the answer can be yes. 3. And then we'll have no more killer whales left around the coast of the UK. We know how to stop the number rising and put it in reverse. We invented them in the '20s and then we began to ban them from the '80s onwards because we realised they had quite a serious and toxic effect on life. JOIN NOW From the makers of "Planet Earth," and narrated by Emmy and BAFTA winner Sir David Attenborough. He was invited to speak by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who chaired this month's session. That's the big prize. Whenever we restore the wild, it will recapture carbon and help us bring back balance to our planet. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. But then as animals above them eat more and more of the small animals, they'll concentrate up the food chain. We should be restoring not destroying wild habitats. In 1992 at the Earth Summit, a convention was signed to protect biodiversity. See also Anchor Standard # 2 for ELA Speaking and Listening, CCSS pg. Government in all three countries, conservation organisations and local communities started to work together with an emphasis not just on the gorillas, but on the people that live with them. 3) Similarities between the world and the sealed petri dish are that: we are all alive (bacteria and human beings); in the process of living we create waste products that are toxic to us and harmful to the environment; we share the inability to control our populations; neither bacteria nor homo sapiens can our greed in grabbing more than our share of the available resources. Anthropocene A proposed geological age, or more technically, epoch, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and environment. Transcribe your audio files to find high-impact insights in minutes. The goal is to raise the issue and have a respectful airing of differing views. In thisLearning Guide citations to Mr. Attenboroughs book, A Life on Our Planet My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, written with Jonnie Hughes, will be to Attenborough with a page reference. To make things worse, those animals are very stressed, and we know that animals that are stressed shed viruses at higher rates. Our world is getting hotter. You think you have control. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who also created BBC documentary series Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet, in collaboration with the conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF). We cannot live with that. We're facing a crisis, and one that has consequences for us all. There are all these things we know we have to do for biodiversity and for the climate, so let's bring them forward to this period of unemployment. Studies suggest that extinction is now happening 100 times faster than the natural evolutionary rate, and it's accelerating. Holocene A geological epoch, beginning about 11,700 years ago after the last glacial period. There does have to be some standard. [Before asking this question show the class the 25-second video on the movies website called: Five Steps to Help Save Our Planet.] Speaker 4: (03:12) I am happy to receive updates about conservation, fundraising, campaigning and events from my local WWF office You can unsubscribe from these emails at any time. You can also read the transcript. A lot of that clearance is driven by demand on the other side of the world. The other 95% are humans or the animals we farm. What also drives emerging diseases is that we are encroaching further and further every day into wildlife habitat. But what we didn't think was it was going to happen so quickly and so devastatingly. Would impact on . Read magazine articles or books, or watch other films about the environmental crisis. When a few bacteria are placed on a bed of food in a sterile, sealed dish a perfect environment free from competition, sitting on abundant nutrients they take some time to adapt themselves to the new medium a period called the lag phase. "David Attenborough" Scripts.com. All groups in the natural world are in decline, which means their populations are getting smaller, day by day. This opportunity is out of sight. Northern white rhinos were once found in their thousands in central Africa, but were pushed to the brink of extinction by habitat loss and hunting. She's 19 years old. They proliferate wildly. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Transcript October 14, 2020 David Attenborough has seen more of the natural world than any other. I might not be here to see it, but if we make the right decisions at this critical moment, we can safeguard our planet's ecosystems, its extraordinary biodiversity and all its inhabitants. Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used in. Lulu was a part of that pod. Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as this house. The waters around the edge of fishing countries are being emptied. The evidence is that unless immediate action is taken, this crisis has grave impacts for us all. The plastics industry? News report - "The UN panel of experts has found that one million animal and plant species face extinction". But today, it's vanishing at rates never seen before in human history. We can be more diligent about thinking about what we're consuming and when. Conversion of land for cattle is probably the greatest single cause of habitat loss. Cells start to die tempering the growth rate of the population for the first time. Many of these wonders seem set to disappear forever. The Five Steps to Help Save Our Planet outlined by Mr. Attenborough are: 1. This little pangolin came in off the trade, and they're usually dehydrated and emaciated. Buy wood and paper from well-managed forests. An example of (3), bearing witness to great evil, occurred at the end of WW II in Germany. A few of these entries are shown in the film. So the mothers carry their pups on their backs, but their habitat is being lost in front of our very eyes. We face a frightening future. The point of this question is that given the current situation