HOME...There's no Place Like It!

I was sent an interesting e-mail by my brother today. It is a documentary

called HOME by film maker Yan Arthu-Bertrand. It is narrated by actress

Glenn CloseGlenn Close. This is an EXTRAODINARY film! Devoid of the Rhetoric of

Al GoreAl Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" it has the most fantastic graphics and

pictures I have ever seen. The music is haunting & enchanting!

The message is clear...we have to show this Planet more respect as

well as respecting each other more. HOME is truly ( as the subtitle

suggests) A HYMN FOR THE PLANET!

It is well worth watching BUT..be warned! It is an Hour & 1/2 long so

I would suggest "Bookmarking" the Youtube site below and take a

gander at the Wonders of our Home some evening.

There's no place like it!

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

Here is the film maker's intro to his Hymn for the Planet;

A hymn for the planet

HOME is an ode to the planet's beauty and its delicate harmony. Through the landscapes of 54 countries captured from above, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on an unique journey all around the planet, to contemplate it and to understand it. But HOME is more than a documentary with a message, it is a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot shows the Earth - our Earth - as we have never seen it before. Every image shows the Earth's treasures we are destroying and all the wonders we can still preserve. "From the sky, there's less need for explanations". Our vision becomes more immediate, intuitive and emotional. HOME has an impact on anyone who sees it. It awakens in us the awareness that is needed to change the way we see the world. (HOME embraces the major ecological issues that confront us and shows how everything on our planet is interconnected.)

and here is some more information on the director. HOME is to be released this month to cinemas world-wide

and available on the internet for free!

In April 2007 he started directing a movie firstly called Boomerang. He later changed the title into Home. The movie is produced by Luc Besson and financed by the PPR group (a French multinational company). Yann Arthus-Bertrand intends to show the state of our planet and the challenges humanity faces. Home will be released worldwide on June 5th 2009. It will be shown across the globe in cinemas, television, DVDs and in streaming on the internet (Arthus-Bertrand gave up his author's rights). The emissions of greenhouse gases produced by the movie's shooting were offset through Yann Arthus-Bertrand's organisation GoodPlanet and its 'Action Carbone' program.

On March 19, 2008, he was given the Georges Pompidou Award which rewards a cultural personality each year (2006: painter Pierre Soulages, 2005: orchestra conductor William Christie).

A few schools have been named after Yann Arthus-Bertrand (primary schools of Cysoing, Noviant-aux-prés, Carentoir and Villaines sous bois, nursery schools of Cairanne and Saint-Aignan de Cramesnil as well as the Radinghem high school specialised in agriculture). He stated that it was one of the greatest honours he could receive. In 2008, he launched the project called 6 billion others. It is a video exhibition of people across the world answering the same questions.

On April 22, 2009 he was officially designated as the United Nations Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador (UNEP) and received the ‘Earth Champion’ award for his commitment towards the environment and his work on public environmental awareness.