[we are NOT indigenous of planet earth, we ARE aliens! abro]
http://www.homethemovie.org/
http://goodplanet.org/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%282009_film%29
EXCERPTS:
"Thus, corals are born from the marriage of algae and shells.
"Trees defy gravity.
They are the only natural element in perpetual movement toward the sky.
"Earth is a miracle.
"In the great adventure of life on Earth,
every species has a role to play,
every species has its place..
None is futile or harmful.
They all balance out.
And that's where you,
homo sapiens, wise human,
enter the story."
"you are only 200,000 years old.
"After 180,000 nomadic years,
and thanks to a more clement climate,
humans settled down.
"Across the planet, one person in four
lives as humankind did 6000 years ago.
900 million vehicles today in the world.
"As a privilege of power, 80% of this mineral wealth
is consumed by 20% of the world's population.
.. Before the end of this century, excessive mining will
have exhausted nearly all the planet's reserves."
"We are destroying the cycle of a life that was given to us."
"But in barely 40 years the world's largest rainforest,
the Amazon, has been reduced by 20%."
"Another example of massive deforestation is the eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus is used to make paper pulp.
... demand has increased fivefold in 50 years."
"Since 1950, the world's population has almost tripled.
And since 1950, we have more fundamentally altered our island, the Earth,
than in all our our 200,000 year history."
"Nigeria is the biggest oil exporter in Africa,
and yet 70% of the population lives under the poverty line.
The wealth is there, but the country's inhabitants don't have access to it.
The same is true all over the globe.
Half the world's poor live in resource-rich countries."
"In 50 years, the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever.
Today, half the world's wealth is in the hands of the richest 2% of the population."
"Under the effect of global warming
the ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years.
its surface area in the summer shrinks year by year.
it could disappear in the summer months by 2030.
some say 2015."
"in these polar regions, the balance of nature has already been disrupted."
"Even on the world's highest peaks, in the heart of the Himalayas,
eternal snows and glaciers are receding.
The glaciers of Himalayas are the source of all the great Asian rivers,
the Indus, Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze Kiang...
2 billion people depend on them for drinking water"
"Trees defy gravity.
They are the only natural element in perpetual movement toward the sky.
"Earth is a miracle.
"In the great adventure of life on Earth,
every species has a role to play,
every species has its place..
None is futile or harmful.
They all balance out.
And that's where you,
homo sapiens, wise human,
enter the story."
"you are only 200,000 years old.
"After 180,000 nomadic years,
and thanks to a more clement climate,
humans settled down.
"Across the planet, one person in four
lives as humankind did 6000 years ago.
900 million vehicles today in the world.
"As a privilege of power, 80% of this mineral wealth
is consumed by 20% of the world's population.
.. Before the end of this century, excessive mining will
have exhausted nearly all the planet's reserves."
"We are destroying the cycle of a life that was given to us."
"But in barely 40 years the world's largest rainforest,
the Amazon, has been reduced by 20%."
"Another example of massive deforestation is the eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus is used to make paper pulp.
... demand has increased fivefold in 50 years."
"Since 1950, the world's population has almost tripled.
And since 1950, we have more fundamentally altered our island, the Earth,
than in all our our 200,000 year history."
"Nigeria is the biggest oil exporter in Africa,
and yet 70% of the population lives under the poverty line.
The wealth is there, but the country's inhabitants don't have access to it.
The same is true all over the globe.
Half the world's poor live in resource-rich countries."
"In 50 years, the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever.
Today, half the world's wealth is in the hands of the richest 2% of the population."
"Under the effect of global warming
the ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years.
its surface area in the summer shrinks year by year.
it could disappear in the summer months by 2030.
some say 2015."
"in these polar regions, the balance of nature has already been disrupted."
"Even on the world's highest peaks, in the heart of the Himalayas,
eternal snows and glaciers are receding.
The glaciers of Himalayas are the source of all the great Asian rivers,
the Indus, Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze Kiang...
2 billion people depend on them for drinking water"
"THE WORLD SPENDS 12 TIMES MORE ON MILITARY EXPENDITURES THAN ON AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES."
"5,000 PEOPLE A DAY DIE BECAUSE OF DIRTY DRINKING WATER."
"1 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER."
"NEARLY 1 BILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY"
"OVER 50% OF GRAIN TRADED AROUND THE WORLD IS USED FOR ANIMAL FEED FOR BIOFUELS"
"40% OF ARABLE LAND HAS SUFFERED LONG-TERM DAMAGE"
"EVERY YEAR, 13 MILLIONS HECTARES OF FOREST DISAPPER"
"ONE MAMMAL IN 4, ONE BIRD IN 8, ONE AMPHIBIAN IN 3 ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION
"SPECIES ARE DYING OUT AT A RHYTHM 1000 TIMES FASTER THAN THE NATURAL RATE"
"THREE QUARTERS OF FISHING GROUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, DEPLETED OR IN DANGEROUS DECLINE"
"THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE LAST 15 YEARS HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED"
"THE ICE CAP IS 50% THINNER THAN 40 YEARS AGO"
"THERE MAY BE AT LEAST 200 MILLION CLIMATE REFUGEES BY 2050"
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