# Let the environment guide our development

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Johan Rockström
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_let_the_environment_guide_our_development)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Human growth has strained the earth's resources, but as Johan Rockström reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine "planetary boundaries" that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecosystems.

## Lectures

1. [Let the environment guide our development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/johan_rockstrom_let_the_environment_guide_our_development/f1162fd29801), 18 min (TED's player)