A Critique of the Hungarian Film 'Just the Wind' by Laura Lassiaz and Manon Grandpaul

« Just the wind » deals with a Romany family composed of a grand-father, the mother, a daughter and a brother. The mother works in a cleaning company and she is so poor. We can see their everyday life but only one day in their life. At the beginning, we can see the daughter call her father to have a Skype conversation. He lives in Canada and all the family has to rejoin him but he doesn’t have enough money. She talks to him about her fears because, a similar family was killed the day before. We see then the day of the family: the mother goes to work, the daughter goes to school but she can’t stay here. The brother who spends time away from school time has to nothing occupy himself. With this day, we can see the extreme poverty which afflicts this family. They have a house without electricity and water. They don’t have any lights. The living conditions appear so difficult for us.

At the end of this day, the family goes to sleep and the daughter hears some sounds. Her mother answers “It’s just the wind”. This is the title of the movie. Then, they discover that it is not the wind but people who have a gun. At the end of the movie, everybody dies except the son.

'Just the wind' is denunciation without moralizing. We found this film very slow and boring, we felt no sympathy for the characters and so we quickly lost interest in their fate. A well studied production, beautifully filmed but with few words and a tragic story about people who suffer from insecurity and racism.

In conclusion, we follow 24 hours in the life of a Roma family discovering their appalling conditions made worse because they are excluded from other inhabitants of their village because of their nationality.

This film is an important message against racism.

'It's a Free World' A Summary and Critique by Margot Jonckheere and Jessica Da Silva

The film focuses on a  British woman who wants to create her own recruitment agency. At the begining of the film, we can see a scene where Angie is fired because she refuses to accept the avances of her boss. So Angie doesn't understand this decision because she thinks she is the most efficient emplyee working for this particular company. She feels that she is exploited by her boss.
That's why she threatens to sue her boss but instead she decides to create her own agency with her friend Rose. But Rose doesnt agree because she anticipates all kinds of problems like taxes, administrative papers... etc.. Rose thinks that they don't have the experience and the right contacts. Angie thinks it's possible: She's determined.
So, the two girls go to a pub and Angie explains her idea to install the agency in the back yard of this pub.
A few days later, they start their business: the concept of this agency is to recruit people who come  to the yard but they are not sure to work. It shows us the point of view of immigrant  workers. Ken Loach shows us their misery. It's really touching because we see this woman who has more and more problems because she wants to prove that she can create and manage her own company. She has more and more debts because she promises to pay her employees but the company where they work don't want to pay Angie.
She has many problems because she doesn't want to hire people who haven't legal papers. Immigrants are violent, they threaten her. This film presents us the real life, and we can see what happens in the world. The social inequalities and also the struggle of a desperate mother. She can't manage the education of her son, because of her work which takes a lot of her time.
After, her son goes to open the door to receive the pizza they have ordered. But her son is kidnapped by the immigrants, they also threaten Angie because they want to be paid.
During the film, Rose leaves the project with Angie because she doesn't agree with her behaviour. She continues the project alone and at the end of the film we can see Angie recruiting people to work in England. She is determined. This movie makes us sad and we can better unstand the inequalities in the world.

Summary and Critique of 'It's a Free World' by Clara Michellier and Léa Rodriguez

At the beginning of the film Angie is dismissed by her boss after she refuses to accept his sexual advances. She decides to set up her own recruitment company with her flatmate Rose. She asks her local pub manager Andy if she can use his backyard, which is both spacious and well situated, to collect her casual labourers before they are transported to the biulding site or the factory where they will be employed on short term contracts.

This movie shows that Angie is both a good and a bad example at the same time. Indeed, she is outlawed and does not think necessarily about the consequences and is not an exemplary mother. However, at the same time Angie has a strength of character after having rebelled against her employer, and she is a woman who persists in proving to the company that she is capable of taking her life into her own hands, of managing her company and that she is stable enough to get back her son to be able to take care of him.

'It's a Free World' A Summary and Critique by Lucas LETELLIER

IT’S A FREE WORLD

“It’s a Free World” is a British drama film directed by the famous film-maker Ken Loach that was released in 2007 in the UK.