everyone will need to have an idea of what they want for the planet in the future and how society can attain the goal of a balanced sustainable ecosystem. Music composed by award-winning composer Steven Price . Links to the Internet Soy. Web. The Green Planet. Often the best reservoirs for the pathogens that can jump to humans are smaller bodied species, like rats and mice and certain kinds of bats. David Attenborough: (00:48) Sir David Attenborough is a broadcast legend. We are encroaching further and further every day into wildlife habitat, and that drives emerging diseases. The presenter admitted he had got stuck between the rocks in the Grand Canyon while filming after gaining four stone. So exactly the kind of things you need for a strong recovery. Students will have many good ideas. Each individual bacterium grabs its own plot and seizes is what it needs. So they have no medicinal properties. Teachers are encouraged to review the specific standards to make sure that over the term all standards are met. Convert your audio or video into 99% accurate text by a professional. It has been a strikingly stable period of [geological] history, and corresponds with a rapid growth in humankind brought about by the invention of agriculture. Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet, p. 231 It is the accepted term for the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the Quaternary period and followed the Pleistocene. I do truly believe that together we can create a better future. They're used in the electrical industry. Every day, we lose between two or three rhinos in Africa. Our Planet is an inspiring nature documentary series narrated by the renowned Sir David Attenborough. The most accurate AI-powered transcription on the market. One of the really big problems is what's happening to plants. Buy wood and paper from well-managed forests. The wildlife trade is at unprecedented levels. We had many poachers coming, setting snares, cutting bamboo. Individual entries feel a little less memorable because of it. The global temperature has not wavered over this period by more than plus or minus one degree Celsius, until now. Were going to have to learn together, how to achieve this, ensuring none are left behind. So, things have changed. There are many ways to remove pieces of the puzzle. The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years. What can you say to a person from a poor developing country who wants to live the rich and environmentally destructive life-style now enjoyed by many affluent people in the U.S.? Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. If working apart, we are force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely, working together, we are powerful enough to save it. [3], A second season is set for a 2023 release. I have seen video footage of them being boiled alive. The soundtrack was released with a compilation of the incidental music specially commissioned for Our Planet. We call this abundance of life biodiversity. The broadcast marked the first Netflix original documentary series ever aired on conventional television, alongside a collection of Netflix documentaries included in the partnership. Transcript NPR's Scott Simon talks with British natural historian and broadcaster David Attenborough about his new book, Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision for the. This is that moment. It's never been more critical for us to understand what is driving this crisis. The website's critical consensus reads, "A cornucopia of visual wonder and environmental advocacy, Our Planet's breathtaking cinematography explores more of this beautiful, blue marble while presenting an urgent call to action to its inhabitants"[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". And I've been involved in a study with the finance ministries and the central bank governors of the world in thinking through what the best ways out of this crisis are. Additionally, 2021 was the sixth warmest year on record, according to NOAA. We are already in trouble. When the bacteria reproduce to such a degree that they reach the edge, every individual cell will begin to disadvantage every other at the same moment. Examples include: the loss of the ice-caps of at the North and South Poles; So we've been saying for 20-plus years that this exploitation of our environment is driving pandemics. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Since 1500, 570 plant species and 700 animal species have gone extinct. Will we take the opportunity, finally, to change our course? We found that in China, we have about 16% left of what we had 120 years ago. David Attenborough sits on a rock by a shore, facing the camera. Soil should be teeming with life. They want the status quo to exist. Cultured meat, also called clean meat, is Meat for consumption produced as a cell culture of animal cells rather than from the slaughter of animals. Everything weve achieved in the last 10,000 years was enabled by the stability during this time. Benefits of the Movie Reduced demand means fewer fishing boats and fewer lost nets and lines in which aquatic animals can become entangled. Plants underpin almost every single thing that we require. Unique animals with complex and varied lives disappearing from our planet forever isn't just disturbing. And it is not just rhinos. To see Poppy's daughter and granddaughter thriving is thrilling. That's how HIV emerged. