Before the Flood Film Worksheet

Before the Flood Film 1. Summarize the story told through the painting, “The Garden of Earthy Delights” in the first panel, we have adam and eve in the garden of eden. the second panel, the deadly sins begins to infuse into the painting, overpopulation... and the last panel, was this twisty, decayed, burnt landscape. A paradise that had been degraded and destroyed. 2. Who is Ban Ki-Moon? United Nations, secretary general. 3. When DiCaprio went to the natural history museum, he studies the extinct animals. List three of the animals he mentions. Dodo, passenger pigeon, tasmanian tiger (thylacine) the great aux, the quagga, the moa 4. Most of our economy is based on fossil fuels: coal, oil, natural gas 5. While riding in the helicopter, to what does DiCaprio compare the oil mining landscape? Mordor, from Lord of the Rings 6. The first time DiCaprio heard about global warming, who told him that it was the most important issue of our time? Vice President Al Gore in the White House 7. “The Artic is like the air conditioning for the northern hemisphere. If it goes away…it will make floods and droughts more catastrophic.” 8. “If climate stays at this temperature that its been for the last decade, Greenland is going away” 9. When water is no longer stored in ice, what will happen to sea levels? The ice will get smaller, so the sea level will rise. 10. Name a politician who denies the impact of climate change? Rick Scott, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Donald Trump,Senator James Inhofe 11. Why does the movie suggest so many politicians and political pundits deny climate change? Politics, lobbying, and industry. 12. How long have scientists know about the problem of global warming? Decades and decades, over half a century 13. China is prioritizing wind and solar over coal. 14. What percentages of households in India do not have access to electricity? 30% of households Before the Flood Film 15. Electricity consumed by one American at home is equivalent to 24 citizens of India. 16. How many people depend on fish for their daily source of protein? One billion people. 17. “Like oceans, rainforests absorb carbon from our atmosphere…until we clear them and light them on fire”. 18. Rainforests are being destroyed in order to plant trees to make palm oil plantations, one of the cheapest oils in the world, which makes companies huge profits. 19. What is one fairly easy thing you can change in your diet to help the environment? Switch from beef to an alternative meat (i.e chicken will eliminate up to 80% of methane emissions depending on where you're from) Stop consuming beef, instead eat rice, potatoes, or wheat. Cutting the consumption of beef by even half or quarter could make a significant difference. 20. Elon Musk says that without a tax on carbon, the world will not switch to sustainable energy. 21. The UN climate conference of 2015 took place in what city? Rio, Paris. 22. What are some things that will happen if the world becomes 4 degrees warmer? For the past 12,000 years, temperatures have been miraculously stable. So as temperature rises, we can expect to see stronger storms, historic droughts, collapsing coral reefs, heatwaves that make areas uninhabitable, agriculture will collapse around the equator. We can reach a point where Earth takes over and starts reenforcing the warmth, i.e Greenland. As its surface melts, it becomes darker and absorbs solar radiation rather than reflecting it. Ices will melt decaying organisms/matter and release even more methane. 23. Sweden will become the world’s first fossil fuel free nation. 24. Dr. Piers Sellers from NASA created a model simulation of the earth that shows that Europe will get colder. 25. What recommendations doe the movie suggest at the end? The story of earthly delights actually begins on the outside, showing the fragility of our earth and atmosphere enclosed in glass. "This is our home, and that harms everyone." Pope Francis releases a book to stop global warming, and a cry for justice on the poor. We can always redirect our steps and do something to solve our problems; still we can see signs that things are now reaching a breaking point. This is a direct message from the Pope. He has called upon the whole community to accept climate change. We all need to speak out against this issue, and immediately take action. He says to "pray for the human race." We are in the second panel: "human time, before the flood." Before the Flood Film YOU are the last, best hope of Earth. We must protect it, or WE and ALL living things on this planet-- are history.