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

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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=YDBtCb...

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

"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=VnBGZu...

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

"Tapped" by Atlas Films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyu07...

"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=DpuvLD...

"Helping Heal the Gulf" by Terex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX2XB...

"The Sanchez Family" by Spritzvisuals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HFI2h...

• Category

  Education

[dave b]

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.

[Ricardo Marez]

You are underestimating the effects of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. It creates a thicker layer of insulation effectively trapping more heat as IR radiation because of the increased distance it needs to travel to escape. The Earth surface temperature heats as a result. Also it has other harmful effects such as making seas more acidic. Bye Bye coral reefs. You were truly diverse and will be missed.

[CommanderNips]

No one said we have to get rid of CO2 completely, are you stunned?

YES CO2 is "food" for plants but they really just store it, when they die or we cut them down, a lot of that CO2 is re-released into the atmosphere again.

It is not the fact that CO2 is in our atmosphere that is bad its the fact that we are pumping mass amounts of it into our atmosphere as well as clear cutting forests and upsetting the natural balance of our environment.

[Frank Upstate NY]

Who cares about color, creed, Ph.D's....course I do like a nice set of tits,...but everyone does.

Ok...everyone should study "Permaculture"....get a clue....or go "boo-hoo"

[AMVcreater423]

he even quoted "who cares about this planet? i like to think i do but do i?"

[AMVcreater423]

you may think you care about the planet but your only hurting it.....

[newzealandlol .]

hahaha you sir are an idiot. There were a shit tonne of trees growing just fine without any human CO2.