6 unexpected connections between Coronavirus & Environment | Sustainability Climate Change

In this whiteboard animation, I present 6 unexpected connections I have found between the coronavirus and sustainability, the environment and climate change. This video is about white-footed mice, speaking trees, opossums, humans and how our encroachment on nature increases the risks of a pandemic and decreases the capacity of the earth to sustain us.
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Articles:
www.vox.com/future-perfect/20...
insideclimatenews.org/news/24...
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www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-...
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Amazon forest by NASA

[@learnsustainability]

Do you think that we can resist the temptation to jump back to our failing system as soon as the pandemic fades out? Please let me know what you think in the comments down below. 👍

[@henrilemoine3953]

@Kent Horvath lol very constructive critisism here. Can you elaborate?

[@risenbealive1804]

Sir I want your speech in PDF form

[@seanadavidson3590]

I am hoping that, since we have shown we can clearly work from home, that large corporations and small businesses will allow staff to work from home 2-3 days a week. If everyone had that flexibility, emissions might continue to drop and stabilize. The U.W. Governments still needs to step up and embrace sustainable energy.

[@seanadavidson3590]

One frightening piece missing is the microbial side of the arctic melting. As the permafrost melts, old frozen viruses, such as small pox and some deadly flu strains, will also thaw. Methanogens will also become active and produce methane. Methane, as you know, is much worse than Carbon dioxide.

[@learnsustainability]

@@seanadavidson3590 Thanks for your contribution!

[@joshpark1007]

The amount of logical reasoning and scientific evidence put in this video is incredible. The way you explained the phenomena were very clear and effective as well. Thank you for spreading the importance of sustainability. I hope more people see this video. Hopefully these realizations will lead to more green initiatives around the world. Please continue to make more videos like this!

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! I am glad it is helpful!

[@rui4762]

Thank you!My perspective is that,In front of nature,all lives are equal,viruses are also lives.When there is no enough wild habitat for wild animals and when there are not enough hosts,viruses naturally find huamnbeings to keep a balanced. And no matter for recovering the ecosystem or climate change.Recovering soil is the key.

[@TheNOLAvid]

Great video. Very informative and some interesting connections were made here. I fear we will return to our failing system with minor changes, but I do believe a lot of people are asking themselves this question and other important questions such as work/life balance, which is a great start. Keep up the good work!

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your comment. I agree. I think a lot of people have changed their view of the world recently and it is a great start!

[@celestegreene5215]

Lots of information was presented and great connections were drawn between the pandemic and climate change. Excellent.

[@cuppaaCoffey]

This video deserves millions more views! (Also cheers for giving me some help with my "Environmental Impact of COVID-19" essay

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you found it helpful! And thanks for leaving a message!

[@sarahblack6412]

Just made my first KZbin video related to this very topic. I'm a teacher.

[@kristinegailriego5995]

very comprehensive, you made the discussion easy to understand. Thank you very much, Alex.

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@heidihahn6255]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your message.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for watching!

[@ryanhobbs441]

Thank you for always making these logical, clearly explained videos 🙏👏❤️

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you like them! Thanks for your message!

[@aarushidave3826]

Great video! You put in so much effort into the detailing of these concepts! I'll be sharing this on twitter :)

[@learnsustainability]

Awesome, thank you!

[@aarushidave3826]

@@learnsustainability I just shared it at twitter.com/Gridlerposts

[@alexandralichtenberg1600]

that is the million dollar question, Alex! Great video!

[@learnsustainability]

Yes! Thank you!

[@hemlatanogia]

It is an amazing video ! Very well analysed !!

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SHEensya]

Clear message and amazing illustrations 👍🏼 i hope more communities include environmental protection in their exit strategies after lockdown procedures 🤞🏼

[@learnsustainability]

Me too. Thanks for your comment!

[@DaleSteel]

Unexpected? Planned!

[@thaliagrace4444]

woah this is such an incredibly well done video

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@XavierSantotomas]

wow,, I fully agree, thanks for your visual explanation, excellent!

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! Glad you liked it.

[@rethinkglobal8036]

Thanks Alex for another excellent video...

