The Environmental Outlook of Pixar's Wall-E.

     Last Thursday in my Rhetoric of Literature class, my Professor presented an interesting movie to the class that seemed to be environmentally relevant to our world today. The name of the film that my professor presented in class was the Disney/Pixar movie called Wall-E. This movie is about a small robot from  Earth who makes his way into outer space. I say this because I watched Wall-E a few years ago and I thought it was one of the most entertaining movies I ever seen. When the first few minutes of the movie were presented in class, me and my classmates were asked to find some environmental aspects of the world of Wall-E. While examining the first scene I managed to come up with some conclusions of my own.
     In the opening scenes of Wall-E, I see that the planet has become a desolate, sand filled waste land filled with metal scraps and piles of junk. The robot Wall-E is the only operating character in the movie besides a cockroach that is seen popping out of the earth. To me, this film offers a glimpse of what could happen to our planet if some of us continue to pollute it and be inconsiderate of the its well-being. The planet is more human then we realize, and to see a fictional interpretation of the Earth's coarse existence just worries me. I also noticed that there are no human beings present on the planet. I later saw in the movie that the remaining inhabitants of Earth have traveled out of the galaxy on a traveling space colony searching for a new world to live upon. The damage than humans have done to the Earth in the future has resulted in the planets inability to sustain itself, and the exploding population that contributed to it's current state of shock. Relieving that Wall-E opening reminds me to recycle, and appreciate the beautiful, natural world that I am surrounded by. I don't want to live to be 85 and see the planet Earth transformed into a Tatooine like world where the landmass is desert, no water, no resources, no people, and no hope for the future. I understand that this is only an animated movie, but I still feel that our planet still has hope for a healthier existence. This world needs to find cleaner, renewable forms of energy, balance out the world population, recycle more, clear the skies, clean the water, and enrich the soil for future generations This planet deserves better than what people have been providing it. Earth should be treated like any other garden. It should be nurtured, respected, appreciated, and never abused for the sake of pride or profit. That is what I have come to understand from watching the first ten minutes of Wall-E, and I hope others feel the same way that I do.