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May 2009 
Contemplating On Our Human Footprint
Posted on Apr 12th, 2008
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~C4Chaos
~C4Chaos
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
I just finished watching National Geographic's documentary on the consumption of an average American. The documentary is called Human Footprint. It's not a preachy environmental program. But it's very effective in showing (as opposed to telling) how much each of us Americans consume in our entire lifetime. The program is a very powerful visual presentation of the scale and magnitude of our consumption from birth to old age. You have to be a very callous person not to care about the environment after watching this program.
Being aware of our individual and collective environmental footprint should be enough to convince us of our dire need to switch to more sustainable ways of consumption if we are to sustain our collective existence on this planet -- our only planet. There should be no need to get scared of global warming or worry about climate crisis for us to take action. But if it takes global warming for us to wake up, then so be it.
You can also watch National Geographic's Human Footprint on cable. If you have On Demand, check it out under the Earth Day section. Below is the trailer.
National Geographic Channel - 2008 Human Footprint Trailer
Speaking of which, here's another documentary with the same title and similar presentation, European style.
Human Footprint
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excellent, for the God Pod
please add to our precious earth day pod!