B-Earthday 2021 and the Ark Video 1988

By The Marine Detective on April 22, 2021

April 22nd.

It’s Earth Day. It’s also my birthday.

One of us is 4.543 billion years old. One of us in 58.

I’ll let you decide which is which. 🙂

So . . . it’s B-earthday.

And while everyday is an earth day for those of us on this blue planet, April 22nd is a day to increase resolve to live knowing our place IN the environment, because that’s where greatest well-being lies.

With this also being my birthday, maybe there is even greater reflection and taking stock – the lessons learned; the how-did-we-get-here; what has changed; what has not; the way forward; how much time is left . . . you know, the big stuff.

The privilege of reaching this age includes that there is more knowing of what has been, which helps inform how to move forward. There is greater understanding of the pushes and pulls on human values, and a greater ability to see over greater timelines, and know common solutions.

Yeah, my head does not spin as much at this age.

THAT was my clumsy segue to the following. For a long time, I’ve wanted to share “The Ark Video” which dates back to 1988. I found it so powerful at that time and believe it still has value and “deserves” to live on the internet, where it may still have positive impact.

The video features Dawn French as Mother Earth, scolding humanity, her children. You know Dawn French. She’s the fabulous British comedian of the “French and Saunders” duo, the “Vicar of Dibley”, the “Fat Lady in the Painting’ in Harry Potter, etc.

Look! The video is so old, it was on VHS and I had it converted to DVD. A reminder that 1988 was pre-internet and before most of us had computers.

There’s that reflection again: How quickly some things change, while others do not, and . . . why?

Watch the video with that in mind?

Note that the organization being promoted, The Ark Environmental Foundation, never proceeded with the promise this video provided. They faded out by the early 1990s. I don’t know why. There were big names involved. Kevin Godley of the rock band 10cc was the director of the video and I believe David Bowie was associated with Ark too.

Wanting words aimed at inspiring the way forward?

Please see my “Ocean Voice” post at this link.

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For film details about The Ark Video, see this link.