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Titanic consequences for earth
by Madler
News | 2/12/08
Posted online at 4:04 AM EST on 2/12/08
Students for Environmental Action and the Environmental Studies department held a special screening from Monday to Wednesday last week of actor Leonardo Dicaprio's currently unreleased documentary The 11th Hour, which focuses on issues facing the future of the Earth's biosphere.
The club received special permission from the film's distributor, Swank Picture, to screen it. On the first night's showing, the Gerstenzang auditorium was filled to capacity, and a burst of applause could be heard resonating throughout the lecture hall at its conclusion.
The major focus of the film revolves around the greenhouse effect, fossil fuel consumption, soil erosion, oceanic pollution, loss of biodiversity and global deforestation. Alternating between futuristic and contemporary viewpoints, the film strives to address the predicaments of our planet resulting from human consumerism.
Renowned world leaders and environmental activists such as Stephen Hawking, famous for his studies on black holes, former President of Russia Mikhail Gorbachev, famous for his Economic policies, and David Suzuki, a popular Canadian broadcaster on Environmental activism, added ongoing dialogue, testimony and firsthand evidence of the global environmental crisis.
Named after the Evolutionary Calendar, The 11th Hour represents the presence of man in relation to the creation of the universe. Its model marks Jan. 1 as the Big Bang and follows 365 days until the presence of man on Dec. 31 at 11 p.m.
The film instigates that the 11th hour is the final hour in which humanity can improve environmental changes. Hence, the documentary explores how humans impact the earth, chartering the devastation placed before our descendants, as well as possible solutions to avert the crisis.
"The film ultimately ends with a vision of what a sustainable society could look like, and how this is an opportunity to rethink and redesign our relations with the planet and each other," according to the SEA Web site.
The club received special permission from the film's distributor, Swank Picture, to screen it. On the first night's showing, the Gerstenzang auditorium was filled to capacity, and a burst of applause could be heard resonating throughout the lecture hall at its conclusion.
The major focus of the film revolves around the greenhouse effect, fossil fuel consumption, soil erosion, oceanic pollution, loss of biodiversity and global deforestation. Alternating between futuristic and contemporary viewpoints, the film strives to address the predicaments of our planet resulting from human consumerism.
Renowned world leaders and environmental activists such as Stephen Hawking, famous for his studies on black holes, former President of Russia Mikhail Gorbachev, famous for his Economic policies, and David Suzuki, a popular Canadian broadcaster on Environmental activism, added ongoing dialogue, testimony and firsthand evidence of the global environmental crisis.
Named after the Evolutionary Calendar, The 11th Hour represents the presence of man in relation to the creation of the universe. Its model marks Jan. 1 as the Big Bang and follows 365 days until the presence of man on Dec. 31 at 11 p.m.
The film instigates that the 11th hour is the final hour in which humanity can improve environmental changes. Hence, the documentary explores how humans impact the earth, chartering the devastation placed before our descendants, as well as possible solutions to avert the crisis.
"The film ultimately ends with a vision of what a sustainable society could look like, and how this is an opportunity to rethink and redesign our relations with the planet and each other," according to the SEA Web site.
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