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Sundance Kid to United Nations: ‘Moderate Weather is Going Extinct’
Robert Redford (cropped)” by U.S. Embassy photographer JP Evans – https://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassylondon/7115289955/in/set-72157629539238726. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.” src=”http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/images/pics8/redford.jpg” height=”345″ width=”237″ />“Robert Redford (cropped)” by U.S. Embassy photographer JP Evans. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.In 1985, Robert Redford launched the Sundance Film Festival to promote original films, documentaries, shorts, performances, panel discussions, and more. In the 30 years since its inception, thousands of journalists, actors, film buffs, industry leaders, pop stars, corporations, and audiences have traveled to the luxurious resort of Park City, Utah, by trains, planes and automobiles.
And you might think given Redford’s climate activism that most were flying coach to save the world from invisible, odorless carbon dioxide. But there is world reality and Hollywood reality, and never the twain shall meet.
The Festival has become so garish that this past January everything from private jets to mega yachts were being sold up and down Park City’s Main Street. Not to fear, because Redford teaches these intrepid CO2-emitting travelers about sustainability when attending the mountaintop festival: Lower your thermostat and turn off your lights when you leave the room. Oh, and recycle and buy green. Right.
If those seem like meaningless gestures where the mark of success is how many private jets you own or how many yachts you’re able to buy, not to mention the “$12,000 curved, super hi-def” energy-sucking TV giveaways, you can always buy carbon credits so you can “pollute” on behalf of those who don’t.
Source: http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/sundance-kid-to-united-nations-moderate-weather-is-going-extinct.html
