Ideas worth spreading

Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action

1,394,416 views | Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug • TEDxUSN

Picture your favorite place in nature. How would you feel if it disappeared tomorrow? In this love letter to the planet, social worker and environmental activist Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug invites us to confront the deep, difficult emotions -- love, sorrow and even rage -- born from climate-driven ecological loss in order to act in service of our collective home.

Picture your favorite place in nature. How would you feel if it disappeared tomorrow? In this love letter to the planet, social worker and environmental activist Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug invites us to confront the deep, difficult emotions -- love, sorrow and even rage -- born from climate-driven ecological loss in order to act in service of our collective home.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUSN, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Check out the BBC's ongoing focus on the challenges facing our environment and planet.

Explore how you can get involved with environmental organizations and nonprofits.

About the speaker

Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

Social worker, writer and environmental activist

See speaker profile

Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug's work focuses on the links between mental and public health, social problems (and solutions) and nature.

UNEP, 2021 | Article

Making Peace With Nature

About TEDx

TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community.

Find a TEDx event near you

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUSN, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Check out the BBC's ongoing focus on the challenges facing our environment and planet.

Explore how you can get involved with environmental organizations and nonprofits.