The documentary film shows the severe problems encountered in the planet today such as global warming, flood, deforestation, species extinction and the diminution of the habitats in the ocean as well as of other mammals. There are many scientists and different professionals commented out with regards to these issues. In the film I realized that we human people are accountable for these calamities we have now because we are the ones who are controlling the nature. One of the speaker in the film said that culture makes us believe that we are dominant and we manipulate and own the nature. To think that the earth already existed billion years ago and we existed later compared to earth. The fact there is we are part of nature, we don’t own nature and we don’t have the right to destroy it. Moreover, population also is one cause of these problems because as population grows every year, the more pollution occurred in the planet due to industrial establishments and the growth of irresponsible residents. Also, one of them explained that one factor is economy. Maybe because we people forgot to take care of nature and limit ourselves to mere survival. We haven’t realized our responsibilities in the planet besides the satisfaction of our own lives most especially in this recent time wherein economic crisis is frequent particularly in the third world countries. Our behavior and culture blinded us to be pathetic enough with nature disasters. Furthermore, in the film the people are so busy with social stuff such as shopping and purchasing products that are common in that are famous or showed in media. Sometimes, we put ourselves in the boundary of our comfort zones and not thinking the consequences of our action. Of course, consumption is not bad at all; it’s just that we are out of control. Basically that’s how society affects human behavior and perceptions in living. In addition, the film also shows certain solutions to these crises such as conservation. There is a certain architectural establishment in the US that would make the building dependent on solar power. Even the electricity in the building would depend on the solar power and it will conserve electricity power. Maybe by showing also that we can do something over these problems, many people are having action to resolve these problems. We sometimes think it is an individual problem wherein it is a societal issue and we are responsible for it no matter what.
