ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination

Louie Schwartzberg: Bukuria e fshehur e pjalmimit

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Pjalmimi: ka një rëndësi jetike për jetën në tokë, por shpesh i pa vëne re nga neriu. Prodhuesi i filmit Louie Schwartzberg na shfaq botën e ndërlikuar të pjalmit dhe pjalmimit , me një xhirim të përshpejtuar të imazheve shumë të këndshëm nga filmi i tij "Krahët e jetës", i frymërzuar nga zhdukja graduale e njërës nga speciet pllenuese më të rëndësishme, bleta.
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It's great being here at TED.
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You know, I think there might be some presentations
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Ju e dini, mendoj që disa prezantime mund të
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that will go over my head,
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kalojnë mbi kokën time
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but the most amazing concepts
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por konceptet më mbresëlënëse
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are the ones that go right under my feet.
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janë ata që kalojnë nën këmbëve të mia.
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The little things in life,
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Këto janë gjëra të vogla në jetë,
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sometimes that we forget about,
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që ne nganjëherë i harrojmë,
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like pollination, that we take for granted.
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si pjalmimi, që ne e marrim për të dhënë.
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And you can't tell the story about pollinators --
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Dhe është e pamundur të tregosh historinë e pjalmëtarëve -
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bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --
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bletët, lakuriqët e natës, kolibrit, fluturat -
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without telling the story about the invention of flowers
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pa folur mbi lindjen e luleve
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and how they co-evolved
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dhe si ato evoluan sëbashku
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over 50 million years.
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për gjatë 50 milion vjetë.
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I've been filming time-lapse flowers
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Unë kam bërë një xhirim të përshpejtuar të luleve
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24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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24 orë në ditë, për shtatë ditë në javë,
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for over 35 years.
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për 35 vjetë rresht.
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To watch them move
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Të shohësh ato në levizje
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is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.
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është një vallezim që nuk të lodh kurrë.
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It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.
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Vallja e tyre më mrekullon dhe më prek në zemër.
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Beauty and seduction, I believe,
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Bukuria dhe joshja, unë mendoj,
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is nature's tool for survival,
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janë mjetet e natyrës për të mbijetuar,
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because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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pasi ne mbrojmë atë me të cilën biem në dashuri.
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Their relationship
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Marrëdhënia e tyre
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is a love story that feeds the Earth.
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është një histori dashurie që ushqen botën.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature,
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Na kujton ne që jemi pjesë e natyrës,
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and we're not separate from it.
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dhe që nuk jemi të ndarë nga ajo.
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When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,
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Kur dëgjova për zhdukjen e bletëve, Sindroma e kolapsit të kolonive të bletëve,
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it motivated me to take action.
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vendosa të reagoja.
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We depend on pollinators
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Ne varemi nga pjalmëtarët
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for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.
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për rreth një të tretën e frutave dhe perimeve që hamë.
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And many scientists believe
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Dhe shumë shkencëtarë mendojnë
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it's the most serious issue facing mankind.
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se kjo është çështja më serioze që po përballet njerëzimi.
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It's like the canary in the coalmine.
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Është si kanarina në një minierë qymyri.
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If they disappear, so do we.
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Nëse ato zhuken, zhdukemi edhe ne.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature
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Kjo na kujton që ne jemi pjesë e natyrës
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and we need to take care of it.
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dhe duhet të kujdesemi për të.
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What motivated me to film their behavior
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Ajo që më motivoi të xhiroj sjelljen e tyre
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was something that I asked my scientific advisers:
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qe një pyetje që u bëra këshilltarëve të mi shkencorë:
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"What motivates the pollinators?"
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"Çfarë motivon pjalmëtarët?"
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Well, their answer was,
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Ata u përgjigjën,
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"It's all about risk and reward."
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"Është një çështje rrezikimi dhe shpërblimi."
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Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"
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Si një fëmijë kurioz, u them, "Ç'do të thotë?"
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And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."
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Dhe ata përgjigjen, "Pasi ata duan të mbijetojnë."
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I go, "Why?"
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Unë vazhdoj, "Pse?"
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"Well, in order to reproduce."
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"Mirë pra, në mënyrë që të riprodhohen."
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"Well, why?"
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"Mirë, po pse?"
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And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."
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Dhe mendova që ata duan të më thonë, "Është gjithçka e lidhur me seksin."
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And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,
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Dhe Chip Taylor, specialisti ynë i fluturave monark,
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he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.
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ai u përgjigj, "Asgjë nuk është përjetë.
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Everything in the universe wears out."
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Gjithçka në univers konsumohet."
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And that blew my mind.
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Dhe kjo më mahniti.
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Because I realized
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Pasi kuptova
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that nature had invented reproduction
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që natyra ka shpikur riprodhimin
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as a mechanism for life to move forward,
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si një mekanizëm që jeta të ecë përpara,
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as a life force that passes right through us
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si një forcë e jetës që kalon nëpër ne
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and makes us a link in the evolution of life.
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dhe na kthen një hallkë në evolucionin e jetës.
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Rarely seen by the naked eye,
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E parë rallëherë me sy të lirë
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this intersection
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kjo ndërlidhje
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between the animal world and the plant world
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midis botës shtazore dhe botës bimore
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is truly a magic moment.
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është me të vërtetë një çast magjik
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It's the mystical moment
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është një moment mistik
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where life regenerates itself,
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ku jeta rigjeneron vetëveten,
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over and over again.
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përsëri e përsëri.
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So here is some nectar from my film.
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Pra këtu ka pak nektar nga filmi im.
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I hope you'll drink, tweet
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Shpresoj ju do të pini, do të cicëroni
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and plant some seeds
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dhe mbillni disa fara
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to pollinate a friendly garden.
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për të pjalmuar një kopësht mirëpritës.
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And always take time to smell the flowers,
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Dhe gjithnjë gjeni pak kohë ti merni erë luleve,
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and let it fill you with beauty,
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dhe lini ato t'ju mbushin me bukuri,
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and rediscover that sense of wonder.
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dhe rizbuloni ndjenjat e mahnitjes.
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Here are some images from the film.
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Këtu janë disa imazhe nga filmi.
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(Music)
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(Duartrokitje)
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Thank you.
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Faleminderit.
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Thank you very much.
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Ju falenderoj shumë.
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(Applause)
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Thank you.
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Faleminderit
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(Applause)
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Translated by Spartak Ferrollari
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

More profile about the speaker
Louie Schwartzberg | Speaker | TED.com