Credit: Mandarin fish by Luc Viatour [CC BY-SA 2.0] via @Trodel Flickr
Biodiversity is the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
2025 Theme: ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development’
Films
Konstantinus' Legacy - Awakening the Love for Nature
By: Daniel Bichsel
Konstantinus, a native of Batanta in Raja Ampat, set out to continue his father's mission to awaken the love for nature in people after his father was killed by illegal loggers in 2010. As he says, he chose a less radical path to do so, teaching children about the beauty of local nature, running a sustainability-focused homestay, and planting coral, sea grass, and mangroves himself. With all these measures, his goal is to protect and maintain one of the last natural paradises, as well as ensuring a sustainable livelihood for the local communities.
A Game We Can't Afford To Lose
By: Chris Larsen
Biodiversity Game is a visually compelling film that uses a Jenga tower as a metaphor for Earth's fragile ecosystems.
Biological Diversity Day
By: Stew Hvidston
This video was made by MY HERO Intern, Stew Hvidston, in honor of the International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22nd.
A Walk Through The Land of A Thousand Hills
Chema Domenech
Claver Ntoyinkima, a native park ranger, shares the secrets of Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda as he guides us through the forest.
Local Climate Solutions: Biodiversity & Forest Conservation in the Sierra Gorda
By: Rob Holmes
Over 35 years ago Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG) was founded, led by the singular vision of one woman and her family and their mission to preserve, protect and regenerate the unique biodiversity of the Sierra Gorda.
Tiger Talk
Produced by:Ravi Prakash, Ashutosh Joshi
Animated documentary celebrating those who fight to save the tiger population in India. The story is told through the eyes of a tiger. Made for the WWF-India.
Looking After Our Environment: James Price Point
Produced by:Mark Pearce
Mark Jones speaks out against a gas development complex that spells doomsday for some species living around James Price Point.
Tuy Sereivathana | Cambodia
Producer: Tom Dusenbery
Tuy Sereivathana works to mitigate elephant mistreatment in Cambodia by introducing innovative low-cost solutions.
Protecting the Amazon by Advancing Indigenous Rights
PAUL PAZ Y MINO
Since 1996, Amazon Watch has protected the rainforest and advanced the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.
Rainforest Action
Will Parrinello
In 2020 Nemonte received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to Time Magazine’s Top 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize
2021 MEDIA AWARD WINNER - The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's foremost award honoring grassroots environmental activists
Last Stand - The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest (Trailer)
Produced by:David Moskowitz
The forthcoming documentary “Last Stand” puts the Caribou Rainforest on the map before it’s too late.
The Arctic Garden
Produced by:Will Parinello/Tom Dusenberry
Caroline Cannon, an Inupiat indigenous leader, takes aim at offshore oil drilling that threatens her people and the biodiversity in the Arctic Sea.
Climate change and indigenous knowledge: An unknown asset
Produced by:CTA
The Story We Want - Episode 1 - Coal and Climate
Dayna Reggero
SPECIAL HERO AWARD - 2021 --Dayna Reggero traveled across America to listen to ordinary women who are confronting fossil fuel industries, climate change impacts, and a culture of extraction.
Interview with Youth Activist Sophie Healy-Thow
Kitty Richardson
MY HERO recommends this excellent essay by Harold Wood, Jr. about his hero, John Muir. Muir was a famous California conservationist with a radically non-anthropocentric view of nature.
John Muir
By: Harold W. Wood, Jr.
This is an excellent essay about John Muir, the famous California conservationist, and his radically non-anthropocentric view of nature.
Stories
Konstantinus Saleo: Inspiring a Love of Nature
By: Naomi Gledhill
Read about conservation hero Konstantinus Saleo.
Nancy Caruso
By: Anabelle Vo
Nancy Caruso
is a marine biologist who helped bring kelp forests back to the California coast.
Chico Mendes
By: Jeff Trussell
Chico Mendes died a martyr defending the rainforests.
Chibeze Ezekiel : Award Winning Climate Activist
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Dorcas Lukwesa’s Mobile, Sustainable Farms
By: Abigail Richardson
Help Mary Save Coral
By: Amanda Molinaro from Irvine
Help Mary Save Coral
works to repopulate the world's coral.
Dayna Reggero Wins Special Award for THE STORY WE WANT
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Two grassroots environmental activists--moms address fracking and coal ash dumping in Walnut Grove and the state of North Carolina.
Thomas Lovejoy is called the "grandfather of biodiversity." Read about him in this exciting newswire story told from the "lungs of the earth"-- the Amazon.
Camp Amazon: Inside the 'lungs of the Earth'
By: Amanda Paulson - CSM Staff writer
Dr. Lovejoy, the "godfather of biodiversity," brings celebrities and scientists to the Amazon to sleep in hammocks and see our biggest environmental crises: climate change and biodiversity loss.
Vanda Shivah protects the biodiversity of farmers' crops by preserving original seeds.
Dr. Vandana Shiva
By: David Kemker
Dr. Vandana Shiva
works to preserve biodiversity for the planet.
Stories from The Christian Science Monitor
With heirloom seed swaps, gardeners grow community – and biodiversity
By: Stephanie Hanes and Ali Martin
October 10, 2024 - Heirloom seed saving, swapping, and celebrating are booming among gardeners, farmers, and everyday people – something experts see as important for biodiversity and food security. [CSM Story]
Art
This Eco-Visionaries mural was created at the request of the Endangered Planet Foundation to celebrate conservation heroes
By: Students working with Endangered Planet Foundation
Rachel Carson raised awareness of the environmental and health risks associated with the proliferating use of chemicals
By: Robert Shetterly
John Muir,
Naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness areas painted by Robert Shetterly
By: Robert Shetterly
Jane Goodall 's efforts to save the chimpanzees and her global conservation foundation are celebrated in this artwork by a student
By: Samantha Gamble from the United States (Age 11)
These short films feature a variety of styles with a consistency of substance in that these heroes are prioritizing the importance of biodiversity.
My Hero suggested viewing
TED Ed | Why is Biodiversity Important?
An excellent introduction video which explains the three components of biodiversity: ecosystem, genetic and species. Learn about the Amazon rainforest, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world; coral reefs.
Indigenous peoples defend Earth's biodiversity—but they're in danger. Comprising less than 5% of the world's population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity.
