July 21st 2008
Neve Campbell Is Afraid To Bring Kids Into This World
Filed under: green and famous, television — lori @ 1:22 pm
Neve Campbell has a new television role as an eco-warrior who wants to save the planet. I’ll watch it as long as that creepy Scream mask doesn’t show up anywhere! England’s BBC has this new drama coming out called Burn Up. The British two-parter is being filmed in Canada, where Campbell will portray Holly who works for a British Oil company’s renewable energy division. Holly is committed to creating change and doing good for the environment, but…duhm duhm duhm duhm (scary music sound) the company only hired her to greenwash their image! Bastards! Then Holly goes and falls in love with her boss at the evil oil giant. Sorry, I’m getting way too into this. (You can see our previous take on the hilarious trailer for this film here.)
Neve is into it too because she’s really worried about the environment, so much that she’s not decided yet on becoming a mom.
“I’m really not sure about having kids. Maybe I’ll shift my view in a couple of years,” she says. “People say things like, ‘You could have the child who makes a big difference to the planet, but we’re not talking about changes happening to the planet in 50 years. It’s more likely to be 20 years and we’re going to be in a mess. Part of me thinks it is not necessarily fair to bring kids into a world like that. It seems selfish to and it is something I have struggled with for the past few years.”
The BBC Press Release describes this show as a ”provocative drama set in the real-life context of climate change.” Cool.
via: neveonline.org
I sadly, agree with Neve. Until someone is certain of where we’re headed, I don’t think it’s a good idea to bring a child into a world that may just end up being full of (more) suffering.
Not to mention the increasing world population causing strain on the planet is part of the problem.
Bravo, Ms. Campbell! It’s wonderful that you have made this decision. Remember, you are not being selfish. The ones who elect to bring children into the world as more potential burden to the already fragile ecosystem, are the selfish ones.
As far as the idiotic, “you could give birth to someone who changes the world” lunacy, go buy a lotto ticket instead. Your odds of winning that lottery versus the absolutely, infinitely remote chance that your offspring will change the world are much, much better.
And if you lose the lottery, you’re out a couple of bucks. Just another kid to stretch resources further? Well, you get the picture.
I applaud you, Neve!
TSV
My friend even asked me last night if I wanted to have children. I said, “It all depends on the future of our planet.” And it truly upsets me that this is my mind frame at TWENTY FIVE! I have felt this way for quite sometime though.
It wasn’t until a few months ago when someone struck a chord and said, “What if we do turn things around? Your child could be one more who survived in the world.”
I feel very, very maternal and want nothing more than to know what giving birth and raising my own child would be like. BUT I do see the downside of it all. Do I really want to bring a child into this world, in the condition it is in and where we are heading? I will most definitely adopt first and take care of a child who needs it.