Environmental Knowledge and Crisis Awareness of Related Global Warming--an Analysis Based on Recent Environmental Disaster Movies

• Main Authors: Shu-chen Chung, 鍾淑真
• Other Authors: Kuan-chu Wei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85993710284631934788

碩士 === 南華大學 === 建築與景觀學系環境藝術碩士班 === 97 === 　　It has been a long time since humans started using fossil fuels as a source of energy. As a result, the percentage of atmosphere has been changed, global warming is rampant and climatic changes become more and more common. Climate is a dominant force in our lives, to the extent that it may even cause the death (or life) of ecological system on the earth. We should heed the recent unprecedented climatic changes as a warning from Mother Nature, because if we don''t, an irreversible catastrophe would happen. 　　 　　It seems that nowadays everyone is familiar with the term "GlobalWarming" ; however, only a minority of people really understand the severity of it. It we can instill the importance of global warming into people''s mind through some already popular movies, the effects can be long reaching and hopefully as a result, more people can put "reducing carbon dioxite" as goal for the daily life. 　　 　　The focus of this research is set to illustrate the global warming, climatic disasters, environmental changes and the impacts on humans. It will not focus on the scientific theory but rather on the humanity side of the phenomenon. The enlightment from the movies will come from the endings of several movies of different scenarios, fulfilling the obligation of changing and affecting the society. Furthermore, movies are able to simulate in a vivid way the consequences of the chain reactions of global disasters from extreme climatic changes. This is why the writer choose "THE DAYAFTER TOMORROW" "JAPAN SINK" "CHILDREN OF MEN" and "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH" as models to study and analyze. 　　 　　The organization of this thesis reflects the concepts above. The first chapter emphasizes the scientific correlation between global warming and climatic changes. Chapter two uses the scientific theory as the basis of what happens in these movies and show that they are reasonable reflection of real life consequences to a great extent and is worthy of our attention. 　　 　　Chapter three illustrates Global warming as a revenge from Nature, the damage it does on earth. It also tries to analyze all kinds of possible impacts on human lives faced with such a catastrophe. Chapter Four analyzes each individual movie from the perspective of environmental education and what it means to humans'' existence. Chapter Five concludes the research with the comparison and contrast of three science fiction movies and one documentary "Truth we don''t want to face" , focusing on the environmental topics, reaching and presenting the goal of this research, which is to illustrate the relevant scientific theory and a sense of crisis we should all have.