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We’ve all seen sci-fi movies.
Even if we’re not fans, we know the common scenario: x years in the future, Earth is struggling in a post-apocalyptic dystopia, people desperate for food, clean water… and hope.
It’s a pretty grim portrayal of a would-be future Earth, but just how far is it from reality, or at least, one potential reality?
EndGame2050 — a new free documentary available on Youtube — extrapolates our current circumstances, bridging the time gap to that dystopian future.
The film begins with a fictional story set in 2050. A rapidly-warming planet battles with food and water rationing, a fishless ocean, increasingly-frequent subterranean methane explosions and a population with little or no hope.
It’s a bleak depiction of a world only 29 years away, but is it a likely outcome for our ailing planet?
Physician turned environmentalist, Sofia Pineda Ochoa has delved deep into the research, taking all aspects of our environmental impact into account. Over the 70 minutes following the short film, she takes six key aspects of impact, explaining what they are, why they occur and how, perhaps, we can avert their impending impact.
