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Family Crosses the Country on a Bike Built for 5

Imagine crossing the country on bicycles with your kids… on a bicycle built for five. It might sound sort of crazy, but that’s exactly what the Harrison family, a.k.a. “The Pedouins” (a mashup of pedals & bedouins) are doing right now. Bill, Aramins & three young daughers, aged 3, 4 and 7 are making a [...]

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Run, Kids, the Carbon Monster is Coming!

How do you get adults to care about the environment? How about scaring their kids shitless with the specter of a ‘carbon monster’ in the sky that’s going to get them if their parents don’t act against global warming? That’s the tact the British government has chosen to take with an ad that seeks to [...]

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British Robot Raps About Recycling

Nothing makes kids want to recycle like a rapping robot with a British accent. At least, that seems to be the thinking behind this weird and funny video of an educational presentation by The Housing Education Initiative – made just a little bit stranger by the robot’s sign-spinning backup dancer.

Hey, whatever works! Back in the [...]

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Public Schools to Get $6.4 Billion in Green Improvements

Public schools across America are in serious need of TLC. Pitifully low budgets mean some schools don’t even have clean drinking water, let alone up-to-date textbooks. But, Congress just passed a piece of legislation that might just save school districts enough money to get back on track. $6.4 billion has been earmarked for green projects [...]

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‘The Story of Stuff’ a Hit in Classrooms

The lifecycle of stuff – it’s something that most kids never even consider. Yet, a video that makes the journey of possessions from their creation to their disposal easy to understand for children has become a hit in classrooms across America. The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard doesn’t flinch from the harsh realities of [...]

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Youth Skip Green Products to Save Cash

It’s generally held as common knowledge that the youth of the world is far greener than the rest of us. College environmental activism is at an all-time high and “eco kids” are calling their parents out on environmental offenses. But, does that mean the “Millenial Generation”, defined as 13-to-29-year-olds, is willing to fork over extra [...]

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