We had Science as our last period today which proved to be very interesting, seeing as we got to watch a movie. To finish off an Ecology packed week of learning about HOPIC, Invasive Consumers and cycles, we summed it all up by watching and educational film known as none other than The Lorax. I'm not talking about the 2012 adaptation featuring Danny Devito and Taylor Swift, I'm talking about the 1972, twenty-five minute original cartoon.
As I was filling out my question sheet during the film I found that I was smiling to myself at the mention of Swomee Swans and Humming Fish and the infamous Barbaloots that munch on Truffula Fruit. All in all it's an adorable short, but as simple as it is, the message is really important and specific to what we've been learning for the past few days.
Unless. In the end of the movie the Lorax leaves what was once a "Glorious Place" and in his spot remains only a pile of small stones with one word engraved on them-Unless. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, things aren't going to get better. They're not. -Dr. Suess.
The more I think about it, the more I realize it's true. Things do have a great potential to get worse on this planet, and they will if we continue on our current demanding track. I'm not insisting we all go 'green' and renovate our houses to be decomposable, in fact, I'm the last person to be pro environment. However, I'm saying that if a children's poem can be so simple and still motivate as many people as it has, how many equally simple things can we do to help out in our ecosystem?
Like this blog entry, it's just another small thing to think about...
