Reaction Text to the Movie "The 11th Hour"

"Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity ... We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet."

—Leonardo DiCaprio


The 11th Hour actually does cause you to think in a different way. You certainly can't believe everything you hear or fall victim to it's suggestions without extra research and knowledge. However, one thing that this movie talked about that was an extremely large point was that we aren't separate from nature- we are part of it. This point requires no research aside from looking around us. All that a human body is is a superior make up of the same types of cells that make up most other organisms. In a scientific way, there's not a huge difference. A while back I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y sad as it is, it really brings reality to your eyes. This bird imitates the sounds humans make with machines because it thinks that they're beautiful and complex- it doesn't know that those are the sounds of the things that will likely destroy him in the future. The fact that the bird hears these noises often enough also brings about a great realization. Deforestation, unnecessary usage of non renewable resources, and so forth really needs to stop. The complete halt of these things is out of the question, seeing as we rely on them so much. However, minimizing the amount we take out of the environment is a good place to start. The movie talked about so much that's just really hard to recapture but the overall message stays... to look at what we're doing. We are part of nature. If we continue as we are, the inevitable outcome of the planet and our species will arrive that much sooner.