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created. So if we lose the diversity of the soil, the consequences of that can be catastrophic. Nature is a key ally. As I was preparing to talk to camera, Poppy was at my feet, trying to take off my shoes. Music composed by award-winning composer Steven Price. One of the most important things that animals in the soil do is break down organic matter which can then be used for plant growth. David Attenborough graces our screens again in his most poignant documentary yet. And there I met some of the few remaining mountain gorillas, including a mischievous youngster called Poppy. Pangolins are the only mammal covered in scales, and this is their downfall. He has perpetually been on the road ever since. Multimedia: Anchor Standard #7 for Reading (for both ELA classes and for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Classes). Large chunks of the rainforests have been converted at prices which are astonishingly low given the cost to the rest of the world. Because they form the food chain for hundreds of thousands of other species. For a pdf file containing the chart, click here. High-speed rail links have gone in there, roads have been built into remote areas. Examples are all around us. english web preceded by life in cold blood david attenborough a life on our planet is a 2020 british documentary film 1 narrated by david attenborough and produced and directed by jonnie hughes 2 2. 5. CCSS pp. On the unforgiving frontier of climate change, polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins find their icy Edens in peril. At work, she's a renowned assassin. Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. [5] It was four years in the making and was filmed in 50 countries, and over 600 crew members took part in the production. At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers operating in our seas. Netflix and third parties use cookies (why?). Sometimes when a female giant anteater dies on the road, her pup will survive. Many people think of extinction being this imaginary tale told by conservationists, but I have lived it. The first thing that we have to do is to reset the way we run our economies. This change has not happened overnight, but if it can be achieved here, where human population pressure is so high, where the politics can be very complicated, especially among different states, I believe it can be achieved elsewhere as well. The minute we build a road in there, we start getting exposed. Intercept the rainfall and the roots hold the soil in place. We must rewild the world!" David Attenborough But we drive it, actually. She is very quiet. At 93, Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime studying the natural world, and been knighted for his efforts. Did that number stop rising and start to drop, as a result of commitments made here? This topic is more fully explored in the Learning Guide to Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, but in short, animal agriculture (production of meat and dairy) is responsible for more pollution than the entire transportation sector. CCSS pg. 7. But it's the rate of extinction. It's parenting that's the hard part. So a consumer walking into a supermarket may unwittingly. Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet, p. 16. We can't simply depend upon people and institutions of goodwill to do what is needed to be done. Wherever he went in the world, he also recorded music. This Learning Guide was written byJames A. Frieden. From ocean giants to the tiniest insects. At every step of the process, we're bringing people closer in contact with wildlife and their viruses. Parenting Points For the first time civilization was possible and we wasted no time in taking advantage of that. 40 years ago, people consumed a good deal less in the United Kingdom, but there is no evidence that we were unhappier then than we are now. Its simple. 4 Mar. Large mammals have on average disappeared from three quarters of the range where they were historically found. Today, those whove done the least to cause this problem, are being the hardest hit. From Pripyat, a deserted area after the nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. However, the supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable for all manner of species. Describe some actions that we can all take to reduce that guilt. "[19] Ben Travers of Indie Wire gave out an overall B+ for the series, and claims that the series ruthlessly contrasts the world's natural wonders with the environmental crisis killing them off, he wrote "Their deaths are a warning for the darkness underlying all of Our Planet, a nature docuseries no longer content with passive commentary. And of course, we throw it away from the plate. Preparation task . For much of humanitys ancient history, that number bounced wildly between 180 and 300, and so too did global temperatures. When we had her blubber levels analysed for PCBs, they were quite shocking. It is sometimes called bearing witness. An example of (1) occurs in the New Testament when Jesus tells his disciples to bear witness about him and their faith. The Five Mass Extinctions That Have Swept Our Planet. There is another huge trade that is driving the loss of biodiversity, and this one happens in plain sight. News reports - Thousands arrive for the largest UN meeting ever held in an effort to prevent drastic and irreversible changes" "I'm here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet. The argument against this view is that (1) rights are granted by society and what is a fundamental right in one society may be a crime in another society; and (2) having more than 2 or 3 children is destructive to the environment and harms everyone. There can surely be no more fitting location than this for the premiere of Our Planet. Speaker 7: (05:55) This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. In addition, as Mr. Attenborough tells us, the problem is often out of sight and we are blinkered by the demands of here and now. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. A stable, healthy world that we can benefit from, forever. We already employ technology to make our lives more comfortable and to increase the number of people who can live on the planet. Things come, they grow, their populations get huge and then they decline. These are big picture long term problems and it is easy to put them our of our minds. Writing: Anchor Standards #s 1 5 and 7- 10 for Writing and related standards (for both ELA classes and for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Classes).

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