A friend of mine has a rather large obsession with Leonardo DiCaprio and talks about him basically all of the time. I did not really know that much about him, other than the fact that he is an extremely good looking actor, but my friend told me a ton about him and his environmental stances. Leonardo is very dedicated to global warming and raising awareness of the problem. I recently visited his website www.leaonardodicaprio.org and found out that he has an eco site. At this site you can watch two short films that Leo made. One movie is about global warming and the other is about water, you can view them by clicking on the link. I highly recommend viewing these short films because they are very informative.
In his movie about Global Warming, Leo explains why it is a problem, the effects of global warming, and offers some suggestions for how to become involved with the movement to reduce global warming. Leo says that global warming has become such a problem because of our addiction to oil. He stresses the importance of separating oil and state. Leo mentioned about the increasing surface temperature and its effects for climate change. Leo encourages people to drive hybrid cars, support clean-energy projects such as windmills, and vote for politicians who care about environmental issues.
Leo’s s movie about water is also very interesting. We have started talking about water and how it is a limited resource in class latley. Leo’s film is dedicated to this issue. He said that about 3% of all of the world’s water is fresh. Water is a finite resource that is being threatened by pollution, war, overpopultion, misdistributing, and climate change. Pollution has increased the diseases found in water. Human encroachment has caused the natural flow of water to change. Leo said that, “Humans are poisoning, squandering, and overburdening our water resources….which results inbillions of people not receiving an adequate water supply.” Leo encourages people to conserves water and realize that ” Water = life and there is no separation…water is a basic human right.” He encourages people to invest in smart water technologies and to conserve water rather than waste it. He also encourages people to petition their local government representiatives to increase water regulations.
The two films are relatively short but very informative, I encourage everyone to view them because they are beneficial.
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image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leonardo_DiCaprio.jpeg
article and movies: http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/
Thanks! Leo’s a great actor and its nice to find out he is involved in important issues also.
btw, you mistyped his website name but I figured it out.
Wow. Leo sure is big on the environment lately. I think it’s really important though that big names like him are putting the word out there. If you read my post on the Oscars, I said that usually the trends of the stars rub off on us very easily, and I think with a big star like Leonardo DiCaprio more and more people will want to become more involved in environmental issues.
Actually, Leo’s not just lately that he’s been big on the environment…..he’s been spotlighting environmental issues on his official website for more than 8 years +. He diedn’t just jump into the bandwagon. He was Chairperson on Earth Day back in 2000 and gave a speech in front of the White House in front of a huge crowd – I know because I was there in the crowd!