54 countries, 217 days of shooting and 488 hours of footage! Humanity has less than 10 years to offset the balance of what has taken a 4billion organic evolutionary years to create. Humans have disturbed the very fabric of Earth’s breath, it’s oceans, it’s land and it’s air. The most devastating is the deforestation that has taken place due to consuming meat. One solution, and this is only one, but a huge one,, stop eating meat. Huge claim, but after you watch this incredible film, you will begin to understand the impact that cattle farming has had upon our oldest forests around the planet.
I moved to the jungle of Costa Rica when I was 21 years old, purely guided by my spirit. I lived in an area where I was visited by 3 families of howler monkeys every full moon, macaws, tapirs, the most gorgeous butterflies this Earth has, large cats, snakes of ever size and yes, scorpions and tarantulas. Before I moved to Costa Rica I lived in a Metropolitan City. What I realized while living deep in nature, surrounded by the lushness of the jungle and freed from the city life and the strange white noise that dulled my senses was that this planet, our Earth is constantly talking to us. Whispering silently underneath all the distractions that subject our senses to looking else where. The reality is, our Earth needs our commitment to take massive action to cleaning it up, right action, we are the stewards of this planet and we have walked on her without respect and honor for all that she shares with us.
Having been trained and Initiated into Indigenous Cultures across the globe, I have a deep awareness the integral relationship that is inherent upon birth here, we are in agreement to not only evolve spiritually within ourselves, but to walk gently and leave clues to our greatness here. It is my plea to you, sit down with someone you love and watch this movie. It will change your life, educate you and embrace you with the incredible perspective of what our planet Earth looks like, past and present.
A recent event in Haiti has killed many hundred of thousands of people, wiped out many necessities of life. Pay close attention to when the movie brings you to Haiti, I believe a picture is worth more than any words….you’ll understand what I mean when you see the devastation that has taken place in Haiti, to what recently happened there with the earthquakes.
Our Mother no longer can sustain our behavior. Corporations have raped her in broad daylight, taken her very blood and exposed her lungs to without remorse. Paying a fee for the damage that corporations do to third world countries will not surmount to the devastation that cannot be replaced, it took 4 billion years to create.
This movie is about what we can do NOW. The food you buy, the clothes you wear, the products you purchase, the words you speak and the way you live your life is a testament to your relationship with the world around you. I implore you once again, wake up and look into your child’s eyes, this is what they are to inherent, a world that has no justice over greed.
Today’s youth are pissed off, they are taking massive action using social media, global leadership and harnessing the power of technology, I urge you to do the same, in anyway you can.
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Here is the main website of Yann Arthus-Bertrand the creator and producer of this epic film.
Fri, Feb 5, 2010
Creating Brilliance