Feeling Hot and Sweaty These August Days?
scrappybadger August 16th, 2007
The new National Geographic movie, Arctic Tale, might help. It has tons of ice water shots that look pretty inviting when it is hot outside. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough ice. The movie highlights the effects of global warming on animal populations in the Arctic wildlife, and, as we’ve heard a lot lately, shrinking ice deposits are one of the biggest dangers to the animals.
We saw it as part of a free sneak preview, but proceeds for regular ticket sales go to fund organizations doing work in the Arctic.
I really liked it, and it would have been even better if all those loud-mouthed kids had stayed home. Geez, isn’t there some kind of ordinance against bringing them in public before the age of 15?
Thanks for posting the pic of the entire family. I’m crying again now.
Oh no, will it make me cry? I love polar bears. If I had a spirit guide, it would be a polar bear–but I don’t.
Well, Piig and our friend Jackie cried. Really I think what Piig did was more like sobbing, so yeah, you might cry. The real tragedy is that all of those happy little families left the movie theatre and drove home in their SUVs. Sometimes I wonder if anything that doesn’t directly and obviously impact people on an individual level will ever make a difference. It is really sad the way we change the lives of all these animals.
As I read back over my last comment I notice that it sounds incredibly arrogant. I should say that I include myself in those last two sentences. I went home to my air conditioned house, used up some electricity, etc.