The Anthropocene: The age of mankind - Docu - 2017

An ocean that contains as much plastic as fish, an atmosphere filled with CO2 choking the whole mankind and mass extinction of animals. The destructive influence of mankind will be at least as disastrous as the asteroid element that wiped the dinosaurs off the planet. Reason for Dutch scientist Paul Crutzen to introduce a new geological period: the Anthropocene, or the age of mankind.
Original title: Tijdperk van de mens
German explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the first to see how everything in an ecosystem is connected. Von Humboldt introduced the idea of ​​the Earth as a living organism in Western thinking, which eventually became the basis for the later environmental movement. Geologists from now see the impact of mankind at an increasing pace: climate warming, plastic soup, nuclear fallout, a disturbed water supply through erosion and tar sands, higher CO2 concentrations and diminishing biodiversity.
During the last century, the influence of mankind on our Earth and atmosphere has become so great that it is judged by some scientists to be irreversible. To name this influence, a group of geologists recently proposed to date the Anthropocene back to 1950, with the exponential growth of the fossil economy. But earlier it was also discussed that the beginning of the industrial revolution was the starting point, or the first forms of agriculture or even the first mining in the Stone Age.
The influence of mankind on the Earth is so great that next generations will be able to see it back in the Earth's layers over hundreds of thousands of years. But if mankind really creates its own geological period, how can we deal with it in an adult way without reliance on a naive belief such as the self-solving ability of God or nature? How can mankind take responsibility and benefit from its influence? We are also finding solutions for climate change and depletion of our mineral resources here on Earth: from the cultivation of cucumbers in the desert, the mining of platinum into the space to the regreening of eroded land. Are these breakthrough just a bandaid on an hemorrhage or can mankind shape the Anthropocene by means of technological intervention so that we meet a viable future?
With: Andrea Wulf (historian and author of 'The Inventor of Nature', a biography of explorer Alexander von Humboldt), Bruno Latour (philosopher associated with Sciences Po in Paris and author of, among others, Facing Gaia. Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime ') and Phil Gibbard (British geologist setting up a working group to see if the Anthropocene can be introduced as an official geological term).
Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2017.
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Credits:
Director: Alexander Oey
English, French and Spanish subtitles: Ericsson.
French and Spanish subtitles are co-funded by European Union.

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3:03 Wtf is that musical cue? Lol

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editing error.... they could fix and re-upload

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That my friend is the result of using copyright-free music from the web...

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[@JulithaRyan]

Yes. Somehow comforting to hear clarity on the issue.

[@Azzataky]

The Anthropocene is also a great book by Christian Schwägerl. Thanks for the documentary as always guys. We really need more channels like this. :)

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[@sasachiminesh1204]

Indigenous People everywhere have always known how to love our Mother properly. Where are the Indigenous voices in this docu? Europe and Asia started the world destruction problem with 'industry.' But Native Americans and other Indigenous nations have traditionally practiced the solution to our current problem.

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I have been writing on climate change and global warming since 1997 when I attended a course on environment in Karachi conducted by Paul Brown, the then London correspondent of The Guardian newspaper. The course was held under the aegis of Commonwealth Journalists Association led by SM Fazal, editor Daily News, Jang Group's evening newspaper and Hamdan Amjad Ali. Paul Brown is now retired and write books and conduct workshops. He continues to send me his books. He is an authority on climate change and global warming. I have also free lanced for The Guardian newspaper and Down to Earth, India. I am in touch with my friends in London, Moscow, Washington and India and not going anywhere. I love my port city of Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan. Everybody knows me here. I am now working on three books. My first book, "khuab ley lo khuab " (Take Away my Dreams), based on my memoirs, was received well and is now out of print. After working for over 10 years in The News International, Karachi as Special Correspondent, Special Projects-II I have resigned from The News. I am now Pakistan Correspondent of International News Service, a low-profile financial wire service, based in London.

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Wonderful documentary. Hello HS16, HS17, HS18, HS19. All the best for your answers.

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Thanks for this consciousness video!

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Please add subtitles when needed

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Love your docs!

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Thank you Ricky King!

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Andrea Wulf: i didn't know her. such a great mind! i totally agree with her point of view and share her same sensitivity about all this issue.

