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An Honest Review of An Inconvenient Truth, The Documentary

From google images An Inconvenient truth is a documentary that strives to educate the public on the rising concerns of global warming. The discussion is facilitated by Al Gore who talks about the urgency of these environmental issues. The main focus is on scientific opinion, causes, and effects global warming has on our planet in the present and future. Ultimately, the end argument is that action needs to be taken now. Personally, I enjoy topics like this and love learning more. Al Gore is a familiar face to some of us and the visuals and statistics he provides are very impactful. I honestly thought it might be a little boring but it did a great job of holding my attention. The documentary really does grab at your emotions and draws the viewer in, which we all know is very effective. It also does not end with all this overwhelming information and nothing for you to do with it. We tend to forget there are little things we can do in our life that effect the use of energy. We can als

Engaging the Public with science

For the first hour of my service learning I helped blow up balloons and organize tickets for the Archie Carnival. From that I could definitely tell a lot goes into these events. However, for the last part of my service learning requirements I went to a panel discussion. It was titled “Keeping Climate Justice in the Center of Climate Policy.”   There were two main speakers, the first Elizabeth Marino and the second was Anthony Oliver-Smith. Dr. Elizabeth Marino  https://osucascades.edu/people/elizabeth-marino Both speakers centered their discussion on climate displacement and the implications this can hold on poorer countries. Disasters are not shared equally by communities, most often un-industrialized countries can not bounce back as fast and experience a higher death toll. These ingenuous communities are even more vulnerable to weather disasters. Scientist also worry demographics will be reshaped due to the growing populations in low elevation places and the sea levels risi