http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQuTBmW4RU
This film is about a young boy who resided on the northern shore of Lake Superior, above sea level. The young boy, Kyle Appletaggen, learned that where he lived was at the height of land, where water flowed downward towards the sea. One winter he carved a little man out of a cedar tree and named him "Paddle to the Sea". He melted lead to keep Paddle upright and carved at the bottom "please put me back into the water". He then put him a hill with snow and left him there for when the snow melted he reached the river.
Paddle was at the mercy of wind and waves, and danger that lied ahead. He could have been something to eat, or he could have ended his journey as a drift wood. One day he disappeared completely under the ice and snow. Then one day he was free again to travel to the land of people, past great waterfalls, he then reached Detroit on the 4th of July which was only 1500miles from the sea.
The world of man was dangerous and dirty, all sorts of filth and grime was dumped into the river. Downstream was Niagara Falls, which he survived.
He reached an animal sanctuary where all creatures were protected, and where a beaver could have used him as driftwood for his dam. He was caught by a young boy who played with him and accidentally released him back into the river. His next big bang was the great locks that the great ships had to also make it through.
One day, fishermen who went out to fish cod which is only found in the sea, accidentally caught him. Paddle had been in the water so long the paint was all worn off but the fisherman was still able to read "put me back into the water". Then the lighthouse keeper caught Paddle and was going to add him to his model boat collection, he then thought about the currents in the great sea. He though they might lead him to a warm shore in Africa or on the cold banks of Norway. Who knows how far he may go? or how far he came from?
This story is very old but very cute as well. It makes me think how no matter how long it takes for Paddle, or whatever it may be, the rivers and lakes are all connected together. The filth such as toxic wastes or plastics, that was dumped into the lakes by humans with Paddle, also traveled with him to the great sea, and might also follow him to the warm shores of Africa or Norway.
We are all connected, what one country does with their waste affects the entire world as one. We have to stop thinking in the sense of "out of sight, out of mind" because with this theory we are harming ourselves, eventually to the point of no return, the point where the holistic world's water is polluted.
Paddle was at the mercy of wind and waves, and danger that lied ahead. He could have been something to eat, or he could have ended his journey as a drift wood. One day he disappeared completely under the ice and snow. Then one day he was free again to travel to the land of people, past great waterfalls, he then reached Detroit on the 4th of July which was only 1500miles from the sea.
The world of man was dangerous and dirty, all sorts of filth and grime was dumped into the river. Downstream was Niagara Falls, which he survived.
He reached an animal sanctuary where all creatures were protected, and where a beaver could have used him as driftwood for his dam. He was caught by a young boy who played with him and accidentally released him back into the river. His next big bang was the great locks that the great ships had to also make it through.
One day, fishermen who went out to fish cod which is only found in the sea, accidentally caught him. Paddle had been in the water so long the paint was all worn off but the fisherman was still able to read "put me back into the water". Then the lighthouse keeper caught Paddle and was going to add him to his model boat collection, he then thought about the currents in the great sea. He though they might lead him to a warm shore in Africa or on the cold banks of Norway. Who knows how far he may go? or how far he came from?
This story is very old but very cute as well. It makes me think how no matter how long it takes for Paddle, or whatever it may be, the rivers and lakes are all connected together. The filth such as toxic wastes or plastics, that was dumped into the lakes by humans with Paddle, also traveled with him to the great sea, and might also follow him to the warm shores of Africa or Norway.
We are all connected, what one country does with their waste affects the entire world as one. We have to stop thinking in the sense of "out of sight, out of mind" because with this theory we are harming ourselves, eventually to the point of no return, the point where the holistic world's water is polluted.
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