What would a Superbloom for Women do for women and the planet? | Rebecca Kormos | TEDxVailLive

Wildlife biologist, author and activist, Rebecca examines the intertwined relationship between women and nature. She wonders, "What is one critical social construct that must be dismantled in order for any climate change solution to be effective and sustainable?" She believes patriarchy is bad for men, women, and nature, and that greater gender equality has tremendous benefits for people and the planet. Rebecca makes a powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation, climate science, and leadership is key to the future of the planet. Rebecca Kormos is a wildlife biologist, primatologist, conservationist, writer, filmmaker, and National Geographic Explorer. In the early 1990s lived and worked in the Lopé National Park in Gabon studying primates for her PhD and helping to launch an ecotourism project. She completed the first nationwide survey of chimpanzees in Guinea in the mid-1990s. Rebecca then worked at the headquarters of World Wildlife Fund and Conservation International, helping to launch a new section of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group that focused specifically on Great Apes For the past decade, Rebecca has focused her research on the impacts of extractive industries and large hydroelectric dams on Great Apes through the creation of a new IUCN Task Force, and with Mamadou Saliou Diallo and Kalyanee Mam, created the documentary short film Cries of Our Ancestors. She is an award-winning author of a book about the intersection of women and nature, called, “Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx