Mr. Green film

I believe that this film, “Mr. Green”, first implies that the government places environmental issues last, as relatively unimportant in comparison to other priorities. It also implies that government takes in the issue of money, and how ecological issues are lacking funding because of their place in the government’s priorities. It’s scary to think where we will be in the near future with global warming, especially if we continue to have a low funding amount to these ecological challenges if any funding at all. Right now one of the issues with global warming is the politics, with so many people completely ignoring and disbelieving the affects to our environment. Without first knowing and accepting these problems, it will be difficult to make real progress in fixing them. Since this film is set to be in 2014, it poses important questions on how we stand now, and if or when we can make improvements or changes from now until then. This film suggests that the only way to make good choices for ecological change in a democracy is to “be the change you want in the world.” By this they are encouraging individuals to make daily choices to help make a difference, not just to expect government or any other higher authority or group to do all of the work. Specifically, one of the characters describes how reducing the amount of meat consumption in the U.S. could make an impact, which means Americans either becoming vegetarians or simply adapting their diets to less meat. This movie implies that there could possibly be techno-scientific solutions to ecological issues, with the characters somehow growing plants in and on their own bodies. Anything that advanced will not be available by 2014, seeing where technology is today.