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It's pretty clear from the audio that he's lecturing somewhere, so it seems likely the filmmakers selected images to go along with his pre-existing speech.
by waterlesscloud 12y ago
It's pretty clear from the audio that he's lecturing somewhere, so it seems likely the filmmakers selected images to go along with his pre-existing speech.
- nkurz 12y agoYou are right, the audio is from Monbiot's 2013 Ted talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world http://www.ted.com/talks/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewi... That wasn't clear to me. Rather, I presumed (I think reasonably) from the tag "Sustainable Man Original" that it was something that that Monbiot had participated in the creation of. I've now read the comments on the Sustainable Man page (http://sustainableman.org/blog/2014/02/17/how-wolves-change-rivers/ http://sustainableman.org/blog/2014/02/17/how-wolves-change-...), and see that other have pointed out that the video also uses uncredited video of English badgers and Slovenian bears. The creator of the video responds "Hi, we “steal” footage from lots of sources all in a non-commercial effort to raise awareness about sustainability.". The removes most of the criticism I'd have toward Monbiot, and retargets it toward Sustainable Man. The video is clearly more concerned with rhetoric rather than accuracy. Regardless of the goodness of the cause, I think in the end this sloppiness with facts will do more harm than good.