Reflection on “The 11th Hour”

1. Describe some of the emotions you felt during the film. Which aspects of the video had the greatest impact on you and why?

            - Upon watching the documentary, I felt guilty and sorry as I contribute on the earth’s destruction. As an example, in some ways on living in this apartment near my school, we are not properly segregating our biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes because the garbage collectors do not say so. Another one is we are not conserving energy as we are not unplugging the electronic devices when not in use. Conservation of water is also not properly done. That’s why, living in this city, I think that the way of thinking of the people here should be changed.

2. What information contained in the video was new to you?

            - I think that the topic of deforestation that can cause drought to the land is new to me because I did not know that it can cause the land to be a desert.

3. What topics presented in the film would you like to explore further? Do you know what you need to know in order to continue learning about environmental issues? If the answer to that question is no, how can you find out what you need to know?

            - I would like to explore the poisoning of the ocean, water, river, springs and streams further because it is chronic here in the Philippines. We could see that these bodies of water here are becoming polluted too, so, I would like know the preventions and the solutions on how to make these clean.

4. Discuss the ways that eating locally produced food is an environmental issue. What can individuals do to support the local production and consumption of foods?

            - The demand of the people for food versus the supply of natural food resources is becoming imbalance. For example; in fishing industry, due to high demand of sea foods, fishermen are searching deeper and deeper in the ocean. And as a result, destruction in the ocean is happening as the fishes are starting to deplete.

5. Who should see this film and for what purpose? Who might be unreceptive to the ideas of the film and why?

            - Everybody should watch this film so that all of us would be aware on what is happening on our environment, and also, everyone would make an action to save the future generation.

6. Share one issue or item that you wrote on your index card while watching The 11th Hour.

            - One issue that I wrote is the proper segregation of wastes because it is a simple way yet one of the biggest ways upon having a healthy environment.

7. As a result of your having seen this film, what, if any, specific actions do you think you will take?

            - As a student, I could do little things like; recycling paper, plastics and plastic bottles, proper segregation for the biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes, unplugging the appliances when not in use, using less water, participating n tree-planting programs, participating on “Earth Hour”, and being a role model for good conservation.