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Summary

In this video, Beth Bond reviews 'Racing Extinction,' a documentary highlighting environmental issues and species extinction. She emphasizes the film's impactful portrayal of animal slaughter and the urgency of reducing meat and dairy consumption to combat methane emissions. Beth, who has been practicing sustainability for years, pledges to adopt more plant-based meals and encourages viewers to join her in committing to three to five meatless meals per week.

Takeaways

• 🎬 Beth Bond is reviewing the movie 'Racing Extinction', which she found very moving.
• 🌍 The film addresses environmental issues, climate change, and the extinction of species caused by human activities.
• 🐋 It graphically shows the slaughter of marine life like sharks, whales, and manta rays, which is not suitable for young children.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Beth suggests that the movie is important for middle schoolers and above to understand the environmental challenges.
• 🗣️ The director of the movie and a panel of Atlanta activists were present to discuss actions that can be taken.
• 💡 Beth emphasizes the importance of reducing consumption, especially meat and dairy, due to their methane emissions.
• 🌱 She pledges to have at least three plant-based meals a week, moving from 'meatless Mondays' to 'animal-free Mondays'.
• 📈 The movie uses a graphic to show the global impact of methane emissions, which is a significant contributor to climate change.
• 📅 Beth will be attending Expo East, a trade show for the natural foods industry, to explore more plant-based meal options.
• 🌿 Southeast Green, the online news site Beth represents, covers a wide range of sustainability topics across the Southeast region of the United States.

Q & A

What is the title of the movie Beth Bond is reviewing?

The movie Beth Bond is reviewing is called 'Racing Extinction'.

What is Beth Bond's general opinion about environmental documentaries?

Beth Bond generally finds environmental documentaries depressing because they often lack a message of hope and can be overwhelming due to the extent of the damage to the planet.

What was the main takeaway from 'Racing Extinction' for Beth Bond?

The main takeaway from 'Racing Extinction' for Beth Bond was the urgent need to reduce meat and dairy consumption due to the methane emissions from livestock.

What specific environmental issue is highlighted in the movie 'Racing Extinction'?

The movie 'Racing Extinction' highlights the issue of species extinction caused by human activities, including the slaughtering of sharks, whales, and manta rays.

Who was present at the screening of 'Racing Extinction' that Beth Bond attended?

The director of the movie and a panel of activists from around Atlanta were present at the screening.

What lifestyle changes has Beth Bond made in the past to be more sustainable?

Beth Bond has made several lifestyle changes such as cutting her electric bills in half, using products from lesser-known brands, carpooling, and being a hyper-recycler.

What was the impact of watching 'Racing Extinction' on Beth Bond's personal habits?

Watching 'Racing Extinction' prompted Beth Bond to pledge to have at least three plant-based meals a week, moving from Meatless Mondays to Animal-Free Mondays.

What is Expo East and why is Beth Bond attending it?

Expo East is a major trade show for the Natural Foods industry on the East Coast. Beth Bond is attending to look for plant-based meal options to support her commitment to reducing meat consumption.

What is Southeast Green and what does it cover?

Southeast Green is the largest online news site for sustainable and environmental policy news in the Southeast region of the United States, covering topics such as renewable energy, agriculture, transportation, energy efficiency, water conservation, and green buildings.

What is Beth Bond's role at Southeast Green?

Beth Bond is associated with Southeast Green as she mentions hanging out in 'solar world' and attending events like the Southern Solar Summit and Expo East, suggesting she is involved in reporting or content creation for the news site.

What is Beth Bond's stance on reducing meat consumption as a solution to environmental issues?

Beth Bond supports reducing meat consumption as a significant step towards mitigating environmental issues, particularly methane emissions, and she is pledging to adopt more plant-based meals herself.

Outlines

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🌏 'Racing Extinction' Documentary Review

Beth Bond from Southeast Green discusses her experience watching the documentary 'Racing Extinction'. She found it to be a deeply moving film that addresses environmental issues, including climate change and the extinction of species. Beth criticizes environmental documentaries for often lacking a message of hope and being depressing, but she feels 'Racing Extinction' stands out. It graphically portrays the slaughter of marine life and emphasizes the urgent need for action. Beth was particularly impacted by the film's focus on the reduction of meat and dairy consumption due to methane emissions. She pledges to adopt 'meatless Mondays', or more accurately, 'animal-free Mondays', and encourages others to commit to eating plant-based meals to reduce their environmental impact.