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excelente vídeo

[@simongibbon8091]

Wonderful! Should be shown in schools... (why wasn't there English subtitle for the French philosopher though?).

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[@bundleofperceptions1397]

That strawberry tart was priceless, with her "climate will not defeat us" attitude. She is in for a rude awakening.

[@edfoster792]

Ta Nehasi Coates defined the Anthropocene for me when he said, "the arc of the universe bends towards chaos and ends in a box".

[@Bikerdave87]

Yes. Why no subtitles please.

[@MelissaBrownapt215]

A court victory must now become a living victory. I feel for them.

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

Von Humboldt is a master genius!

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Good video. Thank you. But for heavens sake, why are there not subtitles for the non-English speakers?

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French and Spanish along with English are in the subtitle menu I see.

[@amaaazinglarry]

It wasn't showing a subtitles option, I reloaded the video and it appeared.

[@craignunnallypurcell]

You kind of wonder why architects and city builders have not had a bigger impact in understanding how to deal with the impact of man on the earth/ecosystems/biosphere .

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A revolution in transport with a ship from the 15th century. LOL

[@sasachiminesh1204]

Greenhouse gases may bring on a next ice age in short term: the geologist should know that there is a model in which Greenland icemelt leads to a critical level of desalination of the Gulf Stream between Greenland and Newfoundland that interrupts the deep ocean cooling circuit. The deep ocean cooling circuit keeps the globe more even in temperature; when it stops, a sudden ice age will occur as cold water is isolated at the poles. This has been proven out in Greenland ice cores - that there have been several sudden onset ice ages that happened in just two lifetimes, and were preceded by high levels of CO2 (in the core air bubbles).

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Great program...... but the machine translation from french to english leaves much to be desired........

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@@vprodocumentary ...... Yes, thank you, but perhaps you've tried to make some sense out of those subtitles...... the machines just can't cut it yet!

[@lucianbran6109]

anyone has references about the facts mentioned at min 10:20, that tourists who crossed the alps used to cover their eyes because they were frightened?

[@samswoman2009]

I've never heard of that. I'm wondering how they navigate the Alps when they couldn't see??

[@samswoman2009]

I wish they would have mentioned the fact that 1/3 of produce in the US is thrown out before it even gets to the consumer. The reason? It isn't attractive, and Americans have been conditioned to expect perfect-looking food.

[@ouss]

interesting

[@SashJ.McMishmosh]

Man wiped out the mammoth, now has the ability to bring it back. What other species can do that? Maybe some are making an issue of this to enhance their wealth n fame instead of actually being concerned about the world that spins beyond all our control.

[@mrclarkson3812]

Be fruitful and multiply,Subdue the Earth! And we have,average life spans are increasing across the world!! Whats more important ,I think people are!

[@jmas2312]

I'm only halfway through watching this, but it occurs to me how cool it would be if someone would create a video compilation of how human activity has modified our planet from early agriculture thru the current mining, deforestation, etc. In discussing climate change, I find many people really don't have any idea how seriously destructive humans are. Of course, the planet will be just fine. We are kind of an acute infection. She could shake us off and move on. I love VPRO videos. I finally found a presentation of information that seems to me to be assembled in the most objective manner possible. With it being very difficult to find current information without attitude and bias, this is truly refreshing. Thank you, VPRO.

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You can't hold it right? Like they told You

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8:16 Teddy Altman

[@nephildevil]

We are at 7.6 billion atm, 9 billion is expected in 2037 it's bad enough already no need to exaggerate :D

[@DJDaisho]

theyve been saying 7.6b since the late 80s . . . so just imagine how many there actually are now, 30yrs later . . . the 7.6b number is just thrown around to excuse actions and point at while screaming "theres nothing wrong" over the sound of the hurricane that shouldnt be there(or insert any disaster here)

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Ireland's missing from the union jack

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Like si vienes de U.Murcia

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Never will u see an African in mountains thinking they are terrible ...or thinking trees need to be trimmed and sorted . I wonder what my ancestors did with their lands when they had them .

[@avail1.]

Daniel 12:4 mamy shall run to & fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Approx. 1870's unto now with inventions, humans increased their own hurt...especially Luke 4:5,6 when the invisible evil one instigates progress unto destruction John 8:44

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English subtitles don't work

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[@sasachiminesh1204]

Inuit are relatively recent arrivals from Asia. They were not here when my ancestors were, 12,000 years ago. The 4,500 years of Inuit wisdom do not include real climate crisis. This is all within an overall warm period. Overconfidence will see the end of that.

