Our "Home"

Last night Rutgers held a special viewing of the documentary “Home”. Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, who is best known for his breathtaking aerial photographs, this was truly an eye opening film. The music by Armand Amar played a powerful role and combined with the incredible scenes and shots, captured the heart of this viewer.
The documentary discussed many of today's environmental issues and the historical events that lead to this point in time. The idea of humanity and man's role in the environment versus man's actual actions and decisions is an important and essential topic that must be addressed. With nation's spending billions on military and with modern civilizations extracting almost every bit of natural resources and releasing harmful by-products into the atmosphere I question "What is truly important to us as a species and where do our values lie?" Hearing about countries such as Costa Rica, who eliminated their military and knowing that slowly new technologies are taking form to replace unsustainable methods keep me optimistic.
Here is a link to the movie, I recommend all to watch.
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU”