'A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.'
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Thank you for posting this! I connected to this film entirely. Makes me wanna get back in touch with nature and experience the beauty that surrounds us. We are grossly deluded these days and our priorities only leave us feeling empty. I will definitely be spreading this film to whoever I can.
QUOTE(djetro @ Nov 6 2009, 03:18 AM) 
Thank you for posting this! I connected to this film entirely. Makes me wanna get back in touch with nature and experience the beauty that surrounds us. We are grossly deluded these days and our priorities only leave us feeling empty. I will definitely be spreading this film to whoever I can.
A personal fav, so much so, I actualized its punchline with a walk away, a year ago...residing in the remote.
I guess I really am strange/abnormal. I mean I always suspected that few others really realized any of this stuff, but this documentary proves there aren't many who think like me (atleast in contrast to how many people are on the planet) the fact that there was a need for this documentary proves that few really realize or understand any of this.
I've realized everything in this documentary years ago, I started looking at the world differently then those around me at about 14, where others only seemed to really look at the surface, I looked deep into it, by 16 I was noticing trends as illustrated in this documentary.. And just like him, I'm worried about what kind of world I've born my son into.. Will things be even worse by the time he's my age? Will we still be reasonably okay, or will everything of already gone to hell with us on our way out?
I've realized everything in this documentary years ago, I started looking at the world differently then those around me at about 14, where others only seemed to really look at the surface, I looked deep into it, by 16 I was noticing trends as illustrated in this documentary.. And just like him, I'm worried about what kind of world I've born my son into.. Will things be even worse by the time he's my age? Will we still be reasonably okay, or will everything of already gone to hell with us on our way out?
QUOTE(slipknotpsycho @ Nov 6 2009, 01:49 PM)
I guess I really am strange/abnormal. I mean I always suspected that few others really realized any of this stuff, but this documentary proves there aren't many who think like me (atleast in contrast to how many people are on the planet) the fact that there was a need for this documentary proves that few really realize or understand any of this.
I've realized everything in this documentary years ago, I started looking at the world differently then those around me at about 14, where others only seemed to really look at the surface, I looked deep into it, by 16 I was noticing trends as illustrated in this documentary.. And just like him, I'm worried about what kind of world I've born my son into.. Will things be even worse by the time he's my age? Will we still be reasonably okay, or will everything of already gone to hell with us on our way out?
I've realized everything in this documentary years ago, I started looking at the world differently then those around me at about 14, where others only seemed to really look at the surface, I looked deep into it, by 16 I was noticing trends as illustrated in this documentary.. And just like him, I'm worried about what kind of world I've born my son into.. Will things be even worse by the time he's my age? Will we still be reasonably okay, or will everything of already gone to hell with us on our way out?
This doc is definitely bleak, without the happy ending. The intent wasn't to immobilize it's audience, it was meant to encourage a change in our future by changing our priorities. I'm assuming you've already turned off the TV and quit buying shit...it's not abnormal or strange to realize life is not a beer commercial. Nor is our world gone to hell, although there are certainly symptomatic signs of its distress. It seems our biggest changes only occur when we are cornered or lack a choice...here's to the best of both!
"We are but a small, shiny cog in the big wheel of life on Earth. And as shiny and as fascinating as we are, we need the humility to recognize that fact, because in the end, the Earth doesn't need us. But we certainly need it." David Suzuki
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