In what could be known as easily one of the most stunning nature films of the year, DisneyNature releases its Feature Film EARTH on DVD, September 1st.
We have 3 Winners! The winners were chosen randomly using Randomizer.Org.
Margaret Kinney, Paul Smith and gwellness, please send me an E-mail at adam at twilightearth dot com with your shipping instructions! Congratulations!
The Walt Disney Company introduces a new motion picture label, DisneyNature, to home audiences when Earth comes to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD on September 1, 2009 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
The film tells a trio of unforgettable stories sure to captivate movie lovers of all ages. Set against some of the world’s most spectacular vistas, this breathtaking motion picture achievement uses the classic Disney storytelling tradition to celebrate the diversity and determination of its animal stars in a heroic journey that covers the Earth from pole to pole.
Narrated by James Earl Jones, the inaugural release from Disneynature is was released in theaters to the acclaim of families and film critics alike.
Twilight Earth, in cooperation with Disney Earth has been given the opportunity to give away 3 copies of the DVD to our loyal readers. The DVD includes bonus features that offer viewers an in-depth look at the making of the film and an opportunity to learn more about our planet and its myriad fascinating inhabitants. With dizzying aerial photography, epic backdrops and rare footage of land, sea and air, this DVD will be a welcome addition to any collection.
Earth has a suggested retail price of $29.99 for the DVD, and $39.99 for the Blu-ray Hi-Def plus DVD.
To sign up for a free copy of EARTH, just click here to get Twilight Earth via E-mail (though this is not necessary to win) and then leave a comment in this article telling us why protecting the earth is important to you! (This is necessary) That’s it! Three winners will be chosen by random on Friday, September 4th and will be notified by E-mail.
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I’m not sure why you want entrants to subscribe to your content by e-mail. Are you planning to send out a newsletter with extra content? This seems an unusual request for a give away.
That’s a great question Alison. No, we never send out extra E-mails, other than the ones that people sign up for. Although we sometimes send out a newsletter to people who sign up for those. Those news letters only get sent out about once a month.
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I don’t understand why protecting the Earth isn’t important to every person living on it if they love their families and the future generations to come once their not here any longer. Everyone should do their part no matter how small they think that part is.
I agree Ginger. Environmentalism is more about saving ourselves than saving the planet!
Protecting the earth right now is important to me in that once I heard the line “we are borrowing the earth from the future” I can’t shake it from my head.
I wasn’t able to see this in theaters so I would absolutely love to own a copy! The Earth is our home and we really need to do a better job of taking care of her.
(Incidentally, I’m subscribed to your RSS feed in my GReader account since not only does that allow me to read and click through to the site, I can also share articles that I find particularly interesting.)
Oh fun! I’ve been wanting to see this film.
Treading lightly and making this a cleaner, greener place to live just feels like the right thing to do. I want this planet to be a healthy place for me, my family, and all the other people and critters that live here.
Protecting the Earth is part of being a good citizen. If the human population is to live on we need to protect the Earth for every living thing. The Earth is good for the soul, good for resources that are part of daily life and things we don’t even yet realize. People seem to take advantage and forget where things come from. If we want to use something we have to put something back in to it. Like a car, we need to do the mileage checkups and change the oil and baby the ac on really hot days and then it gets us where we need to go. The Earth is like that on a much larger scale. We can’t get away with continuing to take, take, take.
It is our responsibility to leave this planet an inhabitable place for our grandchildren! It is unacceptable for us to assume that we only need to worry about ourselves when making decisions about the environment. Let’s recognize that we got a little (a lot!) off track, and start doing more- with less!
Thank you for this opportunity, Twilight Earth! I’d love to have a copy of this movie to add to my daughter’s library. We saw the film in the theater and would like to watch it over and over again so that we’re reminded of all the reasons why we go through the efforts to recycle, reduce consumption, compost, grow vegetables, drive less, use natural products, eat less meat and ride bikes to school.
Be well, Carla aka OneHealthyGirl.com
Protecting the Earth is important to me for future generations will look at our care and protection of the Earth for them as a measure of our success. I care about the inhabitants of the Earth besides myself and want to protect those who can’t protect themselves.
We all need to follow in the footsteps of Audubon, Darwin, John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt to continue saving our earth from global warming, overpopulation, and unsustainable land management. This has to be a universal endeavor as we all love our landscapes and wildlife in peril. The greener we can conduct our lives and the more eco-friendly businesses become will show future generations our foresight. Thanks Disney for doing your part!
Protecting the earth is important to me because everything is interdependent, and I think that plants and animals should be able to continue to thrive here on Earth.
I’m all for a major media company releasing a planet positive project, that will likely get seen by and have an effect on a huge audience. Would love to have/see it for myself!
