I watched The Lorax - an easy-to-watch cartoon movie that was filled the screen with bright colours. I liked that every one wear bright colours, drive different cars and do all activities, though this happened in a self-contained 'plastic' world. The Lorax has a strong environmental message that filled the plot on several occasions:
1. The town does not have real trees. People in this town are happy with everything plastic. Even the concept of bottled air is being sold to people - as the people gladly accepted it as a means to live. [Maybe I am starting to think how comfortable each of us are - in our own small world - oblivious to the pollution out there, the number of trees that have cut down, the ozone, the wasteland, etc. Do any of us consciously reflect on how gree we lead our lives?]
2. Instead of using sustainable means to harvest the Thneed from the Truffula Trees, Once-ler broke his promise to the Lorax and carried out mass deforestation. [Maybe that serves as a message to the opportunists out there - logging and dumping - so as to earn the next big bucks. But are fame and cash so important that you would 'kill the golden goose for its eggs'?]
3. Ted had significant difficulty in convincing the people in Thneedville that planting trees are important. It is only until the people have witnesses the wasteland and the current state of pollution. [Maybe it is time to ask ourselves if we could reverse the process of global warming and save the world. Must we personally witness the pollution that we created so that we can be convinced on the important of conversation?]
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