[Greenbuilding] An Inconvenient Truth

[Jeannie]

Here is my review of the movie, which we really had to search for here in
the Bible belt. 

 

Reprinted from Femspeak.

http://www.femspeak.com/film/index.html

 


Do You Want to Know the Inconvenient Truth?


May God forgive us for the mess we have created on this beautiful, and
fragile planet we call home.

Today Derek and I went to see Al Gore's documentary "The Inconvenient
Truth."  The case is clear -- incontrovertible, really. Unless we -- as a
planet, as a species -- make immediate and sweeping changes, life as we know
it is about to end or at least change forever. But the "truth" and the
greatest impact of the film isn't the dire warnings of what is to come, but
the plain evidence of what has already occured.

*	An increase in both quantity and intensity of hurricanes 
*	Increased tornados, floods and "extreme weather" of all types 
*	Droughts in some place, flooding in others (37 inches in 24 hours??)

*	Loss of glacier streams that provide drinking water for millions of
people 
*	Melting of the ice caps 
*	Loss of species 
*	Thousands killed in heatwaves

We hear about these things, in bits and pieces.  Or we hear stories like the
news of war and genocide in Dufar, and we wonder why people would be so
barbaric and cruel.  When Al Gore showed a map of the shrinking water supply
in Dufar, no mention of the war was necessary.  Of course!  When people are
deprived of water and basic sustenance, how can we expect them to act better
than mere animals?  They are fighting to survive.  

I expected to be troubled by this film.  What I didn't expect was the sense
of hope and possibility.  Al Gore is not a doom-and-gloom street preacher
holding a sign that says "The End is Near."  Rather his sign says "It
doesn't have to end.  Help me!"  Gore demonstrates clearly that the power is
in our hands.  Human beings will decide the fate of the earth, by action if
not by inaction and chosen ignorance.

When the movie ended, everyone just sat there.  We would have clapped but
there wasn't a clear place to do so.  It was as if the film didn't end, it
just faded away.  And everyone sat there, wondering what to DO.  If there
had been a volunteer with a sign-up sheet, we'd have signed up.  If there
had been a collection plate, we'd have opened our wallet.  There should have
been an altar call, or something!

But perhaps that is the effect Al Gore wanted.  He left us awakened and
unsettled, ready for action. I can only hope that he is prepared to lead us
through this process.

Jeannie Babb Taylor
www.voteformom.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeannie Babb Taylor

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