[@sasachiminesh1204]

Humboldt and Darwin "discovered" what Native Americans have known for thousands of years: that life is all connected and we have a heavy duty of stewardship. All Indigenous people know this. Welcome to reality, Europe and Asia, welcome to the Awoke club. We've been waiting for you to recognize.

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Fossil fuels from planets with no life?

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no life = no fossil fuels created

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@@os2841 tell that to titan, a literal biosphere with lakes of hydrocarbons . . . also known as fossil fuels

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sooner or later we will die if we don't leave our cradle!

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Enjoyed the video from the "Top Documentary" website. I ask you now to make an unabridged documentary on the subject of "Geo Engineering". Are you up for the challenge? To report on the single most horrific and toxic technology. Ever developed and unleashed across the entire Global Human Population????? This technology used globally is the single largest "Anthropocentric" generating project ever undertaken by Man. This technology is a Global scale "Slow Kill" on Steroids. The balls in your court.

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We are currently preparing a list of the most demanded topics for our future documentaries. So, your query is now on the list. :)

[@Bikerdave87]

What are you referring to ? Why be secretive when you have an opportunity to do otherwise ?

[@agelessprajna2955]

half way in the doc I had to stop bc honestly I got little put off by couple of the 'scientists' appearance, one haven't brushed his hair in long time, the other's eyebrows are way overgrown.... I maybe sensitive but it just got to a point where I didn't want to look at them anymore no matter what they had to say, I mean how much effort does it take to comb one' s hair or trim one's eyebrows to appear in a documentary

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We Are So Fucked

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[@johnietaylor1817]

irreversible damage ! who us?, ha , this rock would spit us into the abyss in the blink of an eye and those left would be back to sticks and stones over night. our race, us humans need to get off this old marble and i believe we will.

[@jameswaters3939]

Liquid Nitrogen released into the atmosphere might get the wind assistance to mitigate global temperature rise. Mother Nature is running a fever. That we think we can address it is positive. Alot more metro riding instead of cars and it looks like airline service is going to have to significantly decrease, IMO. Would a 32-hour work week lessen or increase green-house gases? If so, then the base monetary 'allowance' might serve as a model to reduce the work-week, thereby production & consumption. Conjecture. And, the capitalist model of more, more, & still more might have to be revisited.

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[@avail1.]

Isaiah 46:10 God knows the end, from* the beginning...Isaiah 24:5 the land is polluted under its inhabitants, because (they ) have transgressed the laws...1John 2:17 the World passes away... James 5:1because of the rich/ 1Thess.5:3 who will experience unexpected destruction. Mt.6:10

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#DEGROWTH

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Nature inferior pfff 🙄

[@sybrenkoninckx]

The old guy with the classes just wants everything (artificial) lel... A rather have some water on my doorstep than some random dude creating society.. Society exist even without the douchebags he's talking about.. The fact that this person thinks this scares me more than climate change.. Maybe relocating will be something new or refreshing. Old company's will stop or not and new ones can rise as well. Construction architecture industrie will have a good profit from thing relocating thing.. No? I mean I rather have guys from my own country moving here then 1mill immigrants moving from somewhere to here..

[@iansloan4261]

Regrettably you interviewed Donald Trump for an opinion and that completely negated anything the video might have introduced next.

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Actually we just used a fragment of a few seconds. He is not interviewed and not to be seen in the remaining documentary. Ian, we cannot make a one sided documentary, at least we have to show the opposite side, even if it comes from Trump. If you decide to watch the full documentary nonetheless, let us know what you think about it.

[@sasachiminesh1204]

We practiced population control. We limited our footprint and maintained ecological health. Global mass extinction and climate disaster are the product of only SOME humans, not the humans you call "primitive" and :uncivilized," the ones who live in harmony and balance.

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Trump always gives it away,we will see what happens is what he and his rich buddies talk about.

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I dont speak french lmao. Im done here

[@MethodMobile]

I lasted till the 5:00 min mark.....complete bs

[@leskuzyk2425]

biosphere, dude, the living part of nature parle pas francais