Nathalie Kelley Instagram – Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like? Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.