A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
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- 3 nominations
- Self - Author & Science Reporter, New York Times
- (as Andy Revkin)
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Did you know
- GoofsIn the subtitles of an interview with Mikhail Gorbachev, the former USSR premier is translated as saying that because we have strained nature to the breaking point, "we must, the generations living now, must take a principal decision that we will act differently because the ecological crisis is global." Taking "a principal decision" is an odd turn of phrase, at best, in this context. Almost certainly, Gorbachev said "we must take a principled decision."
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Stephen Hawking: One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing. At night, the Earth is no longer dark, but large areas are lit up. All of this is evidence that human exploitation of the planet is reaching a critical limit. But human demands and expectations are ever-increasing. We cannot continue to pollute the atmosphere, poison the ocean and exhaust the land. There isn't any more available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Zomergasten: Episode #20.3 (2007)
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Performed by Sigur Rós
DeCaprio excels in bringing forth the intelligentsia who bring not only educated opinion but factual data. Facts show the Earth is suffering from the abuses of people. And the greatest abuses come from the largest and most technological countries. Yet, some of the worst abuses come from small, undeveloped countries too poor to encourage environmental regulation.
With all the pollution of land, sea, and air, we as people will ultimately succumb, unless we take great action to replace what we remove, or accept our need to find alternatives.
Global warming may be real or not. I haven't been around for a hundred thousand years or so, so I can't really say. In my oh so short time on this planet, I feel I can say one thing and that is we sure are doing a lot more to hurt ourselves, and this planet, than help.
Five stars for The 11th Hour.
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- Leonardo DiCaprio Presents The 11th Hour
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $707,343
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,853
- Aug 19, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $985,207
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1