Angie is an ambitious working class woman who is frustrated at working in little and low paid jobs. She has a lot of debts and she is not able to educate her kid, Jamie, on her own so he lives with his grandparents. She works for a British recruitment company in London that employs its workforce in the ex-USSR countries such as Poland. After a work trip to Katowice, she gets fired for no reason. She is 32 and as it is her thirtieth job since she started working, she decides to make a change in her professional life to reverse her insecure situation. Discussing it with her friend and also flat mate Rose, she decides to start up her own recruitment business with the help of Rose, in Andy’s restaurant courtyard. Rose is a bit reluctant as they don’t have any license but Angie promises her that as soon as they earn profits, they will make it legal. Angie also promises her friend and new colleague not to employ any illegal workers, only the ones from the European Union but under the pressure of the employers she works with, they start employing illegal immigrant workers and giving them fake passports. Rose isn’t too sure about that but she finally accepts. After one of the employer refuses to pay Angie and Rose’s twenty employees, the situation gets worse for the two businesswomen and Rose becomes more and more worried because some of the workers threaten them. Angie tries desperately to keep it running and one day she anonymously informs the police about a camp of immigrants to place her newly arrived Ukrainian workers. This event was too much for Rose and she finally decides to quit. Few days later, the unpaid workers kidnap her son and tie her up to receive their money. They find a quarter of what they were due and released her son. At the end of the movie, Angie completely gives up her scruples and goes further into the illegal recruitment of immigrants to get her out of her disastrous financial situation.

In this movie, Ken Loach shows the difficulties of people to have a decent work for both British people and immigrants. The expansion of the European Union to the countries of ex-USSR has given new opportunities for those populations but it has also made the competition disloyal for the West European workers and led to the exploitation of this new workforce. With the example of Angie’s situation and her will to succeed by employing illegal workers, paying them badly with no guarantee of work the next day, Ken Loach shows how some people can become immoral and forget their values to try to escape this situation.

“It’s a Free World” is great movie to understand people’s professional difficulties nowadays. Through Angie’s character, we both understand and dislike the choices she makes and this makes us feel uncomfortable.

Film review by German student

"Poupata" (Flower buds)

The Czech film “Poupata” is a social drama which shows a family living in an industrial area. Every family member has his own story and his own problems. The daughter becomes pregnant unintentionally and her brother is in love with a stripper and grows cannabis together with a friend. Both teenagers are without work and perspectives for their future. The mother is a cleaning woman and tries to improve their situation by earning and saving money. She has many dreams for the future, but her husband has no illusions about their life. He knows that he cannot change their situation and does not even try to.

The actors are likeable and the spectator can sympathise with them. Therefore the story seems to be authentic and touching. You can well imagine how the characters live and how hard their living conditions are, it could be a realistic example of a real family living in this area. However, it is sometimes hard to believe and shocking for the viewer to see the living conditions and their hopeless situation. He easily feels sorry for them and starts to think about how to help them.

But the ending arrives very abruptly and surprisingly. It is unknown what will happen to the family and how the situation changes. That might be a little bit confusing.
All in all, it is a recommendable film. The situation is shown in an authentic way and the viewer gets to know the situation of the family very well.

Written by Nicole Hartwig, Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium Letter, Germany

Film review by German student

"Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" (The Edukators)

"Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" is a critical film about capitalism and the inequity between rich and poor people.

Three young do-gooders are breaking in houses of rich persons to leave their messages inside. But everything goes wrong when they are surprised by the owner on one occasion, so they decide to kidnap him. While spending time together both sides change their minds about the view they had on each other.

The film gives a good example for the two extremes in our society, there are the rich people who fit in perfectly in our capitalistic society because they give up on their ideals and the other ones who are against society and want to change the world on their own. Because of the intimate atmosphere you feel like you are part of the conversations, which makes it possible to understand the different opinions and the reasons for them. The film's messages - to have a second closer view on others and never to give up your beliefs - are thought-provoking. Another reason for this effect are the likable characters. You enter their lives for a while, get to know them better and understand their motivations, so that they become realistic and you get the feeling you are connected.

The movie is focused on capitalism in Western countries. In a few parts of their conversations the characters discuss the problems of developing countries, but scenes of problems are only shown in Germany.

The surprising ending is very good, because it gives a very last thought-provoking impulse and makes you think about everything you have seen and thought in the film before.

Written by Anabel Helberg, Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium Seelze, Germany

Film review by Hungarian students

Critique "Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" (The Edukators)

The movie is about 3 young adults (Jan, Jule and her boyfriend) who are dissatisfied with society, because some people earn much more money than others with the same amount of work.  The guys break into houses and leave a message: "You are too rich!"

The characters are portrayed in a very distant and cold way, there is no passion between them. It’s hard to identify with them.

