45 Planet of the Humans: What Did the Film Get Right?

<p class="p1"><em>“There are too many human beings, using too much, too fast.”</em> Those are the words of Richard Heinberg in a controversial new documentary executive produced by Michael Moore. <em>Planet of the Humans</em> presents us with some inconvenient truths – far more inconvenient than just the greenhouse gas effect. Yet because the film skewers some renewable energy advocates for painting an overly rosy picture that’s not 100% accurate, there’s been a lot of backlash and effort to keep the film from being seen. In the film, director Jeff Gibbs notes:</p> <p class="p1"><em>“It was becoming clear that what we had been calling green, renewable energy, and industrial civilization are one and the same – desperate measures not to save the planet, but to save our way of life.”</em></p> <p class="p1"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/123723/Ep_45_600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="315" />We think the most important messages of the film are just too critical to avoid, so GrowthBusters teamed up with World Population Balance to co-host the webinar, <em>Planet of the Humans: a Sequel</em>. You can view a <a href= "https://youtu.be/18wRbtEUJF0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video replay of that webinar here</a>. Or you can listen to the audio of the webinar in this episode of the <em>GrowthBusters</em> podcast.</p> <p class="p1">We just recorded a continuation of the panel discussion begun in that webinar. Watch for that as another episode of the podcast in the very near future. <a href= "https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/umptf6w/signup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe to our email updates</a> or the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/user/Growthbuster" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">GrowthBusters YouTube channel</a> to be notified immediately when that video is posted.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>LINKS:</strong></p> <p class="p1"><a href="http://planetofthehumans.com" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Planet of the Humans</em> film</a></p> <p class="p5"><a href="https://youtu.be/18wRbtEU