video 1.0 SproutVideo SproutVideo https://sproutvideo.com <iframe class='sproutvideo-player' src='https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/d39fd9b8131fe0c75a/f9af686865523e52' width='630' height='354' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen referrerpolicy='no-referrer-when-downgrade' title='Video Player'></iframe> 630 354 267.367 For millennia our people have lived in a relationship with the natural world that is defined by respect, gratitude, responsibility, and love. Our genealogies, woven across space and time, connect us physically and spiritually to animals and plants from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean. Cultures across the Pacific consider the ocean to be sacred space for creation, a provider, an ancestor, and a link to places and people across the horizon. We would no more harm the ocean than we would a member of our family. And as with our family, we depend on each other for survival. Western culture’s relationship with natural ecosystems of land, and sea and sky have proven to be deeply harmful for the only place we know as home, planet Earth. The ocean’s health, people, and natural ecosystems are already reeling from pollution, overfishing, acidification and extreme weather events. These problems need serious attention. https://cdn-thumbnails.sproutvideo.com/d39fd9b8131fe0c75a/f9af686865523e52/1696710599/w_1280/poster.jpg?v=1696710742 640 360 d39fd9b8131fe0c75a