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🥗 Committing to Plant-Based Meals at Expo East

Beth Bond continues her discussion by connecting the message of 'Racing Extinction' to her upcoming visit to Expo East, a significant trade show for the natural foods industry. She plans to use the event as an opportunity to explore and promote plant-based meals, aligning with her commitment to reduce her environmental footprint. Beth intends to engage with policy folks and exhibitors, and she encourages her audience to follow her journey at the expo. She also provides a brief overview of Southeast Green, the online news site she represents, which covers a wide range of sustainability topics across the Southeast region of the United States.

Keywords

💡Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction is the title of the movie being reviewed in the video. It is a documentary that focuses on environmental issues such as climate change and the extinction of species. The film is described as 'gut wrenching' and is intended to evoke strong emotions in viewers, prompting them to consider the impact of human activity on the planet.

💡Environmental documentaries

Environmental documentaries are a genre of films that aim to raise awareness about ecological issues. In the script, the reviewer mentions a general dislike for such documentaries due to their often depressing nature, which contrasts with the hopeful message they believe is necessary for inspiring action.

💡Extinction

Extinction refers to the disappearance of a species. The movie Racing Extinction highlights the alarming rate at which species are becoming extinct, often due to human activities. The script mentions the slaughtering of sharks, whales, and manta rays as examples of human-induced extinction.

💡Sustainability

Sustainability is the ability to maintain human activities without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. The reviewer discusses their personal commitment to sustainability, including reducing electricity consumption, using non-brand name products, carpooling, and recycling.

💡Meatless Mondays

Meatless Mondays is a global movement that encourages people to refrain from eating meat on Mondays to reduce their carbon footprint. The script suggests taking this a step further by advocating for 'animal-free' meals, which would exclude not only meat but also dairy and eggs, to reduce methane emissions.

💡Methane

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. The script describes a scene from the movie where methane emissions from a cow's stomach are visualized, emphasizing the impact of livestock on the environment.

💡Plant-based diet

A plant-based diet consists of foods derived from plants, with little to no animal products. The reviewer pledges to adopt a plant-based diet for several meals a week after watching the movie, recognizing the dietary changes as a significant step towards reducing environmental impact.

💡Expo East

Expo East is a trade show for the natural foods industry. The reviewer plans to attend Expo East to explore plant-based meal options, indicating a commitment to finding practical ways to implement the dietary changes discussed in the video.

💡Southeast Green

Southeast Green is described as the largest online news site for sustainable and environmental policy news in the Southeast region of the United States. The reviewer, Beth Bond, is associated with Southeast Green, which underscores her credibility and the relevance of the discussed topics to her area of expertise.

💡Activism

Activism refers to the use of direct actions to bring about social, political, or environmental change. The script mentions a panel of activists following the movie screening, indicating that the film is intended to inspire viewers to take action beyond just watching.

💡Hope

Hope is a central theme in the video, contrasting with the typical despair associated with environmental documentaries. The reviewer emphasizes the need for messages of hope to motivate people to take positive action towards environmental conservation.

Highlights

Introduction to the movie review of 'Racing Extinction' by Beth Bond.

The movie 'Racing Extinction' is very moving and impactful.

The movie releases nationwide on Friday night.

Beth's dislike for environmental documentaries due to their depressing nature.

'Racing Extinction' focuses on climate change and species extinction.

Graphic scenes of animals being slaughtered are included.

Suggested age appropriateness for middle schoolers and above.

The director and panel of activists were present for a Q&A session.

Beth's personal sustainability journey and lifestyle changes.

The movie emphasizes the importance of reducing consumption.

Discussion on the environmental impact of cattle and methane production.

Beth's commitment to Meatless Mondays and reducing meat and dairy consumption.

The movie's visual representation of global methane emissions.

Beth's pledge to have three to five plant-based meals per week.

Upcoming attendance at Expo East to explore plant-based food options.

Introduction to Southeast Green, the online news site for sustainable and environmental news.

Beth's role at Southeast Green and her coverage of various sustainability topics.

Invitation for viewers to follow Beth's coverage at Expo East.

Call to action for viewers to commit to having meatless meals.

