Before The Flood : A Review

National Geographic has just released the film "Before The Flood" that tackles the subject of climate change, its effects, its causes, the options to deal with it and the obstacles in the way of the solutions to the problem. Directed by Fisher Stevens, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, a U.N. Messenger of Peace, on his personal journey over the last three years as he interviews and interacts with individuals from different sections of society in both developing and developed countries, like USA, China, India, Indonesia and more.

DiCaprio talks about the main causes of Global Warming, its noticeable effects, the gravity of the situation and what the future could be for the human race. The people he interviews, locals, scientists and World leaders, offer their own unique and pragmatic views on what needs to be done, starting now, to prevent the predicted catastrophic changes to our lives on this planet.

This is a review of that documentary, and my views on the matter are best saved for a separate post. But whatever your opinion or stance on the theory of Global Warming and Climate Change, I would urge you to watch this film as it shows the recorded and visible science of the negative effects that the lifestyle of the developed and developing nations of the world is having on the planet's ecosystem. It also discusses the challenges in dealing with the destructive impact of our lifestyles, in terms of adopting alternative cleaner sources of energy on all scales, and the how the problem is so deep rooted in the system and what can people possibly do about a problem so gargantuan in its scale.

National Geographic has made this film available for free viewing on their YouTube Channel :


As part of their campaign to inform and create an awareness and getting people mobilised to take measures to preserve our future on this planet, National Geographic along with 21st Century Fox will donate $1 to Pristine Seas $1 to the Wildlife Conservation Society, up to $50,000 (it's not much, I know) to each organisation for every use of #BeforeTheFlood across Facebook, Twitter & Instagram between October 24 - 18 November.

I would also urge you to visit the website www.beforetheflood.com to get to know more about the topic and to take action, towards trying to save the world as we know it. Thanks for reading.

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