Unknown oceanic depths, mysterious expanses of space, amazing tropical forests, amazing mountain ranges - an amazing, mysterious and mysterious world has been surrounding us since time immemorial. Man's constant striving for progress has certainly yielded results - water flows straight from the tap for us, and electricity and the Internet have become so familiar that now it is difficult for us to imagine our existence without these benefits of civilization.
Huge factories, the number of which is growing every year, provide modern humanity with almost all the necessary resources. We mastered metal and learned how to use oil, invented paper and gunpowder, and huge information resources are now stored on tiny plastic media.
You have to pay for everything
It would seem that the life of modern mankind is almost perfect - everything is at hand, everything can be bought or produced, but not everything is so smooth. In the pursuit of progress, we lose sight of one extremely important detail - the limitednatural resources. Every year, human activity causes the extinction of a huge number of species of living beings, not to mention the destruction of forests and significant changes in the climate, leading to global cataclysms.
One of the most serious and requiring attention issues are environmental problems. The arguments for preserving the environment range from appeals for mercy to scientific evidence of a planetary threat.
What movies are made about
When you think about it, there is a truly staggering number of films out there today that deal with the need to protect the environment. An example is the famous disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, which reveals the theme of global warming, or the sensational film starring John Cusack with the minimalistic title 2012.
By and large, one of the most popular topics in modern (and not only) cinema is precisely the problems of ecology. Arguments in favor of limiting the use of natural resources literally rain down on the viewer right from the screen, but so far this has not brought significant results.
Book Pages
This kind of topic is no less common in literature. Not only artistic, but also scientific book production from a variety of sides illuminates all kinds ofenvironmental arguments. In the book "Silent spring", for example, the dangers of using pesticides are revealed, and Robin Murray in her work "The Goal - Zero Waste" draws the reader's attention to the need for high-quality waste disposal in order to save the environment.
In any classic or modern dystopia, one way or another, the topic of the irrational use of natural resources and the harmful influence of humans on the flora and fauna of the planet is covered.
Following the footsteps of Ray Bradbury
A classic example of fiction on the subject of the irrational use of resources and opportunities by man can be called the novel "Thunder Came" by Ray Bradbury. Not the last place in the work is occupied by the problems of ecology. The author's arguments are quite impressive - the disappearance of a tiny butterfly can lead to truly irreversible consequences that have changed the entire course of evolution.
A Friend of the Earth
This novel describes the ecological situation in the not-so-distant 2026, when there are practically no trees or wild animals left. It would seem, what other arguments are required? Many writers turn to the problem of ecology in the literature, and the author of the work we are considering does not skimp on large-scale comparisons of the past and the future and a description of what the Earth can lose if the planet's population does not reconsider its views on the use of natural resources.
Orwell said it
Endless buildings of various ministries, dirt, devastation, in which the modern world is immersed - this is a classica landscape from the novel 1984, in which the arguments for the problem of ecology are for the most part in comparisons between the naturalness of nature and the coldness of a man-made stone.
Cloud Atlas
Both the film, co-produced by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, and the book by David Mitchell are trying to draw the attention of the masses to unreasonable human behavior. Although indirectly, this work also highlights certain environmental issues. The author gives arguments in such a way that the reader (and then the viewer) simply sometimes cannot understand whether the past is before him or the future.
Noisy megacities without a single trace of vegetation echo in this masterpiece with endless green forests and blue oceans, among which there is no place for man anymore. Food is replaced with special soap here, and society is served by specially created “manufactured products” that are disposed of and turned into a source of energy after the expiration date.
Description of the beautiful
Today, one of the most pressing problems is the problem of ecology. Arguments from the literature on this topic can be absolutely scientific and proven facts, but they cannot be compared with the descriptions of the purity and beauty of flora and fauna, which abound in world classics. How can you not think about the preservation of the environment, reading about the virgin jungle and ocean depths in Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"? How can you remain indifferent to saving endangered species while holding an autobiographical book by Joy Adamson"Born Free"?
What is the problem of ecology for modern mankind? Arguments from literature, cinema, and even computer games from the category of Last of us are no longer able to impress him. Sometimes it seems that the imaginary “stop” button responsible for stopping the destruction of the environment can only be pressed in the most extreme, extreme situation, when there may be no turning back.
A huge number of leading scientists around the world continuously trumpet the threat looming over humanity, citing more and more weighty arguments. It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the problem of ecology. Actions in favor of preserving the environment are becoming increasingly large scale. Relevant petitions collect millions and even billions of signatures around the world, but this does not stop modern man. And who knows what it will lead to later…
