25.1.11

ENVIRONMENT - Documentary "The 11th Hour"

NATURE VS HUMANKIND: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

An excellent documentary about Nature and what Humankind is doing to the planet. A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

With contributions from over 50 politicians, scientists, and environmental activists, including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and journalist Paul Hawken, the film documents the grave problems facing the planet’s life systems.

Global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction, and depletion of the oceans’ habitats are all addressed. The film’s premise is that the future of humanity is in jeopardy. The film proposes potential solutions to these problems by calling for restorative action by the reshaping and rethinking of global human activity through technology, social responsibility and conservation.

The role of humans in the destruction of the environment is explained from the viewpoint of several different professional fields: environmental scientists, oceanographers, economic historians, medical specialists, etc.