Post on 01-Nov-2014
description
Story
• Mission• Learning• Separation• Rebellion• Triumph
Speaker
• Jake Sully• James Cameron
Audience
• The World• Prestige of Director• People Who Already Connect With Nature
Context
• What Leads up to this Movie– Mounting Global Climate Crisis– Increased Awareness of our Exploitation of Planet– Corporations Today Force Relocations on Native
Populations for Resources
Radical Argument• Radical Theme– Action/Force Necessary– Rebel– No Compromise
Deep Ecology
• Deep Ecology– Environmental Philosophy– A Way of Being– Value– Interdependency
Deep Ecology Argument
• Part of, Rather Than Separate From Nature• Energy Borrowed– “One Day You Have To Give it Back”
Effectiveness
• Box Office– Domestic - ~$760 Million– International - ~$2 Billion– Total $2.78 Billion
• Opportunities– Climate Change– Ocean Acidification– Avatar Home Tree Initiative– Belo Monte Dam– Proposition 23
Questions/Comments