Film Review丨Guarding Our Homeland is more than just turning off the lights for an hour

Every year, on the last Saturday night of March, some people around the planet embrace an hour of 'darkness'. Earth Hour is a global initiative by WWF to address global climate change by calling on individuals, communities, businesses and governments to turn off their lights for one hour on the last Saturday of March between 20:30-21:30 to inspire a sense of responsibility for the planet and to reflect on environmental issues such as climate change and show support for the global fight against climate change. and thinking about environmental issues such as climate change, demonstrating support for the global collective action against climate change.
Since it was first held in Australia in 2007, the annual Earth Hour event has become the most influential environmental event in the world. The theme of this year's event is still "Speak Up for the Earth", which aims to encourage the public to pay more attention to the protection of the natural ecological environment.
When it comes to environmental protection, there is a documentary called "Home" that is worthy of recommendation, and after watching it, it is enough to restore our respect for nature.
Filmed over a period of 18 months in 54 countries and 120 locations, the documentary uses aerial photography to create a pure and stunning image. From the Great Barrier Reef under the sea in Australia to Mount Kilimanjaro in the African highlands of Kenya; from the Amazon rainforest to the Gobi desert; from the continuous cotton fields of Texas to the Great Wall of China, the skyscrapers of Shanghai and the industrial towns of Shenzhen. The film uses an objective and dispassionate perspective to show the world the stunning beauty of the earth and its increasingly dangerous state; to remind the world to cherish the only home we have on earth with its strange and gorgeous beauty.
The film is narrated by the narrator: "20% of the world's population consumes 80% of the planet's resources; the annual global military expenditure exceeds 12 times the aid funding of developing countries; 5,000 people die every day from contaminated drinking water; 1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water; nearly 1 billion people face famine; more than 50% of the world's traded grains are used for More than 50% of the world's traded grains are used for animal feeding or biological feedstock; 40% of arable land has deteriorated; 13 million hectares of forest disappear each year; one quarter of mammals, one eighth of birds and one third of amphibians face extinction; species are dying off at a rate 1,000 times faster than their natural reproduction; three-quarters of fisheries are depleted, abandoned or in danger of being reduced; the average temperature over the last 15 years is the highest on record; the ice cap is denser than it has been in 40 years; and the ice cap is more dense than it has ever been. highest on record; the ice cap is 40% less dense than it was 40 years ago; and 200 million people will be refugees by 2050."
Despite the environmental theme, there is very little filth or squalor in the footage, instead more images are devoted to the magnificence of nature and the bounty of life. The blue planet is beautifully and poetically written by director Bertrand: "A network of rivers finally forms, like the veins of a human body, the branches of a tree, the conduits of its sap ...... blue-green algae and shells marry to give birth to coral, and the 350,000 square kilometres of coral thickets on the Great Barrier Reef give birth to another 1,500 species of marine Fish ......" There are no computer effects depicting future catastrophes, no shockingly gory violence. The actual footage of the present day and the data material in magnified type is stunning.
It has been more than ten years since China took part in Earth Hour in 2009, and it is time for us to think and act more. It is undeniable that the Earth Hour campaign does have an important role to play in reminding people to pay attention to carbon dioxide reduction and protecting the environment, and advocating a green lifestyle, and the environmental awareness of participants has been raised to a certain extent.
However, in reality, many people only come to the event for fun, and the real protection of the environment may only be on the day of the event, or only in words. This is a superficial and even utilitarian perception of the significance of Earth Hour. Turning off the lights for one hour is only a formality and a means to an end, but the goal is to popularise the concept of environmental protection and inspire environmental action.
Indeed, sometimes too much attention is paid to the effect of the form of the activity, often neglecting the depth of its connotation, so that people will pour all their enthusiasm into the "Earth Hour" activity itself, but in daily life did not develop the habit of low-carbon life, still "big hands and feet "This has made the event lose its original meaning. Earth Hour, like Car Free Day, is short on time, but not short on environmental significance. It's not a cause for celebration, but an orientation and aspiration. Instead of focusing on the lights out for one hour, we should think seriously about how to use the high level of attention to gather environmental consensus, help environmental action, and fully exploit the meaning of Earth Hour activities beyond.
Only if we understand, we will care; only if we care, we will act; only if we act, there will be hope for life.
We are both part of the symbiosis of the planet and a shareholder of the gifts of nature.
Remember, we need the Earth, not the Earth needs us!
We have also always believed that the small efforts of ordinary people are the key to making environmental conservation a success.
To protect nature is to safeguard our own home.