The Sacred Secrets of Nature

3 x 48 minutes

PRODUCED FOR SABC RELIGION

We are in a critical time in the history of our species on this planet where there is more than ample evidence to suggest that if we don’t figure out how to live well, then there’s a good chance we will go extinct as a species and probably take a whole lot of other species down with us.

Global warming is happening. Each of the past three decades has been warmer than the last, and warmer than any decade since we started keeping records. We are in the midst of the sixth great extinction, and the difference is that we humans are bringing it about.

Part 1 – A World in Crisis

Sea levels are rising. Arctic ice cover is shrinking. Crop yields are changing getting smaller. Why is all this happening?! The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is comprised of thousands of scientists nominated by their governments from all over the world, have concluded with more than 95% certainty that the recent warming of the climate is due to human activities. So that’s less than a one in twenty chance they are wrong.

On average the planet is almost one degree centigrade warmer than is was in the late 19th century, and most of this warming has occurred in the last 50 years.

Part 2 – Designed by God

In part 2 we meet a group of amazing individuals who are using the relatively new science of Biomimicry to study the way nature does things. We will see how they are using the lessons they learn to design environmentally friendly products and processes that will revolutionize the way humans live on planet earth in the years ahead.

Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature’s genius. It’s a way of looking at the biological intelligence of the last 3.8 billion years of evolution, and drawing from that design principles that we as a species can learn to fit in sustainably on this planet

Part 3 – Emulating Gods Genius

In part 3 we meet a few remarkable individuals who will share with us some of the amazing life lessons they have learned from nature. On the quest to discover what it means to be human, we come across life’s lessons in many ways. We may find the answers in social media, through friends and family or by chatting to a life coach or therapist.

Yet if we take the time to observe nature, we find that she is constantly revealing to us how we should live our lives.
Could it be that to be the best that we can aspire to be, all we need do is to consciously emulate God’s genius as reflected in our natural environment?