Posts Tagged ‘environment’

“The Age of Stupid” (2009) – Review #33

The premise of “The Age of Stupid” is the following: Sometime in 2055 a custodian (played by Pete Postlethwaite) of a vast human culture library looks back on what went wrong: Why did we humans let Global Warming happen? Through 6 separate stories we get an international view on the effects of Global Warming and [...]

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“No Impact Man” (2009) – Review #32

Colin Beavan decided to live one year without having any negative impact on the environment. What does that mean? It means only buying local, not using anything disposable (including diapers, plastic containers and toilet paper!), not taking the elevator, only using public transportation, not using electricity and not producing any waste. All in a small [...]

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“Food = Waste” (2006) – Review #30

The recent films we have been reviewing; “Collapse”, “The World According to Monstanto” and “Death of Suburbia” all deal with the end of the infinite growth paradigm. And while films such as “Food Inc.” shows some light at the end of the tunnel for food production, the Dutch film “Food = Waste” flips on a [...]

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