11th Hour

In today's class, watching the 11th Hour opened the eyes of everyone in the auditorium. Throughout the documentary, faces dropped, minds started rambling, conclusions were brainstormed. The documentary emphasized the fault of us as humans on the life threatening disasters. As a whole, our planet has acquired exponential growth by using reserved artificial light from millions of years ago. Without this light billions of us would not exist to this day. As humans, we depend on oil; in fact we wouldn't survive without oil. We, humans, are responsible for the damage that has occurred. Smoking alone increases CO2 every day increasing global warming. In fact, natural disasters are not considered natural, they are more of a man made consequence created by ourselves. We choose to be selfish and corrupt our planet and now we must pay for it. The worse is yet to come as humans have not figured out how to change their ways. Hurricane Katrina was only the beginning. Think about the average five million toxins that are dumped into the ocean every day. As designers, master manipulators, creative directors, leaders, we as a whole can improve our planet and brainwash our target audience. Influencing many to use products in which don't harm the environment must begin to become a ra deteriating pid growing fad. From a design standpoint, as long as something 'looks cool' to a non-designer's eyes, they'll be sucked into purchasing and utilizing the eco-friendly product. We can make a difference, we can save our planet, decrease the CO2, minimize the lost lives of many due to the "natural" disasters. If we have the power to do this, how come no one has taken the initiative to begin? I propose one shall organize a designing cult which solely focuses on the de-cherishing atmosphere.