This first cartoon deals with what they call "carbon footprinting," which means when you emit off carbon you are leaving your mark behind by destroying something precious to someone in the ecosystme. The cartoon is mildly amusing in that the one bunny is so amazed at the discovery of the non-footprint bunny thinking that he is super-human but in reality all he's doing is covering up his tracks or preventing himself from making any tracks at all. This is what America needs to do is to refrain from doing things that emit carbon gases and if we do slip up then do something to make up for it.
This second video's humor lies within the little man not believing in global warming and underestimating the effects that it leaves behind. He makes several references such as how much carbon gases an individual lets off in a year, and how much the U.S. emits. He then answers by saying that the earth is so big that it won't effect him. What he doesn't realize is that otehr people around the world are just like him and it all adds uo in the end. This is at the end of the video when he realizes that after figuring out the numeber, their is a whole hell of a lot more pianos that he imagined. This video may not provide ways to fix the problem like the first one but it does speak to people who feel that global warming is still not a big deal in our times.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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Both are excellent animated cartoons.
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There are others interested in global warming as a topic and the use of cartoons and videos in moving viewers to act.