In lieu of motivation for my own post, I will bring this gem back to the forefront–yes, I know the 11th Hour is already off everyone’s radar…
OK totally a diff clip than I remember saving to post…hahaha…but still worthy of this blog! Well, in terms of the clips from the movie. The idea that we vote with each purchase we make is interesting…a stretch to me in some ways, because as a perpetual consumer, I feel like I make choices based on my product options. But in truth I forget that there is the choice not to consume at all. This ties in with the earlier post about going green–that being eco-friendly means consuming less, not consuming crap branded as “green.” So I suppose I can agree that each choice we make is like a vote, but I find that a poor metaphor considering the option not to vote at all.
My other thought about the first guy, he raises a critical idea that we all seem to decide not to think about: the world can continue existing without humans. Perhaps this presupposes that the scientific theory of life is accurate, but I am ok with that. I do believe the world existed and evolved without humans and will continue to do so after we destroy it and perhaps cease to exist. When Earth advocates say we only have one world, they are right. But I raise them a we’ve only got one cenozoic era (you bet your ass I looked that up).
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