Earth Day spotlight: environmental film "Tomorrow" highlights solutions to global crises
On Earth Day there's no better time to watch a gripping documentary called "Tomorrow" . It shines a light on how both overconsumption and overpopulation have dovetailed at a time when climate change is threatening the planet. The film, first released in France at the end of 2015, stars French actress Mélanie Laurent ("Inglorious Basterds") and Paris-based activist Cyril Dion, whose message highlights a need to make the planet more livable not only now, but yes, tomorrow. Dion, who's also a director, co-wrote the film with Laurent. "Tomorrow" has won awards abroad, including France's equivalent of the Oscar, the Cesar, in 2016. Laurent as narrator explains how worried she is about her children's future following the 2012 publication of a Nature study from 20 researchers who show just how threatened planet Earth including we humans are. Stanford and U.C. Berkeley -based paleoecologist Anthony Barnosky , one of the lead researchers, ...