Through the wonder that is Netflix Watch Instantly and my beloved Roku box I have been watching the absolutely fabulous series "Eco Trip". Eco Trip takes something that you or I use every day (the first episode I watched was about chocolate) and tracks it's journey from beginning to end. The host, David de Rothschild is very British and obviously very committed to the green cause. He is also adorable and actually rather funny.
Being me, who loves this planet in a tangible way,(If you know me you probably know what I mean by *tangible*. If you don't and want to know, just ask. I'm trying really hard to stay off my soapbox here.) I could go on and on about the wonders of this series. It's well produced, chooses it's topics wisely and while it certainly highlights all the many creative ways we humans are destroying our planet, it doesn't do any real finger pointing. It's more like, "here's the info, do with it as you will". Again, being me, I don't completely understand why every person who breathes isn't doing everything they can to be kind to the planet, but I try not to point any fingers either. Oprah once said something to the effect of " we make our choices based on the information we have. Once we have the information, we can't say anymore, I didn't know." I have thought of that bit of wisdom as I have watched each episode. Everyone needs to know these things. If you hear it and ignore it, that's on you, but if you hear and are inspired to act ....there lies the beauty.
So, Sundance Channel, Eco Trip. Go forth and be enlightened.
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