The Avatar Effect...

As I was casually surfing the web the other day I came across this article on CNN regarding some curious side effects of the new hit movie Avatar. Many people have reported that they have felt the urge to commit suicide because our world has just become as many people said "Too small" and that Earth no longer offers us any mystery as it once did. People are bumming that we have no "Pandora" to explore and that the bore and corruption of our society today has just become to much for them to handle. Many of these accusations got me thinking about the deeper meaning of this new film. After experiencing the movie in Imax 3D (Amazing a must see!) I feel that it conveys a strong environmental messages to all of us on Earth. If greed, corruption, and consumption continue to dominate the lives of billions of people around the globe than all hope for the Human race and mother nature is lost. People need to start looking at the big picture and began to understand how intricately biotic(Living) and abiotic(nonliving) things on earth are connected just like the mystical species of Pandora. Everyone, now, is concerned about the green movement, but what are we actually DOING? I see people driving Hummers in the city and throwing away recyclable materials! Nothing is being done to spot major corperations rethink how they run their business practices! Why? When are we going to make a change as a human race? When will that time come and who will be bold enough? I think that Avatar is letting us know that if we don't change soon we will destroy everything! All the raw beauty in our world will be gone. So my answer to all of you folks who are suffering from the AVATAR EFFECT is to stop, take a minute to think about your life and how you could pioneer change in our modern world (this is our generation's calling afterall). Make sustainable changes in your lives as easy as buying local and seasonal food, using public transit, recycling, and turning off your lights. If everyone learned once again to live in harmony once again with nature, then and only then could we go back to the "Pandora" we once had and Earth as well as the Human race would be better off.

K-nut