Ecosystem Restoration at COP15 in Montreal

Описание: John D. Liu, Journalist, filmmaker, ecologist and Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation, joins Paul Beckwith in a conversation which took place at the United Nations COP15 event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This video was recorded on December 11th, 2022 & published on May 21, 2023, & represents the opinions of the discussion participants.

The conversation focuses on the work of Ecosystem Restoration Communities, the growth of its many ecosystem restoration camps, and the events in John’s career which led to their establishment.

The key message is that we don’t have a theoretical or rhetorical problem. What we have is mass degradation to Earth systems on a planetary scale and therefore we must work locally but simultaneously to make ecosystem restoration happen all over the world. Ecosystem restoration needs to be the central intention of human civilization.

Some of the topics discussed:
How John, during the first 17 years of his career, worked as a cameraman & program producer with CBS News in China followed by Italian state and German state television.
How the pollution he observed while working in China got him interested in doing something about it and how this led to the creation of an organization called the Environmental Education Media project for China. This organization took a thousand films from Europe and the UK to China and translated them into Chinese for use all over China. This eventually led to the BBC asking him to produce programs in China.
How he helped to create the China HIV AIDS Information Network, which became the UN Information Center for HIV & AIDS in China.
How the World Bank asked him to document the restoration of the upper & middle reaches of the Yellow River, i.e. the Loess Plateau, & how this experience helped him understand the pattern of environmental degradation that had taken place over human history & how it was possible to restore it.
How the realization of the importance of this insight determined what he would do for the next 30 years & how this eventually led to his involvement with Commonland Foundation, the establishment of the Ecosystem Restoration Communities Foundation, & the formation of a growing number of ecosystem restoration camps around the world.
And more . . .

Links:
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommu...

Commonland Foundation
https://commonland.com/

John D. Liu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D....

Environment Education Media Project
http://eempc.org/

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Earth Restoration Peace Camps
https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articl...

Copenhagen Diagnosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenha...

The Rio Conventions
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetin...

The Ramsar Convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar_...

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Deca...

COP15 Ends with landmark biodiversity agreement
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories...

The Holy Grail of Restoration
https://www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_arti...

Special Guest:
John D. Liu - Journalist, filmmaker, ecologist and Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation, whose work has helped to show that it is possible to restore natural ecological systems. He is the founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Movement that has, together with many partners, created 56 Ecosystem Restoration Camps throughout the world. John has produced, filmed, written, directed, & presented dozens of films on Environment & Ecology that have aired on the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, PBS.
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Regular Panelists:
Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Prof. at the University of Ottawa in the Paleoclimatology Laboratory & at Carleton University

Video Production:
Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster & IT prime for Facing Future & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader

Heidi Brault - Video production & web assistant, Organizer & convener, Metadata tech, COP Team Lead for Facing Future & Climate Emergency Forum; BA (Psych); Climate Reality Leader

Acknowledgement:
We'd like to acknowledge these two organizations without which our attendance at COP15 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, wouldn't have been possible.
Vita Sapien - https://vitasapien.org/
Facing Future - https://www.facingfuture.earth/

Website:
https://climateemergencyforum.org/

Attributions:
Background Music:
Title: Through the City II
Author: Crowander
Source: Free Music Archive
License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Image and Video: https://climateemergencyforum.org/ass...
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