speaking - Blogs - Tripatini2024-03-29T11:00:16Zhttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/speakingPeople need nature. See why in the Costa Rica rainforest.https://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/people-need-nature-see-why-in-the-costa-rica-rainforest2015-03-16T14:36:22.000Z2015-03-16T14:36:22.000ZShannon Farleyhttps://tripatini.com/members/ShannonFarley<div><p><b><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008820465,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="600" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008820465,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9008820465?profile=original" /></a>Article by <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ShannonFarley/posts" target="_blank">Shannon Farley</a><br /></b></p><p></p><p>“Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature,” is the message from <a href="http://natureisspeaking.org/" target="_blank">Conservation International</a>. The <b>environmental organization’s</b> <b>widely popular video campaigns</b> use famous actors’ and actresses’ voices with beautiful video footage of nature in two-minute messages to promote their important <a href="http://natureisspeaking.org/about.html" target="_blank">manifesto</a>:</p><p><b>“Human beings are part of nature. Nature is not dependent on human beings to exist. Human beings, on the other hand, are totally dependent on nature to exist.”</b></p><p>In Conservation International’s <b>“Nature is speaking” videos</b>, the pervading missive is “the only way to save ourselves is to listen to nature.”</p><p>“If they don’t figure out that <b>they are a part of nature, instead of just using nature</b>, they won’t be around,” cautions actor Robert Redford, speaking as a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e66bnuxV2A" target="_blank">redwood tree</a> about humans.</p><p>“One way or another, every living thing here needs me,” advises actor Harrison Ford in Conservation International’s video about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6txLtoaoc" target="_blank">ocean</a>. “It’s not their planet anyway. Never was. Never will be … <b>if nature isn’t kept healthy, humans won’t survive</b>. Simple as that.”</p><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rM6txLtoaoc?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>There is a video about the crucial importance of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMV3StvLCs" target="_blank">coral reef</a> on the planet, and a dramatic chilling message about not ever eating again if humans keep destroying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dor4XvjA8Wo" target="_blank">the soil</a>. There is a lighthearted video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OxI2JZex4" target="_blank">beautiful flowers</a> and their key role in nature, and a harbinger of doom about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwV9OYeGN88" target="_blank">water</a>and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6txLtoaoc" target="_blank">power of the oceans</a>. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqMJzv4Cs8" target="_blank">rainforest</a>is our source for wood, medicinal plants, escape, and most importantly, air. Julia Roberts as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVLcj-XKnM" target="_blank">Mother Nature</a> tells us that she does not need us, but rather we need her.</p><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WmVLcj-XKnM?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe> </p><p>Roberts’ narrative sums up the significance: “Some call me nature. Others call me ‘Mother Nature.’ I’ve been here for over 4.5 billion years – 22,500 times longer than you. I don’t really need people, but people need me … when I thrive, you thrive. When I falter, you falter, or worse.”</p><p><b>You can <a href="http://natureisspeaking.org/act.html" target="_blank">take action to join nature</a></b> and <b>see the ocean, rainforest, soil, flowers, rivers and coral reef</b> in Mother Nature’s entire splendor at <b><a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/" target="_blank">Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge</a> in Costa Rica</b>. The extraordinary <a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/costa-rica-eco-lodge-rates-packages/" target="_blank">Costa Rica eco-lodge</a> is located on a <b>165-acre private preserve</b> on the <a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/about-playa-nicuesa/exotic-destination/" target="_blank">Golfo Dulce</a> (“Sweet Gulf”) in <b>southern Costa Rica</b>. The <a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/about-playa-nicuesa/our-philosophy-of-sustainability/" target="_blank">sustainably-designed property</a> borders the <a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/activities/rainforest-eco-adventures/" target="_blank">Piedras Blancas National Park</a> and the <b><a href="http://www.nicuesalodge.com/about-playa-nicuesa/getting-here/" target="_blank">Osa Peninsula</a>.</b></p><p> </p></div>