Racing Extinction Page #8

We have to make it

socially unacceptable

to consume these animals.

I think we live in

a very visual world.

Imagery is very powerful.

'Cause you can walk into a room,

they might speak

1 5 different languages.

But you show them a photograph,

people get it. They understand.

"Supping on

conservation soup."

There we go.

There's the Hong Kong rooftop.

Copy that.

Let's just go for it now.

-You got your seat belt on?

-Yeah.

Let's take a right.

Just keep on going,

keep on going.

Good.

So, what are you filming

in the vehicle?

lt's a light

on top of the vehicle.

So, what are you documenting?

Yeah. And we're getting shots

in industrial areas.

Why industrial areas?

The reflections on the car

look prettier.

You might want to do it

somewhere else.

What if we photograph

your smoke?

That's not smoke.

What is it?

That's steam.

So, if we film your steam,

is that okay?

No.

I want people to understand that

we're the only generation left

that can save these animals.

There's no other future generation

that we can count on to save us.

It's us.

Yes!

The only way

you're gonna effect change

in a remote community

like Lamakera

is to present an alternative.

With the CITES victory,

we succeeded in getting manta

rays listed for protection,

which led to a national ban

on all fisheries for manta rays

throughout all of Indonesia.

In fact,

it's illegal to even harm one,

and it can result in

up to a year in prison.

That law,

it creates new possibilities.

Yeah. That's our theater.

Yeah. Projector.

And, then,

where is the electric?

And in the world

of conservation,

those small opportunities and those

small doorways that you open

often lead to

those breakthrough moments.

Now, whether it works,

that's the next step.

Lamakera.

There's our village.

We want them to get

an entirely new view,

that the stuff they

go out in the water

and they see every day

and they stick a spear in

is worth far more

alive than dead.

The concept of converting

this hunting culture

to a tourism culture, on

the surface, seems pretty daunting,

but we show them the success stories

that we've had in these other areas.

Places in the world

that had very little

and now are thriving.

These kids are gonna

be really influenced by this,

and they're gonna be

the guides of the future.

We're just bringing a message.

It's really up to them.

Something's up in the air.

Oh, nice.

We can make this happen.

As we face more

and more animal extinctions,

we need more and more

of these indomitable spirits.

And we need more people

to understand it's worth doing.

The small choices

we make each day

can lead to the kind of world

that we all want for the future.

Away from

One million miles away

From home

Away from

One million miles away

There was a reverend in Japan.

He had a statement

which really struck me,

and it was "Better to light one

candle than curse the darkness."

There's so many people who sit back

and say,"We're screwed,"

or, you know, "Why bother?"

But you know what?

That candle,

that candle means something,

because with that one candle,

maybe someone else

with a candle will find you.

And I think that's where

movements are started.

I know it all sounds

overwhelming.

But if we start with just one

thing, we can start a movement.

Two hands

Spirit give me two hands

Humans

Humans making humans

Mountains

Maybe we can move them

Come now, together we can do this

Together, we can

Take my hand

Now I won't stand around the dark

Together we can

Light your candles and stand

For those who came

Before man

Now I won't stand around the dark

Better to light one candle

Than curse the darkness

Better to light one candle

Than curse the darkness

And breathing

Give thanks for they have given

Listen

To all the songs I'm singing

We can do something or do nothing

So come now

Strike the match,

Let's do this

Together, we can

Take my hand

Now I won't stand around the dark

Together, we can

Light our candles and stand

For those that came before man

Now I won't stand around the dark

Better to light one candle

Than curse the darkness

Oh, better to light

One candle

Than curse the darkness

Oh, better to light one candle

Than curse the darkness

Oh, better to light

One candle

Than curse the darkness

In the trees

'Tween the leaves

All the growing

That we did

All the loving

And separating

All the turning

To face

Each other

I divide

In the sky

In the seams

'Tween the beams

All the loving

And separating

All the turning

To face each other

Without

Biodiversity

I'm nothing

Means like

I never

Existed

Without my heart

With no reflection

I cease to exist

And my children

Are dying now

Inside me

My children

Are dying now

Inside me

My children

All I love

All I know

All I've known

I am dying now

Inside me

My children

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