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@AntonyUpward]

Excellent video Alex. Thank-you. And to avoid "positive" and "negative" feedback terminology - as you say a +ve loop may not be "good" and vice versa I was taught by the Systems People at MIT to say "reinforcing" and "balancing" loops - this talks to the impact of the behaviour rather than the human judgement / experience of that behaviour :-)

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks Antony! And thanks for the tip!

[@Sydopath]

Are you a council worker?

[@beatrizbordon2306]

Thank you very much for sharing this video! From Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by.

[@marvinmanzanero982]

Great summary. Greetings from Belize and indeed, we need to do more for our environment - we all need it, and we need it fast!

[@learnsustainability]

Agreed! Thanks for your comment!

[@relax9286]

This information presented was well done. Thank you.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! Glad it was useful!

[@zvonkogasparovic6449]

Great video !!

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@iainmair485]

I liked this video very much. Keep informing the masses.

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you did! Thanks for leaving a comment!

[@kimtan1760]

I love this

[@Aastha-Sharma]

🌍 This is our only home and we have no other choice so now I guess that majority of people around the world have felt the pain they cause to this beautiful nature and Mother Earth and this planet taught us the lesson so there is no planet B🌍take care of it 🤘❤💙💚💛

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your comment !

[@Sivah_Akash]

Thanks for the awesome video

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for watching!

[@josephmaclean6594]

Very clear message. Thank you. Now is the time to act.

[@learnsustainability]

Absolutely!

[@alexsdb9712]

Exactly. There's no way we could go back to "old ways" or old normal. That's done. We have to move forward with new normals. To be in denial and feel this virus is just an event where it ends and we go back, is foolish but not smart. This is our chance to be innovative but also practise all that pushing about making less pollution and lessening our carbon footprints.

[@spacelion6318]

Act as if nothing is happening

[@shraddhapawar]

@@spacelion6318 😂😭😭

[@beanheadshop]

great presentation

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for stopping by!

[@a.randomjack6661]

Thank you Alex

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers!

[@zvonkogasparovic6449]

I enjoyed watching it :)

[@learnsustainability]

I'm glad! Thanks for stopping by!

[@uphilldew]

this channel is so underrated.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@fingergrip]

very good llustraton- what s the exact mpact of the lockdown on the envronmnet do we have data?

[@learnsustainability]

There are many resources online about the impact of the lockdown (like the one use in the video and other related articles www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coronavirus-set-to-cause-largest-ever-annual-fall-in-co2-emissions?stream=business) but none is final yet because the crisis is not over and is changing all the time.

[@thealltimeguy1821]

I like you and your english

[@filipebrito6518]

I realy like the way you adress to this theme Alex. simple and logical! I gues humans are going to get back to their usual live styles.

[@learnsustainability]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!

[@risenbealive1804]

Will u please attach ppt

[@user-to9di9yo4y]

Dear Alex, thank you for the great videos! I have a question. May I use these videos to share and watch and learn together within our community for both non-profit and business use? And may I translate this video into Japanese?

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your message. All my videos are free for all to use as long as you give me credit for them so you are welcome to use and share them. If you use them in a business context, you are welcome to make a pledge on patreon.com/sustainability or a one-time donation on sustainabilityillustrated.com/en/tip-jar-donations/ You are also welcome to translate my videos in Japanese. 11 of them are already translated actually: kzbin.info/aero/PLEXqjIYY5zi4m8kMyiYn2QGX4s-YqQaep If you need more details about translating them, please feel free to read this post: sustainabilityillustrated.com/en/2014/09/23/translate-sustainability-videos/

[@user-to9di9yo4y]

@@learnsustainability Thank you! I have already become a patron by making a pledge on patreon website. And I have already submitted my Japanese translation for this video as it has not yet translated, yet. Hope this video to be widely spread to Japanese audiences! Cheers!!

[@learnsustainability]

@@user-to9di9yo4y Thank you very much!! I published your Japanese translation and you can now see it and double check it if you like. Thank you for your help and support!

[@learnsustainability]

@@user-to9di9yo4y Thanks. I published the translation!

