Today, I watched Mr. Green in a class that I am taking. It is a short movie where the main character works for the climate change department in the government. After giving a presentation about how some of the major cities in the world are underwater and how it is in the 80 degree range in the winter, "Mr. Green" was approached by a woman that he knew. He eventually was "poisoned" with some kind of pollen that made him part plant. He needed more water than normal, more sunlight, and he was told that he was exhaling oxygen rather than carbon dioxide but he looked almost the same except for green roots in his hair. The woman who did this to him claimed that she did it in order to help him understand how important climate change and plants are to our world. The man then realized what she was saying and went back to have a meeting with the President and some other people. He then spread the pollen to the others around him and as the movie closes the President is seen standing next to the window taking in the sun just like "Mr. Green" did after he first changed.

I realized while watching this video that in the opening scene they are suggesting that the government is not prioritizing ecological issues the way that they should be. They show how the world could end up if we do not change our ways and if the government does not change. The main character said that if we wanted the government to do something we would have to make them do it. This is talking about the way our government works. In order for the government to change we have to make them do what we want by writing letters, calling, and voting for people that we agree with. I did think that the way that the film included techno-scientific solutions was very clever. They suggested that techno-scientific solutions might be the best way to wake people up and make them change our government's prioritization of ecological issues. Whether or not that is the right way to do it will be a mystery until solutions are put into place.