Drama! Intrigue! Squealing pre-teens! Hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office!
We’re talking, of course, about the latest installment in the popular “Twilight” film series. The movie comes out today in the U.S.
(What, pray tell, does this have to do with the environment? Maintain the faith, reader.)
For the uninitiated, the “Twilight” movies are based on mind-bogglingly popular books by Stephenie Meyer. They center on a girl named Bella (Kristen Stewart in the movies) who falls in love with a vampire named Edward (Robert Pattinson). Just your straight-forward girl-meets-Dracula story … except there’s a werewolf named Jacob (Taylor Lautner) who also competes for Bella’s affections. Ruh roh.
As you might imagine, their feud over the brooding Bella means that Jacob and Edward don’t get on too well.
This tussle between the two characters has led real-life “Twilight” fans to form what they call “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob.” These are groups of “Twilight” aficionados who prefer one character over the other (never mind poor Bella, who, you’d think, should get to make her own choices). And it’s serious business. People are fiercely loyal to their choice. Yankees v. Red Sox has nothing on this.
All of this brings us to our point. Whether you’re on Team Jacob or Team Edward – or Team I Don’t Care About This Movie – you’re also on Team Earth. All of us are on Team Earth. We all share our planet. And we’re all in charge of keeping it – and, because people need nature to thrive, ourselves – as healthy as we can.
That’s the sort of thing even a hormonal vampire and a hormonal werewolf can agree on.
Interested in doing your part? Read more about our team and find out what you can do to make the world a better place.
