This series explores the many ways that living systems create and regulate environmental conditions on our planet. Without a living system, Earth would be a dry barren rock, like Venus or Mars.Life has created the planet as we know it, a place where all species, including humans, co-evolved. The symbiotic relationships that created this Eden are badly damaged. The Life Saves the Planet Series, presented by [Biodiversity for a Livable Climate](https://bio4climate.org/), will introduce you to people (and other species) doing amazing work all over the planet to regenerate systems, repair crucial relationships, and make this a healthy place once again. Without this work being done at scale, we will not have a habitable home for very long.
She was named one of America's top doctors in the late 1990s. Dr. Elizabeth Ofili is well-known for her work in explaining the risks of heart disease in African Americans. She is remembered in medical history as a professor of medicine and a prominent cardiologist. This accomplishment did not come easily. When she arrived in