Your Environmental Road Trip Film: A Reaction Paper
Your Environmental Road Trip. (Y.E.R.T): The Film
A Reaction Paper
1 year. 50 states. 1 hybrid car. No garbage? 3 friends- Mark Dixon, Ben Evans and Julie Dingman, go on an adventure they call Y.E.R.T (Your Environmental Road Trip) with a goal of not only changing the condition of our Earth by themselves but proving that there are other people in America who help save the Earth through their own ways. And on the way, they try to find answers to the most critical question everyone is asking: ARE WE DOOMED?
When I learned that we were going to watch this film, not that I wasn't excited to watch it but, I thought that it was just another boring movie that will teach us how to plant trees, how to dispose our garbage properly and other experiments, but I was mistaken. It was beyond planting trees, and they didn't conduct their experiments with artificial stuff, they themselves were the experiments. They tried all sorts of experiments on themselves to see if they could survive under these conditions, like not using incandescent light bulbs, taking Navy showers( very, very short showers), eating only corn-containing food for a month and having a rule that their 1-month garbage must fit 1 shoebox. It was such a big sacrifice and a big risk, especially for Julie who was pregnant. But it was the sacrifice and risk that anyone who wants to save the Earth was willing to take.
The movie was so interesting because I got to see the different ways Americans do to help save the Earth. Before we watched the movie, I didn't know that there were so many Americans doing their part. The top 3 things that attracted me most during the movie were: The Rooftop of the city hall of Illinois, the Bikes and the City Museum. To see a rooftop greenery in the middle of place filled with buildings and different infrastructures was a beautiful sight to see. It's like the beautiful scenery is calling you, saying " Hey! Rather than staring at me from faraway, make a greenery on your
A Reaction Paper
1 year. 50 states. 1 hybrid car. No garbage? 3 friends- Mark Dixon, Ben Evans and Julie Dingman, go on an adventure they call Y.E.R.T (Your Environmental Road Trip) with a goal of not only changing the condition of our Earth by themselves but proving that there are other people in America who help save the Earth through their own ways. And on the way, they try to find answers to the most critical question everyone is asking: ARE WE DOOMED?
When I learned that we were going to watch this film, not that I wasn't excited to watch it but, I thought that it was just another boring movie that will teach us how to plant trees, how to dispose our garbage properly and other experiments, but I was mistaken. It was beyond planting trees, and they didn't conduct their experiments with artificial stuff, they themselves were the experiments. They tried all sorts of experiments on themselves to see if they could survive under these conditions, like not using incandescent light bulbs, taking Navy showers( very, very short showers), eating only corn-containing food for a month and having a rule that their 1-month garbage must fit 1 shoebox. It was such a big sacrifice and a big risk, especially for Julie who was pregnant. But it was the sacrifice and risk that anyone who wants to save the Earth was willing to take.
The movie was so interesting because I got to see the different ways Americans do to help save the Earth. Before we watched the movie, I didn't know that there were so many Americans doing their part. The top 3 things that attracted me most during the movie were: The Rooftop of the city hall of Illinois, the Bikes and the City Museum. To see a rooftop greenery in the middle of place filled with buildings and different infrastructures was a beautiful sight to see. It's like the beautiful scenery is calling you, saying " Hey! Rather than staring at me from faraway, make a greenery on your