Have you seen the movie “Surviving Earth” yet? It’s really very good and worth seeing if you get the chance.
I belong to a movie club (docos) and last night’s movie ‘Surviving Earth’ was definitely worth trotting along to.
We see and hear lots about the destruction of our planet, the poisoning, the impact of intensive farming and the pollution of our waters. But for me this was the first time I’d really got into the energy crises. This film pointed out just how we are artificially sustaining 7+ billion people through our use of fossil fuels. It is everywhere – from what we eat to what we wear and where and how we live.
The ‘cast’ is made up of Prof. Tim Flannery, Ian Dunlop, Prof. Ian Lowe, Bindi Irwin (who I was very impressed with) and Uncle Bob Randall among others. Directed by Peter Charles Downey it’s an excellent film. It’s made in Australia and shown from the Australian perspective. However, that’s pretty close to the rest of the western world.
As for the remedy? Yes, it does have solutions which is always a good positive. My view is though, that the environmental crises we’re facing is more that just energy. We must also look at all the factors from economic to animals as food, energy (fossil fuels) to other factors of pollution. Along with the chemical poisons, rain forest (and other) destruction, population explosion, wars and disease as well as our oceans and water ways. Once we can understand that it’s more than just one or two things, then, I believe we will have a better chance at starting the reversal process.
It’s not too late – but time is running out. Each of us must become aware, and we must start a “movement”. As it says in the movies, the politicians are not going to do it …. we must.
Educate yourself on what you can do.
