Emmy-winning filmmaker Paul Atkins has documented the world’s wildlife and cultures for National Geographic, the BBC, PBS, and numerous feature films. Paul is passionate about the preservation of the natural world, especially in his ecologically vulnerable island home, Hawaii.

In this TEDx talk Paul delves into the art of emotional storytelling through the images he creates and how the wildlife filmmaking industry needs to try and appeal to peoples emotions to really drive change behind some of the biggest environmental issues facing us in todays world.