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I saw this documentary last year or so. It was shown on Colorado PBS. The guy lives in Telluride, CO. I can appreciate his concern about plastics and the harm they cause (lots). I try to reduce/reuse plastics where I can. It is a serious problem. Glad he pointed it out in a such an informative way.
(Warning: rant)
Looking at the bigger picture, how green can this guy really be? Telluride is a remote super-expensive place to live. The guy probably has to have at least a small boatload of money to live there. How much resources and wastes were expended to accumulate that money (even if a trust funder, somewhere along the line)? Telluride probably doesn't have much in the way of stores for basic living items. Boutiques and cafes mostly, the last time I was there. They would have to drive a very long way to a grocery store or for dept store shopping (Montrose 2hrs, Grand Junction 3hrs) or Durango (2-3 hrs?). In the film their child was born at the hospital just down the street from where I live in Grand Junction. Long drive.
When I was involved with the Sierra Club in Wyoming I saw many SC people who lived way way out of town on mini ranchettes on (formerly) prime elk habitat areas. No chance of walking or biking to any useful services. Have to drive a car *everywhere.*
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