Mysterious ocean depth, given the mysterious space, amazing rainforests and amaze mountains - an amazing, mysterious and mysterious world around us from time immemorial.The constant human desire for progress, certainly paid off - the water flows to us straight from the tap, electricity and internet have become so commonplace that now we find it difficult to imagine their existence without these benefits of civilization.
Huge factories, whose number is growing every year, provide a modern humanity almost all the necessary resources.We have mastered the metal and learned to use oil, invented paper and gunpowder, and a huge information resources are now stored on tiny plastic carriers.
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It would seem that the life of modern mankind almost perfect - all at your fingertips, all you can buy or make, but not so smooth.In pursuit of progress, we lose sight of one very important detail - limited natural resources.Every year, human activity causes the extinction of a vast number of species of living beings, not to mention the destruction of forests and significant changes in the climate that lead to disasters on a global scale.
One of the most serious and the issues requiring attention are the problems of ecology.Arguments in favor of the preservation of the environment is diverse, ranging from calls for mercy and ending with the scientific evidence of the existence of threat of planetary scale.
What make movies
If you think, at the moment there is really a staggering amount of films, which reveals the problem of the need to protect the environment.As an example, the famous disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow," which opens the topic of global warming, or the sensational at the time the picture with John Cusack in the title role with a minimalist name "2012".
By and large, one of the most popular themes in modern (and not only) cinema are just environmental issues.Arguments in favor of restricting the use of natural resources are literally piled on the viewer from the screen, but so far it does not bring tangible results.
Book page
Not rarer this kind of theme in literature.Not only art, but also a scientific book production from various sides covers all kinds of arguments on the issue of ecology.In the book «Silent spring», for example, revealed the danger of the use of pesticides, and Robin Murray in his work "The goal - Zero Waste» draws the reader's attention to the need for high-quality waste management in order to preserve the environment.
in any classic or contemporary dystopia somehow highlights the theme of the irrational use of natural resources and the adverse human impact on the flora and fauna of the planet.
the footsteps of Ray Bradbury
classic example of literature on the theme of the irrational use of resources and human capabilities can be called a novel, "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury.Not least in the product and take environmental issues.Arguments author gives very impressive - the disappearance of a tiny butterfly can lead to a truly irreversible consequences that changed the whole course of evolution.
A Friend of the Earth
This novel describes the environmental situation in the not too distant 2026, when almost no no trees, no wildlife.It would seem, what other arguments are required?Environmental issues in the literature treat many writers, that the author of the work before us does not skimp on the large-scale comparison of the past and the future, and a description of what the Earth could lose if the world's population does not revise his views on the use of natural resources.
It said Orwell
Endless building all sorts of ministries, dirt, devastation, which is immersed in the modern world - this is the classic landscape of the novel "1984", in which case the issue of ecology are for the most part in a comparison between the natural world and the cold stoneerected by man.
«Cloud Atlas»
And the film, shot by Tom Tykwer and co tandem Wachowski, and the book by David Mitchell trying to draw the attention of the masses on the unreasonable behavior.Although indirectly, this work also highlights specific environmental problems.Arguments lead author in a way that the reader (and then the audience) often simply can not understand the past or the future in front of him.
noisy metropolis without a trace of vegetation in common in this masterpiece with endless green forests and blue oceans, of which no more human place.Special soap is replaced by food, but the society is served by a specially created for this "manufactured goods", which is utilized and converted into a source of energy after the expiry date.
Description beautiful
Today one of the most pressing problems is considered to be a problem of ecology.Arguments from the literature on this subject can be completely scientific and proven facts, but they can not compare with the descriptions of purity and beauty of the flora and fauna that abounds in world classics.How can you not think about saving the environment by reading about the virgin jungle and ocean depths in "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe?How can we remain indifferent to the rescue of endangered species, holding Joy Adamson autobiographical book "Born Free"?
What environmental problem of modern humanity?Arguments from the literature, cinema and even computer games from the category of Last of us are no longer able to impress him.Sometimes it seems that imaginary button "stop" responsible for stopping the destruction of the environment, can be pressed only in the most extreme, marginal situation where the way back can not be.
huge number of leading scientists around the world constantly trumpeting the threat hanging over humanity, resulting in more and more valid arguments.On the issue of ecology can not be a blind eye.All the large scale purchase shares in favor of preserving the environment.A petition collected millions and even billions of signatures worldwide, but it does not stop modern man.And who knows where it will eventually ...
