I wanted to see the new Disney-Pixar movie WALL-E ever since I saw a trailer for it last January. I saw this sweet and charming film yesterday and just LOVED it. I highly recommend seeing this film no matter what age you are.

All the top film critics are raving about WALL-E. Here is what some of the other film critics are saying.

Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News
WALL-E is probably the sweetest movie ever made about humans destroying the earth.

Stephan Whitty, Newark Star Ledger
WALL-E is a surprisingly moving parable of what we waste, and what we should cherish -- and wrapped in a romance so absurdly moving it could wring a tear or two even from Gort and Robby the Robot. Or a parent and child.

MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
WALL-E is art. Hell, it's philosophy -- it's practically religion.

Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Inteligencer
WALL-E, an animated robot love story with an environmental message and a slapstick delivery, is a charmer of a film and a delightful piece of storytelling.

Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine
Not only is this a great Sci-Fi film, it's also easily one of the most romantic! Dismissing this as just another kid’s film is not only unfair to the movie, it's unfair to you.

James Rocchi, Cinematical
Too many kid's movies are created to give kids things to buy; WALL-E is a kid's movie that might, perhaps, give you and your kids pause to think about what things truly cost.

Carla Meyer, Sacramento Bee
Offers a touching robot romance, visuals as artful as they are state-of-the- art, and vital messages about environmental and personal health.

David M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazett
...an immensely appealing film for all ages.

Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
WALL-E is not only a triumph in terms of style, it's also a triumph in terms of story. There's a real emotional resonance and depth to this material

Ken Fox, TV Guide’s Movie Guide
It can hardly be called a children's film, but a masterpiece of feature-film animation for all ages.

John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
The genius of WALL-E is how so many disparate influences...are incorporated and evoked while creating something unique...What a wonderful world it would be if the talents they manifest here could somehow be marshalled to address real-life problems.

Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
By turns sad, hilarious, exciting and, ultimately, hopeful, this is a film of Great Truths masquerading as child's play.

Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com
Not since Titanic will you have heard two prospective partners cry out each other's names with as much longing (and frequency) and if there's any karma, fate, or pure love out there to believe in than WALL-E will equal its attendance and then some.

Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
While the film's social message comes through loud and clear, it never detracts from the heart of the picture--the unlikely romance between WALL-E and EVE.

Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com
Though perfection in film is a highly unlikely proposition, WALL-E indeed has become 2008's first perfect film and one of the best Pixar projects of all time.


Source: RottenTomatoes.com

Je te présente l'ultime lettre à mon ange :

