Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

This over one hour documentary explains to us the overall results of what will happen to our planet if we don't take care of it soon.

I am interested in knowing what impact did this documentary did to you and what ideas you may have (if any) on what to do about the topics the video presents.

Thank you for taking the time to watch it and provide information, ideas, or a opinion about it. :)

I think THIS is the kind of documentary that should be shown in every school.

The movie provides information about what's happening within our enviornment. Discussing biodiversity it pulls together all the major human activities that have damaged the ecosystem forceing a responce we call climate change.

The best part about the movie is that it doesn't stop after it has given the bad news. It continues by showing that in several parts of the world steps have been taken toward change. While this change is not yet broad enough and the committment not yet deep enough, both are present and so there is hope.

I liked it and thanks for the link.

Thank you for taking the time to watch it. I am surprised that not so many people here at mingle have taken the time to watch this documentary. It is eye opening for both those that believe in global warming or not. It is a message by the people for the people. I have shown it to many people and have seen immediate interest in starting projects for their communities. We must share ideas and try to work on such world epidemics or we won't have much left to enjoy.

I watched the movie yesterday morning over my breakfast, then went to our local Community Garden meeting, came home and prepared more garden beds for the food forest, took delivery of 7 new bamboos, all ranging from edible to construction grade bamboo...spoke with an Indigenous Bush Tucker Nursery about which trees to plant here...then bundled up my excess produce, (organic fruit, vegetables and free range eggs) and dropped off food parcels to my neighbours...

...and am currently in an online Question Time with our State Premier on Sustainability, regional and State...



I'm doing my bit!

Very good work! You are a role model for many younger generations to come! Yes Australia is as vital to our global environment as any country in the world. If Australia goes down it will have a tumbling effect with other continents. We must save Australia with its 50% draught problems. Plant trees, plant food, get water somehow irrigated on that land....get people together and try to be more aware of the environment. I want to go visit the country very soon just for the fact that you have the most unique wildlife in the world with exotic plants. I want to make a movement also that gets more people involved and am working on a website as we speak to advertise my ideas. Wish me luck!

I think the most disturbing part of the documentary (for me anyway) is how the Siberian permafrost (I think they called it) is melting away. Underneath that permafrost is tons of methane that could escape into our atmosphere poisoning our air! So if the planet continues to warm at this rate we can be in bigger trouble then we have ever estimated. Seriously I feel we have to get huge machines blowing cold air onto those areas to keep that ice from melting over there!

Am I overreacting??

No...and my understanding of the Amazon basin is the trees/forest are the lungs of our planet...taking in co2, and releasing h2o...but when the trees are stressed, as the forest is becoming, through deforestation, it reverses the cycle and releases the stored co2 back into the atmosphere.

Which is only going to compound what is already happening globally.


It appears to be a rather leaky sieve we are playing with.

Fortunately we have a huge forest across the northern parts of Russia and Canada that hasn't been tampered with. I agree that the Amazon's forest is dwindling fast. The economy isn't doing well as they chop down trees to get the people some money and provide farmland for livestock.

Truly new measures have to be taken to at least find other solutions in perserving the forest grounds there while providing viable income for families to live off.

Replant trees after you chop one down! This has to be a law and the information has to be relayed repeatingly to every country in the world. I agree Jess that this is an important issue.

I watched just recently a great documentary called "Power Surge" (2011)

Innovations designed to combat global warming which includes artificial trees that absorb carbon dioxide and how to create cleaner coal.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/power-surge.html

If you are a animal lover or care about what is happening to the many species of our world a great documentary on youtube is available. The title "Earthling". It shows how we as humans destroy our planet by claiming we are superior to any other species that live on the planet. I haven't watched it yet, but have a good idea of what their message is. I will keep you updated and I wouldn't mind to read opinions about any of the videos I have presented on this thread.

Jess642 is my hero for this thread. She watched the documentary and liked it. She plants trees in Australia and tries to improve the environment! Bravo! Big kiss for my hero. :)