The Age of Stupid 1. What is the ‘curse of resources’? 2. What is ‘the covenant’ that the narrator talks about? 3. What are the 8 products made from oil? 4. Complete this sentence: Oil ‘smells so much like __________, it’s beautiful! 5. What arguments do find: a. For climate change b. Against Climate change:
6. Describe a life-‐cycle for oil that ends in CO2 emissions 7. Describe a life-‐cycle for oil that ends in landfill 8. What is consumerism? 9. Complete the narrator’s sentence: ‘looking back is like…. ‘ 10. What is ‘direct action’ and why is it useful? 11. What is the proposed Global Cap? 12. ‘Equity’s the only option morally’. What does this mean? 13. What do you think is your fair share of the Earth’s resources? 14. How do you think history will view this time (1970 – 2014) in terms of a. the environment? b. action and behavior bout the environment? 15. Things finish in this movie in the year 2052. Do you think history will show this as our future? If not, how do you think it will be different?