Story

• Mission• Learning• Separation• Rebellion• Triumph

Speaker

• Jake Sully• James Cameron

Audience

• The World• Prestige of Director• People Who Already Connect With Nature

Context

• What Leads up to this Movie– Mounting Global Climate Crisis– Increased Awareness of our Exploitation of Planet– Corporations Today Force Relocations on Native

Populations for Resources

Radical Argument• Radical Theme– Action/Force Necessary– Rebel– No Compromise

Deep Ecology

• Deep Ecology– Environmental Philosophy– A Way of Being– Value– Interdependency

Deep Ecology Argument

• Part of, Rather Than Separate From Nature• Energy Borrowed– “One Day You Have To Give it Back”

Effectiveness

• Box Office– Domestic - ~$760 Million– International - ~$2 Billion– Total $2.78 Billion

• Opportunities– Climate Change– Ocean Acidification– Avatar Home Tree Initiative– Belo Monte Dam– Proposition 23

Questions/Comments