The camera work is interesting. It’s restless, with dark shots. There is no continuity between the scenes. Music doesn’t play such a big role in this film.

Aside from the money issue, we discovered another social problem. The police and the conductors are much too aggressive.

This movie is a very good basis for a discussion, because we have different opinions about the behaviour and idealism of the main characters.

Film review by Hungarian students

Critique "Just the Wind"

The film is based on an actual incidence in Hungary. The plot however is fiction. It’s about a day in the life of a Hungarian Romany family. They live under very difficult circumstances. The mother is a cleaning woman in a school and a public worker. Her husband has emigrated to Canada and he promised his family that they could join him later, but they don’t have money. They have two children, Rio and Anna, and the grandfather also lives with them. Because of their ethnical background, they have to face humiliation and discrimination every day.   

For some time, in their neighborhood, Roma families were killed by a group of racists. At night they hear noises, and the mother tells them not to worry, because it’s just the wind. But actually it’s the murderers who come into the house and start shooting the family. Everybody dies, just Rio escapes through the bedroom window.

The solution could have been that the mother gets further education, and then maybe they could have broken out of their bad social situation. The film introduces a deep social problem, that is based on prejudice and radical opinions. These opinions, in this case racism, usually occur when people feel that their future is uncertain, and they let their frustration out on innocent people.

This film is very shattering and divisive.

Film review by Czech students

IT'S A FREE WORLD

 / Julie Švihálková, Veronika Londáková – Czech Republic/

This is a very special movie talking about work experience and freedom which give us the opportunity to do what we like to do.

However, there are some rules in the world, which have to be respected and if we (people) do not respect them we have to pay for it.

This movie describes brutality in some countries and it also shows how unfair this whole world can be. We can see taking this action especially against the people who have come to other countries because they have run away from their reality hoping that living in other country will be better. But then the immigrants realize that they don't have enough money, a job or any other things they have to have or which they need to survive in a city like London. By the time, they ran away from their home they didn't realize that life could be even harder than it had been before. So these are the reasons why the people suddenly become poor and homeless. It doesn't always have to be like this, sometimes the people have a talent which helps them to deal with their new life and they become very happy people and even more happy because they have made this decision.

But come on... It isn't always like this and we all know that, this is not actually a free world I think this world is full of people who are being treated like animals and we know nothing about most of them, so let's stop and think for a while, is this really a free world?

Film review by Czech students

Flower Buds / Poupata/ Czech film

* Social drama

* Producer: Zdeněk Jiráský

* It was made in: 2011

The plot was taken at Christmas time and it is talking about gradual breakdown of four family members who live in a small town (daughter Agáta, son Honza, mother Kamila and father Jarda). Each character lives in its dream which they would like to come true but it is gradually crashing. Agáta would like to live in a perfect family but she is pregnant with her boyfriend who was intoxicated on St. Nicholas party and had an accident after which he ends up on a wheelchair. Honza thinks that love is the most important thing in the world, so he sells weed, which he grew with his friend, to buy a stripper because he is in love with her. Kamila finds out that her husband owns 180 000 Kč (Czech crowns). Jarda not only fails slot machines, but also is fired from his job, moreover he causes his friend death and he debts his family.

The name of the film evokes the Communist reign because it refers to the title of a song which was well known those days. It was an accompanying song to the last “Spartakiáda” (national sport events of the Eastern bloc countries). Bits of the choreography are seen in the film when the adult ladies are gathering to exercise. The name “Flower Buds” is probably used as a metaphor to demonstrate the disability of the main characters to bloom. They are struggling in the new world unable to move further, unable to change themselves.

Points of Interest:

* Shooting lasted only 30 days

* Unemployed people, from the cities where the film was made, were casting in this drama. They got money and they did not report to the social management and the social management took them their social benefits. The movie-makers tried to do something about it but the state stayed relentless.

* The film has received a few film awards, for example: Silver Hugo on World film festival.

Nikola Bělíková, Jana Vitouchová – Czech Republic

Film about the meeting in Germany

http://vimeo.com/65509477

Feedback to the Seelze meeting by German students

Florian Wienecke:

What I liked most during the week was the sunny nice weather and the international evening at the school.

Svea Busse:

It was an unbelievable week, I made lots of new friends!

Anabel Helberg:

The Comenius week in Germany was amazing because we learned a lot about the different views of the four nations about engergy use in Europe. But the greatest part of the week was that we met many new people and had fun with them even though they are from other countries so that many friendships were built. And in this week I realized how important and helpful English can be, to discuss crises in the world. English connects us.

