The 11th Hour

Went to an advanced screening of "The 11th Hour".

The film is a documentary about climate change and how humans are (largely) responsible for causing it.

Here are the main points:

• The Earth is very sick
• Ecosystem is out of balance
• Climate change caused by:
  
• Humans
• Rapid population increase
  
• Rapid increase in greenhouse gas emission
  
• Excess consumption
• Waste
  
• Reliance on fossil fuels
• We have the technology today to greatly reduce carbon emissions
• Primary problem today is government/big oil/lack of public awareness
• Time is running out, we need to do something
  

My thoughts:

• The film is very U.S.-centric. It's true that the US is the biggest consuming nation and is very behind in its environmental practices, although this is very much an international problem. China is a huge concern - growth is out of control (and they have surpassed the U.S. in carbon emissions).
  
• The film presents this bleak situation but then doesn't argue strongly enough for a call to action.
• The movie presents so much information and is somewhat difficult to follow. I preferred "An Inconvenient Truth".

My recommendation:
Be aware of the situation. Educate yourself. Do something.