# The case for keeping the wilderness wild

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMileHigh
- Speaker: Francis Sanzaro
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/francis_sanzaro_the_case_for_keeping_the_wilderness_wild)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

With record numbers of visitors, our National Parks & wilderness areas face a novel debate — do we keep the wild wild? Or do we put up signs & guardrails to make the mountains more like extensions of our urban environments? Rock climber and near-death survivor Francis Sanzaro argues that the wilderness should be a place to encounter and overcome adversity.

## Lectures

1. [The case for keeping the wilderness wild](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/francis_sanzaro_the_case_for_keeping_the_wilderness_wild/f5d933d23e80), 14 min (TED's player)