A Wall-E and Wa$ted just the kick start I needed for green fatigue

Have you seen WALL-E yet? It's about an out of control, consumption-driven world, and yet you feel good when you leave. Pixar has done it again by giving us a look into the future without pointing fingers.

At Terry Gamer's suggestion, (she's the second from the left in the IWWT banner above} I took my Pixar-loving husband to see Wall-E. We were totally amused and amazed at the level of animation that Pixar continues to produce. Go to the site and see for yourself and then treat yourself to the big screen version.  It's easy to understand why it made ca-gillions the first weekend out. I'm giving Pixar two robotic thumbs up for creating such a delightful way to stay engaged while facing our own scary reality show. The statisticss from the last post, (over 75% of our current wastestream is made up of products) backs that up. Wall-E's world isn't so far fetched.

Wall-E has incredible visuals and an in-your-face look at a world with no place to store it's throwaway stuff. The story line is of a hard-working "guy" robot who a bit rusty around the edges. He spends his days building skyscrappers of scrap until one day a very svelte and sleek gal bot (Eve) arrives on Earth. She is everything his world isn't and he is instantly smitten. Her directive is to find a living plant and bring it back to the mothership. Sifting through a wasteland of waste isn't a happy thought; all that "reality" would turn most people off, but the love story between the two bots is just enough sugar to keep us engaged and watching.

Perhaps it was serendipitous that Terry mentioned the film as I had also just seen "Wa$ted" for the first time this weekend. You'll find in on the Planet Green cable channel. The stars of the show, Annabelle Gurwitch and Holter Gramham take one family and shows them how much they waste every year. That's pretty dispressing, but then they show how just a few changes not only bring down their carbon and pollution footprint, but their financial expenditures as well.

Both shows ask me the question, "If not now, when? If not you - who"?  Do you need a jolt out of green fatique? Watch either one and I guarantee you'll be back on track.