Actually I’d be happy to receive the extra content you put out in a newsletter. I just don’t subscribe to blogs through e-mail because I use Google reader when I want to subscribe. My question was more about why you want e-mail subscribers as opposed to just subscribers. I guess I mucked up my question because it apparently sounded like I was asking something else
Protecting the Earth is important to me because I’d like my children to have clean air to breathe, water to drink, and sand to dig their toes into
It would be selfish and short sighted to think that our future generations, both human and all animals, arent worth the time and trouble of making some changes to contribute to the health of this planet. This program is such a startling reminder of how blessed we are on this beautiful, fragile, planet.
Earth is the only home we (currently) have. All of us, human and beast alike were put here for a purpose and when species start becoming forced into extinction, than there’s a gap in the ecosystem that throws off the delicate balance of the planet. Perhaps it’s a bit selfish, but just yesterday I was watching a program with my two boys about alligators on a certain lake that are being hunted and killed whenever they grow larger than 4ft. Humans decided to build on that lake and encroached on their territory and now they’re being killed because of it. They are not, by any means, lovable or endearing creatures, but what gives us the right to dictate the confines of their existence? Slowly, but surely, we’re killing the planet and in return, also killing ourselves and all the other inhabitants of the world.
Protecting the Earth is important for me because I want everyone to live in a healthy environment and for it to be safe and healthy for generations to come. Looking the beautiful things in nature that are in peril makes me sad to think that a future generation may never get to see them. We need to protect these for education and enjoyment.
I have had the most extraordinary experiences of my life doing wildlife photography here in Southwest Florida. While most people I encounter respect wildlife, there are those who have no tolerance for environmental protection. This is unfortunate and I gently (not easy for me as I get very agitated when faced with wildlife disrespect ;D) remind people that by destroying or harming wildlife and its habitat, we are destroying civilization.
Protecting the Earth is important because others will have to use it. How can you have children and leave them with an Earth that will be harder to leave on. Since the 19th century, problems have gotten exponentially worse. Our Earth can’t take another two centuries at this level of abuse. My main focus is MTR. Not only is it permanently destroying the land, but it is destroying a culture. Luckily there is no coal where I live, but to the very near east and west of me (I live in Bristol, TN) MTR and strip mining are ruining the economy, ecology and culture of an entire group my people and place, the Appalachians.
I love this concept of taking care of the earth. I think Disney will inspire and motivate us all to do something for our earth. I will encourage others to do the same.
The simple truth of the matter is that Earth doesn’t particularly care what we do. It’s been here for roughly 6 billion years already, and it will continue to keep on keeping on until the Sun explodes. From evidence scientist have gathered, Earth has experienced several mass extinctions in its time, but at least, as far as we know, no creature was responsible for the extinctions and most probably didn’t even know what was happening to them. Then there’s us… Human beings are not only conscious of our existence, and we’ve recently started to put together the pieces of how we fit into the natural systems of this planet, but we’re also the first species to have a direct impact on all other species on the planet. It’s up to us to decide what sort of legacy we wish to leave behind. If we destroy the planet and all life on it, then we’ve no one to blame but ourselves… and we’ll also be the only species who knows we did it. I know I couldn’t live with that shame. I think if we boil down to the crux of why we should be protecting this planet the answer is pretty clear: We caused this mess. We’re the only ones who can clean it up. WE DON’T WANT TO DIE. I want to protect the planet for one simple reason: I want to live, I want to exist, and I want to continue to do both for as long as I can.
Protecting the Earth has been a passion of mine since the 6th grade! (1980) I recall our science teacher creating a debate about “conservation” it made so much sense to me to protect the trees, save water, learn the 3-R’s, etc.
I am thrilled to pass this passion for conservation, environmentalism, tree hugging…whatever anyone wants to call it…to our 4 children and to the families they will become/create. I love the American Indian Proverb: We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.
Thank you for the opportunity to share & possibly win a great piece of history to pass along for generations!
I wonder at times why it takes a contest to get people thinking about the importance of the Earth. This is ur home and also one of the greatest evolutionary miracles in existence. I want my kids and their kids and all who come after to be able to marvel at old faithful, the smoky mountainsn a swallowtailed kite or a right whale. Protect the planet, it is the only home we have and the only (known) place to experience the biodiversity miracle of life!
I would love a copy to save for my new grandchild and would hope that people everywhere start paying attention to how they interact in this world to make it a better place for our future generations.
As an inhabitant of the Earth it is important to me to protect it. This seems elementary, but I guess it still isn’t for some people.
Protecting the Earth is important because it is a gift from our Creator. Nature is fascinating and awe-inspiring. When you pay attention to it, you realize how small we are as individuals and how selfish we are with its resources. Just eating a tomato from my garden, I marvel how one little seed gives me food to feed my family. As a mother, I want very much to teach and inspire a love of nature in my son. I think its one of the most important things I can teach him.
its just the right thing to do. be with it, not against it.
