Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

And that means decline considering bird life and some species are dying.

completely gone and this is due to the ocean pollution industry, overfishing and climate change.

It's heartbreaking to see in my short lifetime and of course very frustrating that the negative trend just continues.

About 10 years ago, I had this...

really deep existential crisis.

I went into a deep depression and I was kind of on the edge, to make a long story short.

I remember that what was going on in my body was kind of the feeling of being ashamed of being human.

how to cope with being a part of this species that destroys so much.

And especially if I think maybe that's a concern for those of us who is kind of unwillingly integrated in nations that are getting super rich on oil and gas, exploiting nature.

Yeah.

So for me, for a year or so, I was kind of in this state and the heartbreak of the loss and nothing is getting done.

I think the really important core here for me to get out of it was to see that there is still some hope.

And for me, as long as there are birds, there is hope.

And often, we forget this, but it's there and it's so strong.

Especially the last five, six years, I have met many young youngsters who have climate anxiety and feel a lot of despair considering the situation that we're in.

One of the most important things that we kind of experience and see is that society still doesn't have the room to kind of quite understand this.

And that's why it's so important that we talk about it.

Understanding our emotional and physical reactions better can create the opportunity to reclaim the fact that we are a part of nature, not apart from nature.

I sometimes get this question, what can we do with our ecological love and sorrow?

And why should we do anything?