Niclaas Dettke:

I liked the Comenius week very much. I was surprised by the program. I hadn't expected something so ambitious and beautiful. And I enjoyed being together with the pupils from the other countries.

Jana Naue:

What I enjoyed most during the week was the afternoon we spent in the Herrenhäuser Gardens.

Pia May:

I really enjoyed the Comenius project because now I have new friends all over Europe and my English is so much better.

Marie Hohlbein:

As expected, the Comenius week was an unforgettable event! I had the chance to meet wonderful people from different countries, who are now my friends. I hope that I will stay in contact with them! Also the project "climate change" was an interesting experience, because this is a global challenge which we have to solve. To everybody who asks me now: "Should I take part in a Comenius project?" I will say: "Yes, of course, you have to!"

Lena Adolf:

My best event in this week was the visit of the Klimahaus.

Angela Lau:

Of course, the whole week was totally ​​much fun but most of all I enjoyed the Thursday when we did something together after school . :)

Emily Bank:

What I really enjoyed was the first day of the Comenius week. The introductions to the energy situations of the countries were very interesting and during the visit of the Herrrenhausen Gardens and the shopping we had much fun and we got to know each other well.

ARTICLES ABOUT THE MEETING IN HANNOVER IN DIFFERENT SITES

An article about the meeting in Hannover has been published in the online newspaper "La Unión hoy" and also in the website from the Ministry of Education in Murcia.

Here you have the links to the articles:

http://www.launiondehoy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4374:el-ies-maria-cegarra-en-hannover&catid=52:noticias&Itemid=131

http://www.educarm.es/verNoticia.php?n=6704&aplicacion=NOTICIAS&zona=PROFESORES&menuSeleccionado=

A SEA OF MIRRORS: Gemasolar. Solar plant in Spain.

Gemasolar is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to apply central tower receiver and molten salt heat storage technology. The relevance of this plant lies in its technological uniqueness, since it opens up the way for new thermosolar electrical generation technology.

If you want to learn more about this solar plant, visit the following links:
 THEY ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE!

http://youtu.be/jj5f8-b-gXk



http://youtu.be/gpsUCWgsu2E

An Inconvenient Truth - Statements by some German students 

Pierre Martin 

The film “An Inconvenient Truth” shocked me, because Al Gore shows very well how we are destroying our own planet: the earth. The pictures, statistics, diagrams and information demonstrate the consequences of our worldwide CO2-emissions.

The CO2-concentration in the air today has doubled if compared with the maximums during the last 650,000 years. As a result the temperature is rising so that the ice on the poles and glaciers is melting. The higher temperature is also the reason for more natural catastrophes and the extinction of animals, plants and sometimes also humans.

All in all we can say that humanity is destroying their own source of life and wealth in order to obtain short-term profits. But we should think of our future and the next generations.

Having seen this film I would like to stop this destruction by for example switching off the lights because I don’t find it ethically rsponsible. The responsibility to secure this unique planet and home of life is in our hands and we have to secure it.

Sophie-Charlotte Berke

“An Inconvenient Truth” - A film which gives a really good insight into the big problem of global warming by Al Gore

My opinion:

At first I was very surprised at the alarming facts that Al Gore talks about, because I thought that I knew a lot about the topic, but apparently not. I never thought that global warming is such a problem! Our earth is really in danger but most people don't know that because of too little information. However, it is so easy to change something and fight against global warming because it is not too late yet, the climate crisis can be solved, but we have to start now, because everything we need is there, except, perhaps the political will.

Background information:

After Al Gore lost the presidential election in the year 2000, he devoted himself even more to the fight against global warming.The film shows recordings of his presentation, which he introduced in many cities around the world. In this, he talked about his views on the scientific and political aspects of global warming.

With much conviction, sarcastic humor and stinging facts he ties his audience alone with his words. Al Gore is concerned that humanity, despite the size of the earth, with their exhaust gases have an enormous influence on global warming. ( => anthropogenic greenhouse effect) That is why it is so important for the earth and the people that we start to change something because it is very easy to reduce the CO2 content, for example by producing fuel-saving cars, insulation of houses and a conscious energy and commodity consumption without which the usual quality of life would decrease. For more things we can do to stop the global warming look at Al Gore's Homepage: www.algore.com

Florian Wienecke

In my opinion the film is a great opportunity to show everybody what’s going on in the world - with our world. It belongs to all of us because we can solve all the problems in the present age and in the future. So we have to change our behavior before it’s too late to save our blue planet.

