Before the flood movie#

Before the flood movie#

Some found the movie too overwhelming, raising the urgency yet lacking solutions and a clear call to action. Joost Brinkman, leader of the sustainability services team at Accenture for the Benelux countries, shared his personal reflection on the movie and encouraged everyone in the room to talk to people sitting near them about the impact of the movie. Watching the movie together was still daunting, yet the discussion in the room afterward presented new points of view and hope. We need to go beyond promises and can no longer hide behind talks, excuses and lobbies. There’s reason for hope, but that’s not enough. We had the means but lacked the political will to act. It’s terrifying and a real shame towards future generations. I’m an actor, I pretend for a living, but we can’t look at climate change the same way.

The last quote is from his speech addressing the heads of state at the United Nations Assembly. The first quote is from the beginning of Before the Flood. Leonardo DiCaprio’s own quotes looked at climate change from his perspective as an actor. The Paris agreement is not enough, but it’s a step in the right direction, I pray for the human race to survive.This is the reason the Pentagon has said this is a national security issue. If they start moving, then you start seeing scarce resources are subject to competition between populations. A huge proportion of the world’s population lives near oceans.Politicians are not really elected leaders, they are elected followers.And methane is a powerful greenhouse gas … About 10-12 percent of total U.S. In the US, 47% of the land is used for food production and, of that, the lion’s share is just to grow feed for cattle. Beef is one of the most inefficient uses of resources on the planet.If switching to solar and more sustainable lifestyles was so easy, why hasn’t the US population done it? What is the US doing that the rest of the world can learn from? – Dr. Lifestyle and consumption are at the heart of climate change.We’ve known about this for over 50 years, but in the US, we have been kept unaware by a massive misinformation campaign. Chinese media offer constant coverage on climate change. Chinese people really worry about their health and want to be part of the solution.We’re way beyond the point of changing light bulbs.Here are some of the most remarkable (paraphrased) quotes from people featured in the movie: The combination of his star status and this role opened many doors when he traveled the world to investigate the causes and effects of climate change for this movie. In 2014, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Leonardo DiCaprio as the UN Messenger on Peace with a special focus on climate change. The movie’s narrative suggests we’re currently at the brink of disaster, between the second and third panel. People are consuming the abundance given to them with abandon, completely impoverishing the planet.” The final panel shows the devastating results of taking more than the earth can regenerate. According to the movie website: “Humans take creation into their own hands and turn away from the natural order.

The middle panel seems nice at the top, with man and nature coexisting, but then further down, the balance is clearly disturbed. It starts with an idyllic panel depicting the creation of planet earth and everything on it. Throughout the movie, DiCaprio refers to the triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch. So on March 21, 2017, a diverse crowd of students, alumni, as well as other sustainability enthusiasts and professionals watched Leonardo DiCaprio’s Before the Floodtogether at Nyenrode.Ī triptych vision of the state of our world Nyenrode’s Alumni Circle for Sustainability organizes events in the Netherlands to bring people together to share insights and discuss sustainability topics. Watching movies or documentaries about sustainability by yourself can be quite daunting or even depressing.