During the movie “Bidder 70,” environmental activist Tim DeChristopher disrupts an auction of land to prevent the selling of it to a large oil/gas company. Many people saw this act as an act of environmental activism as it was an “ethical and direct” decision to stop the exploitation of this country’s beautiful lands. Following this act, many fellow environmentalists banded together to form the “Peaceful Uprising” group which used theatre and art tactics to try and spread awareness and make change in the world. While I think this does a good job of spreading awareness, especially to the youth, it still begs the question: is this how we are going to make immediate change? According to fellow environmentalist Bill Mckibben’s article “Do the Math,” http://www.billmckibben.com we need to act and change now. Not tomorrow, not in ten years, but now. If our most promising way of enacting social and political change is through caricatures and ironic plays, will we really be able to put an end to the corrupt oil companies? Will we really be able to reach our goal (limit) of 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere? If you ask me, no. The answer to our problems is money and getting people who have the right intentions and mindsets in the positions of power. While that’s easier said than done, I think it’s in everyone’s best interested to work towards getting into the top positions of these companies and changing them from the inside-out, rather than the outside-in. Theoretically it sounds good to keep protesting, but we need changes now and that will only come with power.