"An Inconvenient Truth"

“An Inconvenient Truth” is a movie hosted by Al Gore that taught students the seriousness and severity of global warming if Americans keep up with our attitude and habits towards the environment. After watching this movie, I realized how much of an effort Gore made to reach out to all sorts of crowds and teach us about how our everyday activities are affecting our planet. We only have one home, planet Earth, and if we do not take these harmful effects seriously, our home will slowly start deteriorating and global warming will start killing the population in numerous amounts that no one would think possible. Many countries already have head start on the United States, such as China and some Scandinavian countries. Although China has a larger population than the US, they are forcing their citizens to become more “green,” and therefore are already making a huge difference.

Al Gore uses many techniques throughout his video to teach us how serious this matter (Global Warming) is becoming. Gore uses statistics and numbers to really get into our heads and think, wow we need to do something about this. When people think about serious matters, such as global warming, they typically do not put it into number proportion. Well Gore does it for us and it really drilled into my head and made me realize what a huge impact just a couple hundred people have on our environment. He also uses examples with animals, such as polar bears, showing that the ice is melting and they will be swimming for miles and miles trying to find a chunk of ice to lay on. This part of the video really affected me and made me upset. It shows were destroying more homes than we think.

Gore explains that there are simple steps to decreasing these problems. The first and foremost step is to educate. If the government supplies as much education about ways to create a healthier environment as they do sex education then students will be so much more aware of their surroundings. They will also be more cautious when they go throw a can or bottle in a trash can, not a recycle bin, or shutting the water off when they brush their teeth. If I had some kind of power in the government, educating about the environment would be one of my top priorities, just as Gore took it upon himself to teach many groups of people about the severity of global warming in today’s society. Our generation can make a difference, and we need to start now.