" Cher Arthur,

Depuis le début, ils m'ont menée en bateau. Je viens de me souvenir, j'ai toujours cru que j'étais Hortense, mais ce n'est pas moi, c'est lui. J'ai toujours cru qu'il était l'orange, mais ce n'est pas lui, c'est moi. Arthur, ils m'ont séparée de toi, ils ont tenté, et ils tentent encore. Je suis perdue, confuse, et je me rends compte qu'au final, celui que j'ai toujours voulu sauver, c'est moi. Celui qui est en ligne de mire, c'est moi. Celui qui me protège, c'est lui. Sauver les petites soeurs... A travers mes yeux, il m'a dirigée et équilibrée. En fait, je ne sais plus qui est qui. Durant tout ce temps, ils ont tenté de me séparer de moi-même. Me faire oublier. Me renier. J'étais en deuil de moi-même. Tu es moi et je suis toi et ensemble on sera. Je suis le "fils ressuscité". Il est la fille. Je suis celui qui est emprisonné, et elle est ma liberté. Je suis les ailes du papillon, elle est la fleur que je butine. Je suis le voleur, et elle la police. Je suis le lapin, et elle la chasseuse. J'ai tout fait pour elle. Et elle n'est pas là. Je lui ai décroché la Lune, et ça ne lui suffit pas. Je lui ai offert mon or, elle n'est toujours pas satisfaite. Je lui ai offert mes lettres, elle n'y croit toujours pas. Je lui ai offert ma vie, elle veut encore mourir. Je lui ai offert ma présence, elle veut encore me fuir. Je lui ai offert mon soutient, elle continue à me nier.

`````Cigarettes`````

We smoke them because we are meant to?

The companies that manufacture the product that holds the cause for more deaths then any Two harmful products put together, is so successful because...They're not really selling a product at all.

They are selling a basic human need, an Instinct, and because they've figured this out, it has made them Benefactors of Death. Or BOD as I call them.

The BOD understands that it is within every human’s nature to rebel. When coming to a certain age every Human being has to prove his or her ability to make decisions on his or her own. So as we been following orders our whole lives from parents and teachers and priests or rabbi’s or whatever, we want to break free, and prove our maturity and ability to be self dependent. We aim for the targets we been told never to touch.

The forbidden…
The cigarettes and guns and drugs and alcohol and Crime.

Notice how every one of those make up a huge margin in the economy’s money.

So the BOD give a small, (and it's a HUGE amount of money but Small to the Multi-Billion $ Corporations), small percentage of the proceeds to our great governments and in return they are able to sell a devastating product to its Fair Country and The Way they Sell it is even More amazing.

BECAUSE They know, the Basic human Nature of Rebellion and the need to make independant choices regardless of the hazards. So to make the sales of this product even more affective, they tell us NOT to smoke it. The commercials and anti-smoking ads we see everyday are bankrolled by the very same people who manufacture these Cancer sticks. WOW, my hats off to you Mr. Murderer. You really know how to manipulate our fragile minds.

Ignorance was Bliss

The first Flash Search Engine is an Environmental Search Engine!! http://www.greenplanetsearch.com is now live!

 When Mike Haney first presented the idea behind the technology behind

www.greenplanetsearch.com, he was laughed down. Virtually, of course. “Everyone can

dream,: scoffed one, erroneously.

A few people were intrigued. The combination of Haney’s vision of a Flash-driven search

engine, and the plan to create a dazzling environmental education resource, eventually

attracted a loose-knit corps of collaborators, most of whom have never met in person first

among them Andre Roussille, a French computer programmer, and now part owner of the

company.

The upshot from this collaboration, apart from the stunningly beautiful homepage, is the

only people involved in the creation of the search engine, is that the only people involved

in the development devoted environmentalists, who genuinely wish to disseminate good

information to students and educators.

Later, through a similar serendipity, Mr. Haney teamed up with a veteran journalist who

agreed to lend his services to the site, building from scratch a source of environmental

news and policy analysis.

Advertisers will be strictly vetted by the companies shareholders, limited to companies

that are making a meaningful contribution the planet’s health.

The final result, which was launched this week, is the culminating of thousands of

hours of work, and more than a few false starts.

It boasts easily navigable information, experiments, lesson plans, presented in an interactive and graphically enhanced format,

and has an exclusive global climate change resource section for teachers and kids.

If you would like more information about greenplanetsearch.com, or to schedule an

interview with Mike Haney, please call Mike Haney at 305.531.3746   or e-mail info@greenplanetsearch.com. 

  A Movie That Santa Does Not Want You To See!

What Would Jesus Buy? is a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas that just came out on DVD. I rented it last night and found it quite hilarious and very thought-provoking as well.

What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!

Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well into the thousands. Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? is a journey into the heart of America – from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land … Disneyland.

Will we be led like Sheeple to the Christmas slaughter, or will we find a new way to give a gift this Christmas? What Would Jesus Buy? may just be the divine intervention we’ve all been searching for.

The Shopocalypse is upon us … Who will be $aved?

