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Planet in Peril (2 DVD set)

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From the very begining, It starts with the notion that can't be negated by anyone.<For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It's one of the fundamental laws of physics -- of nature. Nothing occurs in a vacuum in the natural world. There are ripple effects > we should bear this fact in mind when we do somthing to our planet.
this documentary reminded me that what we(mankind) did for our benefits has posed a great threat to our planet. But on seeing this, I realized we still have a grip on moderating the damages we've caused. In terms of that, i was tremendously impressed by the segements related to inserting wolves in the yellowstone park. that was one great demonstration showing me that our efforts to save our planet can make a siginificant differences !( Actually, I was toooo ignorant that one specie is capable of playing such a meaningful role in the nature!!! )
furthermore,I was so shocked that people in africa emitting the least amount of CO2 have been suffering that much from the global warming.
It is really platitude to say this but How ironic this is!!!
It makes me feel so bad about them and become conscious of what I squandered..
I personally thanked CNN for letting me
be educated germane to grave problems we are facing which need to be rectified anytime soon. I hope by buying this DVD you can learn something out of this~~~

I was so taken with the program on CNN that I hoped I could then find it on DVD to give to my son-in-law for Christmas (they refuse to get cable). Thank you for making this available just in time for my Christmas gift list! It really is a good series ... highlighting the hot spots in the world and giving you a desire for more knowledge in many of the areas. How sad that we as a species are destroying what was a phenomenal gift ... all for the almighty dollar... which will have no value at all once we've destroyed all else!

Shipping was fast and the set is now all wrapped up to put under the tree ... Merry Christmas!

Breath-taking. Enlightening. Emotional. Touching. Pivotal. Humbling......A Masterpiece.

"Planet in Peril" erases all lines on the map. Africa is at our doorstep. China isn't so far way. Madagascar is not just a fantasy. The Amazon jungle is our forest. Greenland is in our back garden. A Breath-taking journey...

One land. One people. One family. One struggle.

The wildlife and animals on our beautiful planet are the most delicate of our creatures. They cannot speak literally, but through their beauty and sound we hear them all around us. However, day by day that universal "song" is becoming quieter. If we could no longer hear them, the silence and loneliness would break our hearts. We would be alone, and how frightening that would be.

Common sense would tell us that we would be next...

"Planet in Peril" conveys the striking contrast of the joy in perfect beauty and the sadness of perfect misery. To hear and feel the emotions as dear fellow humans, fellow family members, explain their fear, pain and sorrow over human losses that can never be compensated by anyone except God.

We should all be grateful that "Planet in Peril", took the time to document and show us the big picture of what is happening to our planet, to our home. To listen and learn. Humbly.

What we don't treasure we often lose.

"Planet in Peril" causes one to reflect upon the fact that we must wake up and realize we are the caretakers of this earth, it's our duty. Our sacred duty.


A Masterpiece...





"A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."
Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize 1952

Planet In Peril is a very informational and fascinating piece to watch. You're educated about the issues facing the planet and how it all relates to you. So you might say how losing species thousands of miles away doesn't affect you or how pollution and drought in another country doesn't affect you either, this will make you look at things a little bit different. Planet In Peril will open your eyes to the issues facing us and future generations, it will compel you to act and maybe even go out and buy compact fluorescent lightbulbs. This film is a wonderful piece of information that needs to be seen by every single person on the face of the Earth.

I have seen a lot of films and documentaries on these subjects but nothing can compare on the honesty, compasion of these DVD's. The information the locations gave me as well as my family chills at what we truely are doing to the planet. I recommend this to families,, great for schools, for all ages its never to late to learn and help thats what this DVD does it educates and make you aware so you can help. As it says we truely are a Planet in Peril. You won't be disappointed, I hope that there will be another set to continue to show what we have lost or what we have won in the fight to save the planet.

At this very moment I am watching the first airing of this program on CNN. It is fascinating and full of interesting information. The information is detailed and yet easy to understand. It doesn't resort to using sensationalism to inform. And rather than preaching, it teaches about endangered species, pollution, climate changes, etc.

Excellent documentary and an eye opener about how modern Civilization and mankind in general are affecting the only planet in the Solar System to harbor life as we know it and so far what we know of the Universe! It's time for everyone to raise to the occasion by saving the planet and develop alternative, sound, and healthy technologies that can help reverse the current detrimental and dangerous path that will affect every living being on Planet Earth.

This documentary made by CNN's journalists Anderson Cooper and Dr Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet's wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin is an excellent eye-opener on climate change and species loss our planet is facing right now.
The first DVD starts addressing the issue of wildlife trade in Thailand. Anderson Cooper follows a Thai police raid in an outdoor market in Bangcoc. They map out a plan to arrest wildlife dealers but when they arrive at the market all the stores are closed probably because someone tipped of the dealers. Then Anderson gives useful information about wildlife trade, how profitable it is and how difficult it is to stop this in a poor country like Thailand. He also gives us stunned information that the two main markets for wildlife is America as pets, and China as food ! Afterwards Dr Sanjay Gupta goes to Beijing to figure out more about China's habit of eating wildlife. Equally stunned is the intensive use of wildlife in China's traditional medicine. Putting altogether in the context of China overpopulation and economic growth we can realize that species loss will not stop.
Then, Jeff Corwin goes to Madagascar to show us the impact of deforestation on species loss. He correctly points out the relationship between deforestation and poverty as, like in Madagascar, the tropical forests in the planet are in poor countries where the forest itself is the only wealth (wildlife and wood) people have. From Madagascar to the Yellowstone National Park in Colorado, Anderson Cooper checks out the effort and success of re-introducting the once vanished gray wolf made by environmentalists in the United States.
In the second DVD, Anderson Cooper goes to the Amazon in Brazil to check out how deforestation is contributing to the greenhouse effect. We can realize how difficult is to protect Amazon given its immensity.
Then the journalists show us the impact of climate change presumably caused by greenhouse gases and the rise in planet's temperatures (some scientists and politicians disagree even in the United States). Jeff goes to the Artic where ice is melting at a staggering speed and polar bear population is lowering. And Anderson goes to Greenland where new islands are cropping up as ice melts. Both point out the aftermath of melting which is the rise of oceans. So, Dr Sanjay goes to a remote island in southern pacific which is thought to be sinking. We can forecast that the poor populations of third world countries will be among the first global warming losers.
Finally Dr Sanjay checks out in China the information that people are getting cancer from poluted water caused by waste products of China's new factories. And Anderson tells us insightful information about people getting cancer in the United States from polluted air. Again the people more exposed to toxins are the poor one who live in neighbourhoods next to highly pollutant factories.
The net effect of all these changes caused by mankind on the Earth is the main message of this excellent documentary made by CNN, i.e., our planet and ourselves are in great danger once nothing to change in the near future.

This was a very well produced series for CNN. But having the DVD makes it even better. You simply lose yourself in the story and in the wonderful outdoor scenes Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Kupta travel in. There are some sad and devasting segments. But the only way we can heal the planet is to see it for what it is. Under attack.
This is well worth the cost and a great DVD.

very informative and easy to fallow.makes you think of how the neglagence of a few can effect so many.