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hollywood tried

I thought that was part of the sentiment behind the global warming movie that just bombed at the box office? Show people what could happen in a graphic way? And then it got slammed because it wasn't "scientifically accurate"? Geez.
There have been any number of apocalypse movies that show what will happen if we don't change our ways, and in particular our dependence on fossil fuels. Have any of them made an impact?
I'm serious..., did enviro causes see an increase in donations following any films (MadMax comes to mind). Probably nobody was keeping score then.

Non-Enviros (sorry to those who hate the term) don't get it, and won't see it unless you bring the message home. I come from a blue state, but even here most people are not worried about the little woodland creatures. They aren't worried about the rainforest. They aren't worried about logging somewhere 5 states away. They ARE worried about the economy, keeping their jobs, raising their children, etc. The message has to be personal -like your grandchildren are likely to have high cancer rates because you didn't care enough to keep toxins out of the environment.
Like the life expectancy is going down instead of up for the first time ever. Even that may not be enough for those who are agewise too far away from thinking about such things.
Yeah, I know, then you get slammed for fear mongering. Well what was all the talk about bioweapons and WMD if not fear mongering.

I was talking with some friends (who are NOT enviros at all) and one told me that he thought it was all a bunch of bunk. The forest is coming back around Mt St Helens, so the earth can survive anything, and most of the group agreed with him. These are college educated folk, not the village idiots (usually)!
It took some explaining to make them realize that the Spotted Owl is like the canary in the coal mine. Yes we want biodiversity, wild places, etc. Yes, the EARTH will survive whatever we do (short of burnt to a nuclear cinder scenario). The question is will it be able to support human life? Or will we toxify it to the point where we all get cancer before age 30?
Or won't be able to support food production because the genetically modified foods have mutated and taken over the plants that actually had some nutrition in them (GM foods are not usually modified to improve nutrition, but to improve pesticide use, etc).
Maybe we should bring back the movie Soylent Green?

There is plenty out there that Hollywood has produced. Nobody's listening.On Whither the environmental movement? III posted 5 years ago 16 Responses