Transcripts

hey everybody this is Beth bond with

Southeast green and um it's very unusual

that I am going to be doing basically

another movie review but I've just

gotten back from the movie uh racing

Extinction and

um definitely wanted to talk about it

very very moving thing let me get this

switch there we go how is everyone

tonight

too much light I'm just I don't know

what happened this I had all the lights

set up and now it looks like too much

light anyway I just got back from racing

Extinction it is a movie that releases

out in general uh population which

always sounds like prison but releases

Nationwide on Friday night and I just

wanted to really encourage everyone to

take a minute

um you know I I don't like environmental

documentaries I have I go to them and I

say I'm never going to go to them again

and I still end up going to

environmental documentaries and the

reason

um I don't like them is because they are

they don't have a message of hope that

they're so depressing and we've you know

we've screwed the planet up so bad that

the people who would go to them and try

to do something good would have no

option about what to do and I want I

want to say that this movie racing with

Extinction is a gut wrencher it is

um it's it's basically a message of all

environmentalism there's

um climate change and how many

species were putting into Extinction and

all the all the challenges that man uh

man has caused on this planet but I do

want to say most of it is extinction and

it shows sharks being slaughtered and

whales being slaughtered and huge manta

rays being slaughtered so it's

definitely not something you want to

take your little kids to but maybe

middle schoolers and up would be really

important for them to see and it was you

know we were very honored because the

director of the movie was there and

um

then there was a panel of activists from

around Atlanta afterwards that were

there and so having hearing the

conversations and listening to folks

talk about you know what they can do and

you know I've changed my life doing

sustainability for seven years now I've

changed my life I've cut my electric

bills in half you know my products

nobody even knows who they are because

they're not brand names that anybody

recognizes I carpool as much as possible

you know I'm recycle I'm the person who

looks like a garbage lady coming out of

the event because I'm walking out with

all these plastic bottles and cans and

so hyper recycler but seeing this movie

brought home that there's still more to

do there's still plenty more to do that

you know reducing reducing reducing

reducing is critical and one of the big

messages and I thought this was very

interesting because I've heard a lot in

the sustainability Community

regards to you know cattle and you know

a lot of times we fun we focus on the

reduction of you know transportation and

and this is shaking a little bit and I

apologize it's because I've got this

precarious stand because it's the first

time I have a scoped and Landscape which

I'm thrilled because I'm gonna be able

to Port it over to YouTube much more

easily but um this was the first movie

that really brought it home for me I'm

not saying I haven't seen other things

that have talked about meatless Mondays

or sort of eliminating meat out of our

diet but this was the first movie that I

called my mother and I said okay we are

now going to be doing meatless Mondays

and it's not really meatless Mondays it

is it is animal free

um they said the the one thing that we

could do that could really really help

the planet would be if we would just

reduce the amount of

meat and dairy and even eggs that we

consume because of the methane and they

had this shot in the movie that's sort

of crazy I mean they have a tube that's

in the cow's stomach and it comes out

and it shows all the methane that is

escaping from the cow's stomach and it's

enough to blow up a 55 gallon bag

that they have on their back a plastic

bag and is it inhumane to do what

they're doing absolutely but it does

bring home the message that uh we you

know we focus everything on co2 and

we've got we've got to reduce that but

methane is a huge huge issue so you know

meatless meatless Mondays it's a great

alliteration but what we really need to

be saying is animal Free Mondays so from

now on I'm pledging to at least have

three if not even even more but um three

to you know five meals a week that are

strictly plant-based

um because it is they have a Graphic

where they show the globe and how much

methane we are putting out across the

globe and you know the globe spins it's

really pretty

um and it's it's terrifying so I'm

hoping that other people will take the

time and make the effort to commit to

eating three to five meals a week that

are plant-based and this is an

opportunity I shouldn't be doing this

scope because I'm leaving in the morning

I haven't packed or washed clothes or

anything and it's about 10 o'clock on

the East Coast but I'll be at Expo East

for the next three days we'll be doing

live Scopes from Expo East I'm going to

hopefully talk to some of the policy

folks I like to follow and then

interview some of the some of the

exhibitors and what better way to start

Expo use into saying okay we're going to

do three to five months three to five

meals that are going to be only

plant-based because for those of you

don't know Expo East is the big trade

show for the Natural Foods industry on

the East Coast the the one on the West

Coast is three times the size but the

one on the east coast is in Baltimore

tomorrow and I will be there and I will

be looking for

meals that are going to be 100

plant-based to really make this

commitment and make it easier for me so

anyway y'all pay attention

um you know it's if there's nothing

scheduled it's a trade show it's going

to be sort of crazy but I will be

scoping and of course

um I don't think I even said this but um

at the beginning I said Beth bomb with

Southeast green but for those of you who

don't know what southeast green is

southeast green is the largest online

news site for sustainable in a business

news and environmental policy news in

the Southeast we cover from Florida to

Texas to Maryland and Virginia and we

have everything we cover our renewable

new renewable energy we cover

agriculture we cover Transportation

Energy Efficiency anything to do with

sustainability water conservation green

buildings everything we cover everything

but I do like hanging out in solar World

which is where I was last week at the

southern solar Summit and this week

we'll be doing food at Expo East so

um hope you'll follow me and uh so

you'll get notifications for my Scopes

and make the commitment uh with me to to

do three to five meals meatless a week