We all know that humans are killing the planet slowly and if you didn’t know that well it’s true! Well in 2008, the movie company Pixar decided to make a film in order to point out the harsh reality of our planet’s health in a way that would appeal to the rising generation. And that movie is Wall-E. If you haven’t seen Wall-E, it is a sweet animated movie about a lonely robot living on Earth in the late 2700s. He lives alone and spends his days on the dusty planet stacking trash and collecting old relics with a cockroach as his only friend. Well, one day he meets a new sleek robot called Eve who came to earth to collect a specimen. Throughout the movie, Wall-E falls in love with Eve, she brings a plant back to the spaceship that carries the entire human race and we see what has become of our population. Well to sum it up, the entire human race has become extremely overweight, technology dependent, lazy, and have lost all appreciation for the beauty that once existed on Earth.
This entire movie was made for people to realize what we, as humans, are becoming. After watching this movie, I personally, want to treat the planet better and appreciate it more. This movie also connected to what we are learning in class about land use. When we see Wall-E’s planet we see a dusty gross trash pit.
If we keep living our lives the way we have, our planet will become this! And yes, you can say: “By the time this happens I’ll be dead!” But why should we ruin the planet for future generations? We already hate that past generations have gotten it to this point: with oceans full of plastic, dozens of different species of animals going extinct, forests being cut down, etc. Why should we make it even worse when we can help turn it around? One way we can do this is by reducing our ecological footprint. If we limit the resources we use and try to live more efficiently we can help reduce pollution and resource depletion.
Do you really want the Earth to end up like Wall-E’s? Wouldn’t you rather be able to enjoy nature in person rather than viewing it from a screen on a crowded spaceship?
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