Who Cares About this Planet? [OFFICIAL]

"Who Cares About This Planet?" is a spoken word poem that expresses this conflict between concern and ignorance for our planet, written and performed by Made Wade.

Made Wade is an emerging artist in Toronto who has performed on both local and international stages, most recently performing at TEDxToronto in 2011. His unique story-telling ability and insightful writing style has inspired and challenged audiences everywhere. Learn more about Made Wade at http://www.facebook.com/madewade and http://www.youtube.com/madewade

iQ is a line of eco-friendly cleaners that challenges cleaning habits and urges users to re-use their bottles to reduce packaging waste by 80% and the carbon footprint by 70%. Learn more at http://www.iqclean.com

Who cares about this Planet Transcript

Who cares about this planet?
All this h20 and soil please...
Life's about luxuries.
I'm talkin' little plastic bags
For little plastic cutleries.
I'm talkin' fossil fuel worship into the point we shatter an ecosystem like porcelain'.
I'm talkin' 5 cent polyethylene purchasin' because mother-nature nurturin' never did nothin' for my tax bracket.
You ask why though?
This is social class survival.
I need a SUV with an engine that's broaderrr...
They claim the effects make the climate get hotterrr.
But, so what?
I mean wouldn't paradise be so nice?
As far as I'm concerned, it can burn baby burn in the name of progress!
Oh yes!
Our urban centers become more crammed in...
So we demolish farmlands...
And we call it expansion.
Just say goodbye wildlife while I enhance my wild life style.
and ain't nobody complainin'...
As long as you build them a brand new theatre...
Or a state of the art sports arena.
Or even as the means get meaner...
And the resources get leaner...
Who cares about this planet?
Well...gluttony aside,
Future generations tend to.
Plus, women and men who come from cultures that are indigenous still.
Not to mention sections of the globe that need to stay frigid and chill...
Yet we create landfills of bottles made from synthetics.
We spill oil into water bodies and all we can be is apologetic?
But man made social bandages won't bring justice to a kingdom where we are the only animals that can speak for ourselves!
If we don't respect the butterfly effect...
That means we're placin' monetary wealth, above well-being and health...
And ultimately life itself.
So who cares about this planet?
I like to think I do but do I?

Music Credits:

Max Richter
Fat Cat Records
maxrichtermusic.com

Other Credits:

"Manhattan in Motion" by Mindrelic
http://vimeo.com/mindrelic

"Plastic Bag" by Ramin Bahrani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBtCb61Sd4

"Production Assembly Line Process at Munich Plant" by Bimmer Plant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98JaDyV81yk

"Iceland" by Eva Sturm
http://vimeo.com/2208194

"Work in Progress" by Hajoo
http://vimeo.com/4632136

"Minutes" by Daniel Vonhoff
http://vimeo.com/30123564

"Rehwild" by Naturexpeditionen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnBGZuo5ZH8

"Deepwater Horizon Fire" by Air Station New Orleans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qbB-Ga0rh8

"Tapped" by Atlas Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyu07JM78M

"Winter in Hell" by Enrique Pacheco
http://vimeo.com/19320410

"Coachelletta" by Sam O'Hare
http://vimeo.com/15596222

"Unchopping a Tree" by Maya Lin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpuvLDrBPdA

"Helping Heal the Gulf" by Terex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX2XBQn12s

"The Sanchez Family" by Spritzvisuals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HFI2hnYD8Q

Category:

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[420clock]

It seems that those that really need to wake up can't even admit they're asleep.

[silentspringreborn]

Reduce packaging I fully agree and grow our own food crops instead of other nations. But when it comes to carbon footprints now that's a whole new ball game. How many of you out there really understand what a carbon footprint is? How many of you out there realise without CO2 this planet would begin to die? CO2 is the food of plants, trees, woods, forests. CO2 is a minor gas when compaired to water vapor. By all means cut down landfill, packaging, recycle, but don't kill the planet in doing so.

[ispeanuts]

global warming is "the biggest lie ever told". a marketing scheme.

Earth and life have co-existed through glaciation and interglaciation periods. the last glaciation happened around 16000 years ago when the current interglaciation started.

We're speeding what is inevitable, the natural fate, and these environmental conditions are not favourable for current biodiversity and our existance itself — that's the hazard and not what some iluminati are saying. lift the blinders and behold the horizont!

[AMVcreater423]

laptops help reduce power

[Mansoor2108]

Hhgh

[ValidAnimal]

Global warming is a marketing scheme. But the earth's shifting axial tilt? Pure truth. Won't hear them talk about that because there's nothing to sell with it.

[ru68]

pshh you don't care... you prob the one causing global warming

[Fermihart]

I am baffled that anyone would even dislike this, what has become of this world?

[shellius]

@kikipups George Carlin is dead. Don't listen to dead people.

[shellius]

The only thing that will save other species on this planet and the environment is if we humans go extinct. We are too stupid to preserve other species and the oceans and the rain forests, without being forced to in some way. Sad but true. It's too late to stop climate change and very few will survive. But by all means, let's try to do no more harm. That means parking the car and walking, for starters.

[Andrew1987ism]

Excellent piece, very thought provoking, hope the message gets out there. Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism can co-exist. The earth is our home and it's time we treat it as such.

[Bssgrl]

thank you!!