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04 June 2009
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand's new film gives a bird's eye view of what is happening to the planet.
Today is World Environment Day, one of the bigger environmental awareness events in an ever more jam-packed calendar of eco-consciousness-raising exercises (June also being National Oceans Month, with World Oceans Day on June 8 and the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17) . Among the events to mark the occasion is the worldwide premiere of Home, a new documentary by acclaimed visual artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
For the past few decades Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing the Earth from above, providing a new perspective on both the beauty of nature as well the degree to which human activities have impacted up the natural landscape.
In 1994 he began a study on the state of the world sponsored by UNESCO. The project resulted in a free exhibition, appropriately called Earth from Above, that toured more than 100 cities and attracted an estimated 120 million viewers, and publication a book that sold a very respectable 3 million copies.
Home is not-for-profit project, with all greenhouse gas emissions from its filming have been offset through GoodPlanet, a not-for-profit organisation established by Arthus-Bertrand several years ago. What else ... oh yeah! Apparently the working tile was Boomerang – and you may have already noticed that the opening image on the video below comes from the Great Barrier Reef.
But enough words. As the publicity guff says: "From the sky, there is less need for explanations."
To watch the full thing proceed to the film's website by clicking here.
Let us know what you think of it.
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