Sustainability 2: Discussing the challenge of sustaining Biodiversity

We will use ideas from 2 videos to discuss biodiversity in the context of tipping points. Biodiversity is a measure of the variety and variability of life, and climate change is causing the decline of biodiversity in numerous ecosystems via extreme weather, sea-level rise, and habitat destruction. Biodiversity matters because without such a variety of life and species, ecosystems begin to collapse ultimately affecting the livelihoods of communities reliant on healthy, biodiverse ecosystems. Biodiversity loss caused by climate change ultimately means species extinctions and a disconnect between animals and plants."

Video 1: Humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept Earth stable for 10,000 years, since the dawn of civilization. A 10 minute overview of Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet hosted by Sir David Attenborough shows the various tipping points from ice lost to species loss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jq23mSDh9U

Video 2 provides more biodiversity detail such as the loss of synchrony is provided with an 8 minute video “Biodiversity is collapsing worldwide. Here's why.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvMX82iwRM

People should try to view the videos before the meeting and take notes but major points will be brought up by the organizers.