Also, the flm shows great examples to me that even little changes in my behavior can be helpful for the environment and our world.

Jacqueline Pluta, Janine Heinecke, Niclaas Dettke 

Our first emotions about the film 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Al Gore were that we were very shocked, because the CO2-level is rising. It was very interesting to see what the scientists can find out in our days. The film shows that we can have a new ice age shortly. This is really frightening, because Germany will be one of many states where it could be and this is also more than inconceivable. Besides, the CO2-concentration is going to double in less than fifty years. The film is also about hurricanes, of which there will be more and more. That's an extremely scary aspect. Moreover it's strange that the arctic will be the place where the temperatures will be the highest in a few years, whereas it's the coldest place in our days. Furthermore it's frightening that many politicians don't really care about global warming and ignore that so many other states want to stop the CO2-emissions. We liked the end of the film, because the tips and suggestions are really good. Additionally we think that everyone who watches the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' will think about the topic of global warming and CO2-emissions.

Nuclear energy in Spain by Mari Carmen Muñoz.

Nuclear energy is one of the safest energies that can be used to achieve many desired results, provided it´s used safely with due precautions. It can be used in different fields for peaceful purposes such as electricity generation, medicinal purposes, reducing pollution, etc. Here´s an elaborate explanation about its benefits.

Spain is notable for power stations uprates. It has a program to add 810 MWe (11%) to its nuclear capacity through upgrading its nine reactors by up to 13%. For instance, the Almaraz nuclear station is being boosted by more than 5% at a cost of US$ 50 million. Some 519 MWe of the overall increase is already in place.

In February 2011 parliament removed a legal provision limiting nuclear plant operating life to 40 years, and early in 2012 an industry report recommended in principle 20-year life extensions.

The Socialist government to 2011 came to power on an anti-nuclear platform, but apart from opposing the renewal of licence for the Santa Maria de Garoña station, an early BWR-3 model, it was increasingly positive about nuclear power. In 2011 the responsible minister said that nuclear plants were "essential for the supply of electricity in Spain" and that almost all nuclear power units "will be open, operating and even repowering" until 2021. Also he said that "nuclear energy will be useful as a source of electricity for cars," which the government was promoting, hoping to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2014. However, that government remained opposed to new nuclear station construction. The Socialist government's anti-nuclear policy was never taken into legislation.

The November 2011 election brought about a change of government which revised the decision to close Garoña, potentially allowing operation to 2019.

Power reactors operating in Spain

Reactors	Type	Net MWe	First power	Commercial operation	Owner (%); operator	Licence expires
Almaraz 1	PWR	947 (1015)	1981	1981	Iberdrola 53%, Endesa 36%, Union Fenosa 11%; CNAT	6/2020
Almaraz 2	PWR	956	1983	1984		6/2020
Asco 1	PWR	996	1983	1984	Endesa (100%); ANAV	10/2021
Asco 2	PWR	992	1985	1986	Endesa (85%); ANAV	10/2021
Cofrentes	BWR	1063	1984	1985	Iberdrola (100%); Iberdrola	3/2021
Trillo 1	PWR	1003	1988	1988	Iberdrola (48%); CNAT	11/2014
Vandellos 2	PWR	1045	1987	1988	Endesa (78%); ANAV	7/2020
Total (8)		7002 MWe

The Program of Advanced Nuclear Stations is working on the development of Westinghouse AP 600 and GE Advanced Boiling Water Reactors. Spain is also participating in the development of European Utility Requirements (EUR) in relation to advanced nuclear technology and is part of the International Atomic Energy Agency's INPRO project

Currently operating in Spain 8 nuclear reactors. They are usually classified into three stages according to their time of construction and other relevant criteria. Garoña belongs to the first stage, along with the already closed Vandellós I (closed in 1989) and José Cabrera closed in 2006. These plants were built in the second half of the 60s.
To the second stage belong the Almaraz (which has two reactors), Ascó (also with two reactors) and Cofrentes, networked between 1983 and 1986. National participation was around 60 per 100 between civil works and equipment, with important effects on the Spanish industry drivers.
To the third stage belong Trillo and Vandellós II, after twelve years of political uncertainty plagued construction. The Spanish nuclear industry was consolidated at this stage, with the construction of factories both equipment and fuel, the implementation of a number of specialized service companies and the creation of the National Radioactive Waste (ENRESA).
All this activity involved a major effort to assimilate technology and training technicians and specialists, which resulted in a high quality nuclear fleet, teams of highly skilled operation and very high figures of national participation in the construction of nuclear power plants , from 43% of total first generation plants to 75% in the second and 85% in the third.
Nuclear plants were built today are a very important asset in the electricity generation market. Technology has proven to be able to keep operating and to include in them the technical improvements that have been developed, enabling a continuous and safe operation, allowing extend life.

