A long time before Al Gore’s movie -An Inconvenient Truth- was released, a long time before the Climate Summit in Nairobi took place, the question of how to preserve nature sustainably was one of the most urgent of our time.This question of sustainability is, however you rate the movie of Al Gore, an important one to everybody, to politicians, to scientists etc. It’s also a question to
be discussed between the generations: What did our parents deliver to us and what are we going to leave our children behind?To be honest: The new interest in environmental questions in our countries came along with Hurricane Katrina last year. It was the first time when the Western
Hemisphere was undeniably hit by the climate change. Before that, the growing of the desert land in Africa for instance was more empirical data to us than a relevant
fact for our every day life. Before Al Gore’s movie we had the Motion Picture -The day after tomorrow- that dealt with the same issues. It has been discussed controversally more in the U.S. than in European countries where climate change is taken as a fact. Above all things the rest of the world needs for American politicians to change their view on climate change. The Kyoto Treaty has to be joined also by the U.S. government. American politics have to change their agenda and set an example to growing economies like China and India who have the right to compete economically with the U.S. and the EU. But this has to occur under new circumstances: Being sustainable has to be seen as a huge advantage in the next decades by economists.

Movies like the two mentioned may help to change the attitude towards a sustainable lifestyle.Tune in again next week!
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