Humans are a part of nature, but have we really understood what that means? The accelerating loss of biodiversity, climate change, plastic in the oceans and the battle for raw materials are all issues that will have a long-lasting effect on our future.

On 22nd January 2018, distinguished guests from politics, science and society came together in the main hall of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin for a debate on how to best exercise responsibility for nature.

The panel discussion was led by writer and philosopher Richard David Precht. Participants of the discussion were Johannes Vogel, Director General of the Museum für Naturkunde, science journalist and TV presenter Ranga Yogeshwar, Lori Bettison-Varga, Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, as well as Sebastian Turner, editor and proprietor of the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

The evening was the first of a series of events at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and marks the launch of a new positioning for the institution.