It's the 11th Hour: Let's Begin

For the last 30 years, reports have chronicled the demise of the life
support systems that enable human life to thrive. The destruction of the
world's ecosystems is at the human hand. Our endless drive for growth and
consumption of resources to support our civilization without long-term
thinking have created a host of powerful challenges that we will have to
confront and solve if we are to survive. The combined problem of climate
change, loss of biodiversity, pollution of air and water, soil deterioration
and the acidification of the ocean, will challenge us for our lives. This
moment in history is what The 11th Hour film chronicles. We are at a
crossroads and The 11th Hour describes how we got to this point, and the way
forward, the path to a sustainable future. One of the questions The 11th
Hour asks is why, if the earth is our only home, has there been no
significant and effective response to the deterioration of the very things
that give us life. For reasons that historians will discuss long into the
future (hopefully), the generation in charge, the leadership of our
corporations, governments and many non-profit organizations, have failed to
adequately address these problems. And it isn't that they didn't see it
coming. And so, we find ourselves facing a human extinction crisis. OK, so
maybe we don't go extinct in 10 years, or even 50, but we are certainly on
the path to extinction and we are only an infant species. We've only been
around for 150,000 years or so; and when, on average, a species gets a run
on earth for a million; we're going down early. Let's stop that from
happening. And the good news is that we can; if we act decisively and if we
act now, in concert with each other, in community as well as at the city,
state and national level. We desperately need leadership and if it isn't
going to come from Washington, than it has to come from our us and our
communities. Let's begin.