An inconvenient truth

Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006, 3:23 PM by Lonely Planet

A movie that makes you question the industry on which your livelihood is dependent? Tough to swallow on a Saturday night.

Al Gore's documentary on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, is designed to make you uncomfortable. After all, the discomfort is minimal to that which we will experience when the planet fries up or freezes up. Doomsdayist? Not necessarily. Rather, Gore implores people to look at the evidence, acknowledge global warming, debate their role and impact on it, then to change their habits and work toward reversing the damage that has already been done.

That includes us.

The travel industry - reliant on people packing up and flying to far-flung exotic destinations. The aviation industry - reliant on oil and responsible for its fair share of carbon emmissions. Those very same carbon emmissions - evidentially pointing the planet on a one-way path to self-destruction.

So what do we do? How can we address global warming? And what about you - savvy traveller? Where does this leave you? Guilty? Not-guilty? Join in the debate and for more information check out the Inconvenient Truth website.

Calculate your carbon usage and get tips on how to travel more responsibly at Lonely Planet's own Responsible Travel site.

Labels: Sustainable and responsible tourism

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