In the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore explores the causes and effects of global warming, and even though climate change is such a detailed and complex topic, Gore presented the issues in a clear manner, and the film was eye-opening and extremely informative. The small animations made the presentation easier to understand, and also visually interesting.
Gore explains that it unethical human behaviour is what has raised the CO2 levels in the atmosphere, and within 50 years it will be off the charts. It was shocking to see how the effects of global warming on natural landmarks like Mt Kilimanjaro and the Himalayas, and it was also shocking to understand that so many natural disasters occurred as a result of the changes in the earth's atmosphere, particularly in the example of Hurricane Katrina.
Human behaviour is destroying the earth and as a result we are destroying ecological niches as well as each other. It is a change in human behaviour that needs to be undertaken, and we need to move away from the habits of unrestricted burning of fossil fuels and land clearing. We need people to be educated on the matter, and this lack of knowledge was shown with the skeptics that believe the notion of global warming is a hoax. It is this type of ignorant behaviour that needs to end.
Industrial designers and society, need to be conscious of these important issues to ensure a step in the right direction towards a better world.
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