[@umairshahid7515]

Hi, I would like to use your case as an analogy for tuna fisheries situation in the Indian Ocean. May I? Thank you

[@learnsustainability]

Sure, why not? What do you mean by that? Please let me know...

[@umairshahid7515]

@@learnsustainability Hi, the tuna situation in the IO is pretty bad - Yellowfin tuna is unsustainable and its stock assessment concluded that stocks are overfished and subject to overfishing, what it means is that if management measures are not put in place, yellowfin tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean might collapse - having said that the issue is much deeper, since there is a high mortality of juvenile yellowfin, the data is poor and weak governance mechanisms play a big role in this scenario. I wanted to use your model to showcase how using several different approaches we can flatten the curve of overexploitation of tuna resources to achieve sustainability.

[@CarlaValdetaro]

Another great video! I wish it had brazilian portuguese subtitles to link it to my blog post. You talked about amazonia deforestation... Well, I can't see it stop soon as we have a president who hates scientists, researchers, artists and all those "comunists". Yes, I'm brazilian. And today I'm very sad after reading about our president planning a barbecue next weekend and making fun of all people dead in this pandemia. Your presentation is awesome and so true.... I live in a small piece of Atlantic Forest in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro. Last week my daughter found an african snail in the garden. It is a dangerous snail, as it can transmit a lot of diseases. It reproduces very very quickly. We read about how to kill, how to control untill we read "a kind of brazilian possum eat them". The snail stayed. It has a natural predator in my backyard, so it's just food not a danger in my house. If the environment is healthy, everything works well.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your comment and sharing your insights Carla! Did you know that you can translate the subtitles in Portuguese within KZbin? You can click on the gear icon in the KZbin player and choose add subtitles. More details in my blog here: sustainabilityillustrated.com/en/2014/09/23/translate-sustainability-videos/

[@CarlaValdetaro]

@@learnsustainability I'll try the subtitles way. I don't have a good mic and it would be a bit weird you talking with a female voice 😀

[@iainmair485]

Murray Bookchin already informed us of this.

[@FafaSerj]

Profound explanation sir, but can i ask? In your perspective, what sustainable approach can be efficient in establishing architectural treatment during amid-pandemic crisis? is it applying more trees or applying a passive design sustaining one's location? thank you sir.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your comment! I am not sure what you mean by "applying more trees" but the solution is certainly not coming only from trees. We need to take a systems approach in order to make sure that we don't undermine nature's ability to run its natural cycles. I explained this in more details in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5bGYYiPfK6YpZY

[@iainmair485]

We have to alter our attitude towards nature.

[@shalinisoni9982]

Hii,as an illustrator,could you pls share your experience and provide some hardware suggestions for beginners.

[@learnsustainability]

What kind of hardware? Please clarify...

[@jacoblipkestudios7621]

I’ll tell you what they both have in common. Both of those issues have been used as extreme fear mongering, they use the fact that technically it’s been proven to exist, and then proceed to over blow the hell out of the issue.

[@greeshSL123]

Pandemics would not fades out if we jump back to our failing systems again. Nature continuously teach us and give us enough chances to change our lives. If not we do, we have to fade out from the world.

[@learnsustainability]

👍

[@aciaong]

3:57 - 4:16 We agree.

[@learnsustainability]

Nice to hear!

[@grandmabrendao.6347]

Can you please do another video and give us ways that we can help stop this. Lots of ways we can change our behaviors.

[@learnsustainability]

Absolutely! I am working on one that does just that!

[@alexsdb9712]

It's silly and foolish to hear people say "when we go back to normal". Sorry, but normal or old normal is done. Naturally but also that we must take the message from the coronavirus and its effects, to move forward and be innovative and truly environmentally-friendly. Our old systems are outdated (ie. City life, etc.) and the pandemic showed this. But unlike Spanish Flu period, our modern world feels the effects and changes more. Let's make use of this to make our new normal and better living.

[@learnsustainability]

Agreed! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@Heywoodj1969]

I wonder where the million plastic gloves and masks will be disposed of... thank god we were concerned about the environment🙄

[@learnsustainability]

I know! So much more disposable containers and masks have been used over the past year, it's painful to watch!