I thought the film had a nice mix of serious & relevant information, as well as outrageously funny scenes. The 11th Hour film expert Bill McKibben is featured in the film under the section called “Malling of America.” Bill talks about how he feels in a 100 years from now we won’t be doing the things that we are doing now. We will have figured way more interesting things to do than just go shopping as our main activity. Unfortunately, he thinks we don’t have a 100 years to make that transition. We have to make it more quickly than it would happen naturally or else we will derail the Earth’s physical systems – especially the climate.

One of my favorite scenes is when Reverend Billy and his Choir go Christmas caroling door to door. They sing these popular Christmas songs to families using new lyrics.

Deck the Malls with Folks with Money!
FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA
Tis the Season to be Dummies!
FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

  AND 

Joy to the World!
In the Form of Goods!
Consume! Consume! Consume!
Bright Plastics This and That’s!
For Screaming Little Brats!
Take the SUV to the Mall
Take the SUV to the Mall

I also loved the part where Reverend Billy hears peoples’ confessions out of a confessional booth that he sets up on a street corner with a sign that reads, “Confess Your Shopping Sins.” Alright, I will come clean and confess my biggest shopping SIN from the past few years. I bought one of those big exercise balls, and only used it twice. It sat in my closet for a couple of years, then I finally gave it away.

I feel much better now that I confessed. 

            William Kamkwamba

Can films change the world? No, films can’t change the world. But the people who watch them can. 


What is Pangea Day?
Pangea Day was the world’s largest global film event that took place on May 10, 2008. The cities of Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro were all linked to produce a live 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music.

Pangea Day was created as a worldwide cinema event with programming that highlighted the themes of unity, the common ties that bind us into a global culture. In a world where people are often divided, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that - to help people see themselves in others - through the power of film. Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion, uniting millions of people to build a better future. The goal is to invite the viewers of these films to join a global conversation about the issues that affect us all.

Pangea refers to the supercontinent from which all current continents eventually separated. It serves as a reminder of the "connectedness" or unitary nature of all people on Planet Earth.


I only got to watch a little over an hour of Pangea Day live on May 10th, and I have been watching the rest of the films and speakers a little each day. If you want to treat yourself to something special then take the time to watch this inspiring event on the internet.

If you only have time to watch one film, then watch the award winning and very inspiring film Moving Windmills. This is a very short film about a 14 year old boy, William Kamkwamba who lives in a remote rural village in Malawi where they have no electricity. William saw a picture of a windmill in a textbook and decided to build one to power his family's home. Using found materials and scrap yard parts such as a broken bicycle, tractor fan, melted plastic pipes, bamboo and used copper wires, he built a series of windmills which would change his and his family's life.

You can watch the full Pagean Day program HERE, or just watch the films HERE.

ABC News takes a look inside the Panea Day Festival.

Enjoy!  Be Inspired!  Be Enlightened!

Bank of America supports the Brighter Planet Visa Card. very $1,000 spent in purchases with the card earns 1,000 points♦ that will fund an estimated 1 ton of carbon offsets—that’s roughly equivalent to taking a car off the road for 2,000 miles or powering and heating/cooling your home for a month!

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If you liked the 11th hour, or agreed with it's points of discussion anyway.. Watch these features too!

- An inconvenient truth

- The future of food

- What the bleep do we know?

- What the bleep, down the rabbit hole...

- Into the wild   (incl. Motion Picture Soundtrack!)

I also see lots of interesting stuff on Discovery, Animal Planet and National Geographic.

F.E...

- Life after man (discovery docufilm)

(Read this article http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/life-after-man-a-vision-of-the-future-459573.html)

I'm not sure about you other 11th Hour Actioners, but I get a lot of credit card offers in the mail. Not only do the pose risks of identity theft if not shredded before thrown out, but they waste a lot of paper!

Let's face it. If you need a credit card, you can go looking for one. There's no reason to be recieving offers in the mail weekly just to be thrown out.

The good news is you can opt-out of receiving credit card offers for 5 years at www.optoutprescreen.com. After completing the form, your name will be removed from the lists that Equifax, Experian, Innovis and TransUnion provide to businesses for making you credit card offers.

Despite them asking for your SSN and date of birth, the website is completely safe and your information is protected. Here's how to do it:

visit www.optoutprescreen.com

click on the bottom button that reads "Click here to Opt-In or Opt-Out".

They will give you three options: Opt-In if you want to start receiving credit card offers, electronic opt-out for 5 years, or permanent opt out by mail. If you want to permanently opt-out, please do! I don't have any stamps on hand so I just did the 5 year electronic option.

Fill out the form with your information. It will be processed in 5 days and you will start to see less and less credit card offers in your mailbox, and save more and more paper! I just completed the form, so I'll let you know if I notice a difference!

Do it now. It takes two seconds and makes a positive difference in our paper consumption!

Waste Less.

Emily O.

11th Hour Action Intern