‘We Are the Asteroid’: The Case for Hope Amid Climate Fears

The very thing that makes human life possible is a statistical abnormality in the atmosphere. Human activity is upsetting the natural balance but there is hope.

That's what leading voices in the world of climate science, art, and activism told us during the first session of RE:WIRED Green.

Earth had several mass extinction events before humans showed up. Some of the largest dinosaur skeletons on the planet were recovered by Kenneth Lacovara. Humans have only been around for a small portion of Earth's history. We can learn from the past.

Lacovara said that the past is true. We can open it and study it. It's possible to put it in a museum for everyone to see. Lacovara said that the conditions that led to humanity's evolution weren't inevitable.

They will whisper to you if you learn the language of the rocks. He said that everyone around the world agrees that it didn't have to be this way. We were fortunate.

The previous mass extinctions were caused by volcanic eruptions. It is not the same as this time. Lacovara said that they're the asteroid. We do not need to be. It is still possible to avoid the worst of it.

According to Lacovara, a photographer known for her photos from the antarctic regions that document the ways in which Earth's environment is changing, is also a woman.

Seaman said that his grandfather wanted them to know what a good human being was. He told me that I was billions of years in the making. There is no one like you. You have been through a lot. It's your job to figure out what you can do that nobody else can do.

Seaman can see her work.

She said that her job as an artist is to build greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of our world. My job as an artist is to encourage you.