This film is an autobiographical documentary narrated by David Attenborg, known as the "Father of World Nature Documentaries". The 93-year-old man began to visit the world's continents and oceans when he was in his 20s, and he has not stopped exploring nature until now.
He is a witness. From the 1930s to 2020 just past, what kind of drastic changes our nature has undergone has been recorded by him with his lens. Under the lens, he has grown from youthful to old age, just like those dead coral reefs, melting Antarctic and Arctic glaciers, and vast expansive tropical rainforests, proclaiming the dying breath of nature.
If humans continue to treat nature in this way, what will our future look like? Attenborough describes to us that 2030, 2040, ... until 2100, every time I move forward, my heart "pumps". I can't help but think of the attempts of the earth rebels in "Three-Body I" to let the Trisolaran civilization destroy the earth's civilization. This does not require the destruction of the Trisolaran civilization in 450 years. We will perish ourselves in 100 years, okay?
Fortunately, people still have time to make changes. According to Attenborough's point of view, the core of what we need to do is "restore biodiversity" and "rewild the world". I very much agree with Attenborough’s law of life that nature follows: “In this world, a species can only thrive when everything else around it thrives, too. Let other species around it flourish.)"
In order to save ourselves (not to mention saving the earth), Attenborough proposed the following three methods:
1. Slow down population growth. The growing population is the source of growing demand. Attenborough believes that fertility needs to be tightened, fewer or even no births. This is similar to the situation in most developed countries. In China, although childbirth is now encouraged, most families cannot afford the cost of a second child...so this method seems feasible at present.
2. Use renewable energy. Attenborough hopes that in the future, renewable energy can completely replace non-renewable energy such as coal. Looking at the development of new energy vehicles in our country, I am also more optimistic about this approach.
3. Produce more food with fewer resources. Attenborough said this requires both "high-tech" and "low-tech" to work at the same time. Needless to say "high-tech", "low-tech" mainly refers to mandatory regulations, people's eating habits and environmental awareness. For example, setting up no-fishing areas and advocating a vegetarian diet. This suggestion is good, but idealistic. Human society is a collection of different interest groups, and it is difficult to completely achieve such things as "banning fishing" and "banning grazing". As for letting all human beings change their eating habits, that is basically impossible. So the road to ecological balance is long and difficult. But as long as we go in this direction, at least the future will not be so gloomy, or that it will not be gloomy so fast.
Both the beginning and the end of the documentary cited the "Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Leakage" as a metaphor. That accident was an irreversible mistake committed by mankind. It turned the vibrant Ukrainian city into ruins within a few days. After so many years, human beings have not returned to their homeland, but nature is rejuvenated there.
This is the most awesome place in nature. Humans may be extinct, but nature will rebuild itself.
Before things get out of control, it's time to act.
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