In reality it is not important to protect the earth. Nature will take care of that. We have to keep it habitable for ourselves. Face it, we don’t have a lot of options. Keep the earth capable of sustaining us or join the long line of extince species. The earth will take care of itself, and be a viable planet long after we have wiped ourselves off of its face.
My son and I loved this movie, and can’t wait for the dvd, as well as the next movie in the series! This was a grat introduction to environmentalism for him, as it made him aware of his place in the ecosystem. Now he understands better why we compost, recycle/freecycle, and try to live within our means economically, socially, and environmentally.
I don’t want to pass on to my generations something hobbled and in need of desperate repair…. it is up to us, here & now to resolve the current issues hindering our progress and rectify past abuses.
The time is now…..
Protecting the earth we live on is extremely important, but too often gets given only lip service. We need a cultural change to move us away from modern consumerism. That will be the fundamental change needed to save us (and earth) from ourselves.
We are arguably the only animal on the planet with the ability to destroy and protect the delicate fabric of life that wraps the globe. It’s essential that we find a way to exist in a sustainable balance with the environment to protect all life, including human life. Once we as a whole recognize that we control the destiny of the natural environment we will begin to make better choices. In fact the greatest challenge of our time is to get the majority of humans to recognize this before we run out of rope. That’s why we need to protect the earth.
Our number one resource — soils — is also a very important ecosystem to protect. Good, healthy soils gives us food to eat, clothing to wear (cotton, etc), pharmaceuticals, feed for animals, forests, filters water, and so much more.
Protecting the planet is important so that future generations can enjoy it. We have to prevent the Earth from being further destroyed by means of alternative technology such as solar, wind etc. and hopefully figure out a better system of ridding waste!
Protecting the environment is important because humans are not the only creatures on Earth. We must live in a more sustainable way so that everyone and everything can enjoy the planet now and for future generations. Earth is the only home we have!
I’d like to win this, much talk about it right now. My favorite show ever was/is “Planet Earth” with Sigourney Weaver hosting, but this will be good for the kids.
This film seems great!!!
I would be thrilled to win this film as I teach English and the environment is an important issue which we study in class.
It would make me and lots and lots of students very happy…
thanks for this great opportunity!
Protecting the Earth is important to me because I’m a mom. Once I had my son, I realized that I really needed to look at my impact on the Earth and do what I can to reduce it. Now my children are on their own eco-conscious journeys.
Protecting the Earth is important to me because I want to make sure that my kids and future grandchildrens have a safe and clean environment to live in. Also, it’s really our job and responsibility to take care of it!
I would love to win this movie for my daughter! thanks for the chance!
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It’s simple: We protect our planet or we perish. We depend for suvival on an interconnected web of all life, and have a responsiblity to take care of the system that supports us.
I have worked in the environmental non-profit sector for about five years, because I believe that change is possible, that a stable, sustainable, unpoisoned environment is essential to life as we know it, and that a balance is possible, one that respects the life of all organisms co-existing in health and harmony.
protecting the earth is important bc it’s where WE LIVE. and where our childrens’ children will live.
Earth needs a helping hand to stay in good health. Like any good citizen, I want to protect my assets. I take care of my health, my children, my household. Why wouldn’t I take care of Earth? It’s as much my home as my house, my city, my state and my country. I’m proud to be a resident of Earth. I want to protect it from harm. I want you to too.
For me, the epiphany came in a college astronomy class in which I learned how similar the Earth and Venus initially were — and yet, because it was a little closer to the sun, Venus became a ball of poisonous gases, and the Earth…well, let’s just say that after class, I looked up at the blue sky and the fluffy white clouds and the ocean on the horizon and felt very small and very fortunate.
Life on this planet with all its marvelous diversity and energy is infinitely precious. As conscious, intelligent creatures, humans have a duty to not only live in harmony with the things around us, but also to see them as genuinely important to our identity and existence on Earth.
It’s important to me to protect the earth and set an example for young and future generations so that they will live more responsibly. I’d love for our planet’s condition to be shown to be on the mend rather than always declining, and our endangered and extinct species list to stay the same and get smaller.
Thanks for reading.
I believe we should protect the earth because we are relatively late arrivals on this planet…we’re like an obnoxious guy who shows up at a perfectly good party after midnight empty handed, drinks all the beer, and through some stupid stunt immediately causes the neighbors to call the cops and shut the whole thing down. We need to learn our manners. Just because we’re capable of using up all of the land, air and water doesn’t mean we SHOULD do it. In fact quite the opposite. We should give back in recognition of all those life-sustaining, awe-inspiring gifts.
I agree with Kim, “protecting the earth is important bc it’s where WE LIVE. and where our childrens’ children will live.” I do it for them.
I work for a scientific society in the earth sciences and have both a professional and personal interest in the film Earth — plus I would love to show it to my kids and share it with their classrooms so they could show it there.