Here is an important documentary on the consumer-driven global economy, the costs the recycling and environmental impact. Please watch the clip and the documentary and answer 2 questions ( 1 from each column) below with all the details and clarity. Please do not make it short and be clear and on point.

Links:

https://www.nfb.ca/film/manufactured_landscapes_edu/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&ab_channel=TheStoryofStuffProject

https://docdro.id/U4DuQgw

AnswerWrite two questions- Choose One from each column.

First Column:

1. Do you think that Chinese people have a right to the same level of material wealth and consumerism as those in western nations, despite the enormous negative environmental impact?

2. Are the choices of the Chinese government and its people any different today than those made more than a century ago by western nations during the Industrial Revolution?

3. Do you think the Three Gorges Dam project - an engineering and economic success - was worth the cost of displacing more than a million Chinese citizens?

4. The U.S. and China are the world's first and second-largest emitters of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas that causes global warming. What steps do you think these two nations could take to reduce emissions and slow global warming?

5. In the film, we see Edward Burtynsky pay the people who posed for his image. What do you think of the photographer's choice to pay his subjects, which he claims to do when shooting in poor communities?

Second Column:

6 Do you agree or disagree that the huge growth in Chinese manufacturing wouldn't be possible without insatiable western consumers who are only interested in the lowest price?

7 What did the filmmaker contribute to your understanding of Edward Burtynsky's work by using moving images to examine his still images? For example, in one scene, we see a worker testing the tiny spray valve for a steam iron, which Baichwal captures in rapid succession, one after the other. In the next shot, we see a heap of discarded steam irons, which a single still image could not capture.

8 Why do you think Edward Burtynsky presented landscapes devastated by industry, global consumerism and electronic waste through such beautiful and captivating images?

9 What effect, if any, did Edward Burtynsky's visually stunning images have on your reaction to the landscapes? Would you have reacted differently if the images were bleaker and less visually seductive?

10 How can we reconcile our desire for modern conveniences of mass-produced goods with our concern for environmental destruction?