Advantages:

·       Almost 0 emissions (very low greenhouse gas emissions).

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·       They can be sited almost anywhere unlike oil which is mostly imported.

·       The stations almost never experience problems if not from human error, which almost never happens anyway because the plant only needs about 10 people to operate it.

·       A small amount of matter creates a large amount of energy.

·       A lot of energy is generated from a single power station.

·       A truckload of Uranium is equivalent in energy to 10,000+ truckloads of coal. (Assuming the Uranium is fully utilized.)

·       A nuclear aircraft carrier can circle the globe continuously for 30 years on its original fuel while a diesel fueled carrier has a range of only about 3000 miles before having to refuel.

·       Modern reactors have two to ten times more efficiency than the old generation reactors currently in use.

·       New reactor types have been designed to make it physically impossible to melt down. As the core gets hotter the reaction gets slower, hence a run-away reaction leading to a melt-down is not possible.

·       Theoretical reactors (traveling wave) are proposed to completely eliminate any long-lived nuclear waste created from the process.

·       Breeder reactors create more usable fuel than they use.

Disadvantages:

·       Nuclear plants are more expensive to build and maintain.

·       Proliferation concerns - breeder reactors yield products that could potentially be stolen and turned into an atomic weapon.

·       Waste products are dangerous and need to be carefully stored for long periods of time. The spent fuel is highly radioactive and has to be carefully stored for many years or decades after use. This adds to the costs.

·       Early nuclear research and experimentation has created massive contamination problems that are still uncontained.

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·       Nuclear power plants can be dangerous to its surroundings and employees. It would cost a lot to clean in case of spillages.

·       There exist safety concerns if the station is not operated correctly or conditions arise that were unforeseen when the plant was developed, as happened at the Fukushima plant in Japan; the core melted down following an earthquake and tsunami the station was not designed to handle despite the world's strongest earthquake codes.

An Inconvenient Truth by Gabriel Martín, Spain

Technical Sheet

Original title: An inconvenient truth

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Country: United States

Year: 2006

Duration: 100 min.

Genre: Documentary

The impact

It is the third highest box-office success documentary in history.

Gore also has published a book under the same title, which has been featured in the film, as if It were a documentary graphical presentation.

Coinciding with the release of the film, the May 13, 2006, Gore took the opportunity to

promote themselves in the "reality show" America's best-known TV show, ‘Saturday Night Live’, where he played the hilarious role of the President of  the United States, after having won the 2000 elections, in an imaginary world parallel to the real one.

In 2007 it received an Oscar for best documentary.

Summary. Personal Opinion

Most of Sun’s radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warm it. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the form of infrared waves. Some of this bouncing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it.

The CO2 layer prevents that most of these rays can go back to the space.

In my opinion, human beings could collaborate and avoid the global warming, to save the Earth.

What could we do?

As we know, pollution is one the main factors we should avoid. Therefore we should:

-save energy

-use the car only when it is necessary

-buy appliances that save energy

-use compact lights

-plant trees and save water

-recycle

-take care of the environment, etc

If everybody collaborates, we can save the planet and avoid its destruction.

An Inconvenient Truth - personal impression by Michaela and Veronika, Czech republic

An Inconvenient Truth

by Michaela Svobodova, Czech Republic

I watched film An Inconvenient Truth last week. The film was for me very interesting. Al Gore explained global warming in this film so as to understand all of us. I liked his speech. He presented his speech with humor and grace. He managed to keep my attention. His presentations were great.  He used a convincing graphs. Al Gore demonstrated the consequences of human activity against nature. This film showed the real problems of global warming. It forces us to think about them. People should start to change their behavior. They should think about the future of the Earth.

The whole movie is very interesting and instructive. The film is presented very wittily and this is  what I like about this film.  I also  like graphs which are well-arranged, brief and easy understandable.  I think that this film should be seen by a lot of people, it might open their eyes. After seeing this film, I look at this thing from a different perspective. I think that we should all think about what we do and what we cause.

Veronika Grycová, the Czech Republic