Spaceship Earth

Though the concept of planet Earth as a ship predates space travel it wasnt until Apollo astronauts photographed Earth rise that the metaphor of Spaceship Eartha term championed by futurist Buckminster Fuller in the 1960sreally captured the collective imagination The idea of Earth as a finite entity hurling through a seemingly infinite and empty universe became a clarion call for sustainability and cooperation But what does that really mean Awardwinning doc auteur Kevin McMahon travels across the globe to unpack what scientists have discovered about humanitys impact on the planet Consulting some of the worlds most prominent thinkers including physicists astronauts anthropologists and geologists Spaceship Earth is a beautiful poetic film that offers insight and inspiration into how to change the hearts and minds of every person on this planeta necessity if humans are to survive on the only vessel capable of sustaining us