Date: 19th January 2012
Time: 6:30pm 10:30pm
Venue: TR-7, Nanyang Technological University
Earthlink gatherings have always served to bring people together, forming a platform for people to interact with each other and discuss environmental issues that are close to their heart. At the same time, the gathering is also an opportunity for the learning and broadening of ideas and views regarding environmental issues.
For this gathering, we have screened Wall” E , a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. The story follows a robot named WALL” E, who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future. He falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure that changes the destiny of both his kind and humanity. WALL” E has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews among critics, scoring an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $521.3 million worldwide, won the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as being nominated for five other Academy Awards at the 81st Academy Awards. WALL” E ranks first in TIME’s “Best Movies of the Decade”.
The aim of this weekly gathering is to educate the members about the effect of post consumerism. The lesson taught is that we, as a society, must become less wasteful. Our habit of tossing aside old things in preference for new and more exciting things is already causing our garbage rates to rise dramatically. At this rate, there will be more garbage than our dumps and landfills can handle and, eventually, if this keeps up, we will end up destroying Earth just like the humans in this film. Recycling and re-using items to their fullest are the lessons WALL” E teaches through his collecting. Nothing is wasted in WALL” E home.
Event Organizer
This event is organized by the Education and Welfare portfolio. For more information, you may contact Ng Yi Xuan here.