Mother Nature is Speaking by Fatma Ben Said

COURSE:

Environmental Studies 976: The Practice of Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development

MEDIUM:

Video

ARTIST’S STATEMENT:

I examine the impacts of humans on nature, emphasizing that nature does not need people to survive and that people do need nature to survive. We take the goods and services for granted, and we are causing degradation and destruction of the habitats that plants and animals need to survive. We care about money and work hard to earn as much as we can, while caring less about the environment. Many people are aware of environmental problems, but they don’t do anything to help nature. Natural capital is indispensable to our economy. We need to open our hearts and minds and look at the state of our environment, which has been under constant pressure from an expanding human society. We must reflect on our behavior toward nature, our over-consumption, and the choices that we make every day, and change our choices and behaviors.

DESCRIPTION:

This video is an invitation to people to review their relationship with nature. We humans are anxious about economic growth and development, and we have forgotten about nature, the capital of everything important to us, including our economy and well-being. We are taking all the environmental goods and services for granted, and we continue to degrade and destroy our natural capital consciously and unconsciously, harming ourselves and future generations.