[@LabRat6619]

All these links and correlations, but still you think the virus started in wet market lol 🤣

[@learnsustainability]

Keep in mind that this video was posted in May 2020 with the information available at the time.

[@binzeno]

corona in my hero

[@CordayCorday]

It’s all for control 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@OBEYGOD247]

Praying for all and hope you will help share this very important Truth from Almighty God's Word: "Time Has An End" Time has an end, with much of God's word, the Bible, to comprehend, but most won't contend, and climate change won't mend; Global warming is God's final warning, as He is always in control, and He is our Weatherman (Isaiah 45, Nahum 1, Jeremiah 23....)Because of too much rebellion and sin, and wicked hearts within. (Jeremiah 7, Psalm 48, Romans 1-3...) God gave us His written word, originally in Hebrew and Greek, and called this book the Bible, to show us how to live and be; The Bible was written by holy men of old, many years ago, as God moved them through the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1:21); And all scripture was written by inspiration of God, for us to be corrected, and reproved, by walking in His truth (2 Timothy 3:16,17); We have a most loving, and merciful God, to be praised and obeyed, from the moment we arise, til we go to sleep at night, yet much of the world won’t take heed, and go their own way; (Psalm 113:3, Ezekiel 39, Jeremiah 12, Ephesians 5, Titus 3, 2 Timothy 3..... ) He is the King of kings, LORD of lords, He is our Savior, Creator of all, but most won't even acknowledge Him, and mock Him with much gall; We’re in the “Great Tribulation” now of Matthew 24, the LORD has opened up the seals (Revelation 5-22), so we can see truth more; In Daniel chapter 12 vs 9, God told Daniel the seals were closed til the end of time; If you study from Isaiah to the book of Malachi, hopefully you will see that this is all about the end times; Too many false gospels, signs and wonders, none have the truth, since God has allowed Satan to take his seat in the temple, and now rules, according to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 (2 Corinthians 11, Revelation 2,3, 17-22)Judgment has begun on the house of God, in 1 Peter chapter 4, God is starting with the churches, and then to many more; (Ezekiel 9, Jeremiah 25...) God is our Faith, our Baptism, our LORD, and Father of all, and only He can save, not the pope, priest, you, or me, and none can come to Him, unless He draws, and only by His mercy; (John 6:44, 10:30, Ezekiel 36, Romans 1-9, 1 Timothy 2:5, Titus 3, Ephesians 1-5...)So as the days of Noah, because of too much sin, when the floods came, and took most everyone/thing away, except for the animals on ark, and Noah's family of eight, So shall our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ (both the same), come and destroy this earth with fire on the dreadful Judgment Day, with only a remnant saved (Isaiah 1, 10, 11, Jeremiah 23, 31, Ezekiel 6, Joel 2, Malachi 4, Romans 9, 11, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, Revelation 11, 12, 18-22….), and He alone is the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2);Please come soon LORD Jesus, please come soon, let Satan and sin no longer rule, for many are suffering, more and more each day, especially the children, LORD we pray; Please come soon dear LORD, please come save (Revelation 18-22) Thank you for listening, may God bless, and keep you always! Kathleen

[@quantumlogix7209]

Mercury=methylmercury

[@254_rizkyramadhan7]

Anak umm mana suaranya?

[@yourstpk]

Your are Soo fast and complicated

[@millwork3319]

Did I hear you correctly? "An increase in CO2 will cause trees to fail?'(Paraphrasing of course.)

[@learnsustainability]

According to this article, yes: insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation

[@millwork3319]

@@learnsustainability Thanks for the article. I'd like to dialogue with you about this topic, if you don't mind. My work keeps me quite busy so at times it might take a little while to respond. Is this something you would be open to do?

[@learnsustainability]

@@millwork3319 You can always contact me via my website sustainabilityillustrated.com/en/contact/

[@shraddhapawar]

Proud to be a VEGAN 🙏❤️

[@learnsustainability]

👍

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Air pollution kills far more than climate change ever will. Here in lima Peru the air is now relatively clean.. Asthma all but gone for me... The climate has always changed.... Always will.... If you live in Patagonia or Russia or Canada you would be cheering climate change...