The movie says what needed to be said, like with "The Emperors New Clothes". Covering mass amounts of virgin land with solar panels and mirrors (only to be left to rot years later), feeding biomass power plans with trees and environmental leaders in bed with billionaire bankers show how hypocritical much of the "green" movement is. Most of what is being done in the name of "green" is creating new ways to fuel the current human way of life. The movie does provide an answer but no one wants to hear it, let alone practice it. Consume less. Make what has been made last and only buy, build or manufacture when it is really needed. Of course that would hamper our economy as it functions now much like how COVID19 has done recently, but maybe we have been presented with a learning curve to study and take note of.
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Sally Anne Smith AIA
Smith Architectural Studio
Carmel CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-28-2020 06:28
From: Howard Wong
Subject: DOCUMENTARY: PLANET OF THE HUMANS (worth watching)
DOCUMENTARY
An educational and thought-provoking documentary, challenging environmental politics and practices. Are we trying to save the planet by destroying it? Also, the end credits contain interesting notes about actions resulting from the film. Worth watching. Best, Howard Wong, AIA
REAL CLEAR POLITICS: Michael Moore Presents "Planet of the Humans" Documentary: We Are Losing The Battle To Stop Climate Change (1:40) https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/21/michael_moore_presents_planet_of_the_humans_documentary_we_are_losing_the_battle_to_stop_climate_change.html
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day - that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road - selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement's answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late.
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Howard Wong AIA
San Francisco CA
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