Documentaries.
A lot of people think they're boring but I love them. They always make me aware of an issue that I was not aware of before. Here's some that I've found relating to food, sustainability, and our crazy changing world. You can bet that I added these to my Netflix queue.
Dirt! The Movie
Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, this documentary takes a look at one of our most important but least thought about resources, dirt. The loss of nutrients in our topsoil, or as they term it, "the war against dirt" is getting increasingly worse and will greatly affect our futures. http://www.dirtthemovie.org/
The End of the Line
The End of the Line premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to great applaud. Charles Clover, an investigative reporter looks at the effects of overfishing, and how if things don't change we may soon face an ocean without any fish. http://endoftheline.com/
Food, Inc.
This is the only documentary of the three that I've actually watched yet. It really opened my eyes to the shady (and disgusting) practices of the food industry and how we as Americans are relatively ignorant about where our food comes from. It's downright terrifying sometimes as to the things we don't know. And of course it also focuses on what we can do to make our food situation better. http://www.foodincmovie.com/
Cool - I'll be checking these out soon! (post-finals, of course)
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