So the film we watched last night was called Home- found these facts incredible. 18mins - •1in 4 people across planet lives as we did 6000 years ago their only energy that which nature provides season after season. Its the way of life of 1 and a half billion people. 56min- •half the worlds poor live in resource rich countries. Our mode of development has not fulfilled its promises. In 50 years the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever . Today half the worlds wealth is in the richest 2% of the population. Can such disparities be maintained? •hunger is spreading more and more. It affects more than 1 billion people. You get to the final 10 mins of the movie feeling pretty frightened and despairing about the way we have ravaged the worlds resources and where its all going. Then the narrator drops a totally uplifting barrage of positivity bombs. Its too late to be a pessimist. In South Korea. Mass Reforestation programme and 75% recycled paper. This one made me well up- Costa Rica has made a choice between military spending and the conservation of its lands. The country no longer has an army. It prefers To devote its resources to education, Eco tourism and the protection of its primary forest. youtu.be/jqxENMKaeCU
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 07:22:54 +0000