I was able to write my first Review post, which was on Reading 27 "Seeing Green: Knowing and Saving the Environment on film." This reading was a very in depth on how film media has been used to show the natural world, as used in both a way to educate and a way to entertain through the use of film media. One such discussion is on Marty Stouffer's "Wild America" video series and how the film crew would ruin the land with their equipment, and they would also make the natural world look dangerous and exciting with non of the "real thing" presented to the audience. The Wild America videos were all about exciting hunting shots with none of the real world nature presented.
There are films that show more of a political side to the use of film media to show the environment getting destroyed by logging companies. With many scenes that show "doom and glom" many of these films try and show only the dark side of the situation. In the case of logging companies often times the people whom live in that area have no other source of income, so this is their only choice for a job. What could be brought up in the film other than sticking to straight "doom and gloom" is to try and discuss how the logging company should be held to higher environmental standards.
Week 4 Review
We all did the Ecological Footprint quiz this week in class. I scored 4.1 earths if everyone lived like me. The quiz took into account your food intake, mode of transportation, miles traveled, and home living.
Also this week we watched the movie "An inconvenient Truth" of which is tailored towards the issue of global warming. It is good to see that such a high powered individual like former Vice President of the United States Al Gore to be working on such an important issue. Global warming effects everyone.
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