# Put a value on nature!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Pavan Sukhdev
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_put_a_value_on_nature)
- 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)

Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more careful about what we use and what we waste? Think of Pavan Sukhdev as nature's banker -- assessing the value of the Earth's assets. Eye-opening charts will make you think differently about the cost of air, water, trees ...

## Lectures

1. [Put a value on nature!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/pavan_sukhdev_put_a_value_on_nature/7ee2a6aee1f6), 17 min (TED's player)