An Inconvenient Truth

Have you seen An Inconvenient Truth?  Please see it.  You may or may not enjoy it, but it’s truly a must-see movie.

If you haven’t heard of An Inconvenient Truth, here’s a one-sentence synopsis: it’s Al Gore’s very thorough explanation of how we are overloading Earth’s atmosphere with gases which prevent it from releasing excess solar radiation (aka The Greenhouse Effect).

You might find this movie boring.  At times, it is.  You may find it politically self-indulgent.  (I did, but just a bit.)  If you’re familiar with the science behind Global Warming, you’ll find the film accurate. If you’re not, you may find the movie to be overly intellectualized.  But nonetheless, I hope you find it to be alarming and a call to action as I did.

One thing this movie lacks, actually, is a to-do list. At the end of the film you’re left with a gnawing fear about Global Warming and nothing more than a web site to address the screeching question in your mind: “What do we DO?”  Luckily the web site is excellent, and it prescribes a list of actions we can all take to contribute to the solution rather than the problem.  In fact, many of the actions are easy, like changing the types of lightbulbs you buy, buying locally grown (and/or organic) produce, planting trees, and lowering thermostats by only 2 degrees. 

I’ll post some other great resources I’ve found about Green Living and caring for our environment, and if you have any to share I would surely love to hear from you!  But in the meantime, please take a moment and add An Inconvenient Truth to your Netflix queue.  You won’t enjoy it, but you’ll be glad you watched.