For the past week, Reuters employees around the world have been holding events to raise awareness on what we can do to save Earth's environment. Like many dutiful employees, I wore a green article of clothing to work today in Bangalore, but I cannot say that my green tie raised my, or any of my colleagues', consciousness. However, flying from India to Dubai, I put my work aside and skipped the light comedy film my tired mind and body wished to watch, to take in Al Gore's recent documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
This is a great film which should be required viewing, not just for those like me that were already worried about global warming, but especially for those who believe it won't happen or that it is someone else's problem. At age 47, I just might make it through this lifetime without suffering the potentially devastating effects on our planet (but Hurricane Katrina made me wonder), but with an eight and six year old I am worried about them and the earth they will inherit.