Comments on: Gonna Take Pollution Down to Zero http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pollution-to-zero EPA's Blog About Our World Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jennya http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-42540 jennya Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:56:05 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-42540 Comics and magazines were a great inspiration to us as kids and we all had our hero’s and zero’s as sources of ‘listen to and look up to’s'…unfortunately comic writers have lost the art of inspiring kids with ‘Captain Good over Sleazy Evil’ and the prices charged for these publications is now well beyond pocket money reads.
A whole generation has now been lost to the darker minds that supply X.box/Wii etc. with multiple streams of anti-heroes destroying and destructing…even Dr.Who, once aimed at school children has now become such a scary epic that it terrifies young kids…so what is ‘Auntie BBC’playing at putting it out in children’s peak viewing times?…youngsters won’t be schooled or scared into a greener lifestyle,they need to be inspired to live it!

]]> By: priyanka http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40205 priyanka Wed, 11 May 2011 12:13:14 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40205 Go Green Kids: An innovative effort to save Mother Nature
An initiative by Green Yatra (An NGO).

We believe that the younger generation is our future and has the potential to be change makers. It is this belief that fuels our campaign. Go Green Kids is a National environmental educational yet practical Non for profit initiative for children and school students aged between 6 to 18 years, where we hope to develop and deliver practical and logical approaches toward aspects of their daily lifestyle, environment, the ecosystem, natural resources, global warming, pollution, eco-friendly tips, nature protection and conservation, and how they can contribute, support and inspire their Parents, Elders, Friends by adopting a green lifestyle and in the process to help & preserve Mother Nature. The Go Green Kids initiative concerns with making children aware and helps in sensitizing their minds so that they may be proactive in caring for our environment.
We are opting reverse/ retrograde approach to Save Mother Earth, through this Initiative where children will teach and inspire their elders to Go Green in daily life and can win cash prize of Rs. 2, 00,000, scholarships (Same amount of prize schools also can win) and lots of other benefits… Completely Free. Each and every student will awarded with a participation certificate as an encouragement which will be life time asset and credential to them.

Our vision is to form the largest network of young students from around the country and world that would not see environmental preservation as a chore, but would understand its importance and act willingly toward a greener present and future. We planned to accomplish this through our campaigns, talk shows, events, dramas and plays, site visitations, Eco- Natural picnics, tree plantation, workshops, audio visual presentation, scientific researches and international online forum and activities (includes blogs, website, online community, groups, and forums), where we will discuss various environmental issues like global warming, air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, smoking, alternate energy sources, alternate transportation, waste management, and a greener present and future. We also want to provide a platform for green ideas, concepts, and education that supports underprivileged kids. Our unique content does not only focus and prioritize on theoretical concepts but also on real facts, figures, images, videos, and scientific research.

To participate in Go Green Kids, children has to register, login in our website and give online test or download question answer sheet on resources section give the test and summit/upload fully filled question answer sheet or mail us They can also enjoy reading interesting ways to save Environment in daily life, fact, reality on every aspect of environment in our Knowledge Tank section. We have try to make test informative, interesting rather than bookish and boring because we want make kids aware and inspire to adopt green lifestyle to save Earth.

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]]> By: jesse http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40059 jesse Tue, 03 May 2011 21:02:20 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40059 … too funny! Great post. :-)

]]> By: Linda http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40049 Linda Tue, 03 May 2011 15:30:46 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40049 I must say, if the Garbage Gremlin scares kids, it would be much better to go with a more “heroic” mascot. After all, saving the planet is a pretty darned heroic task … even if the job is made up of lots of small, mundane-seeming little tasks like recycling yard waste, paper, and old soda cans. Each of us who works toward that goal is an everyday hero, and who doesn’t need more heroes?

Felicia, keep up the good work of translating all that data, all those numbers, and all that “sci-speak” into something everyone can understand and use – you have not “failed at being Asian”, you have simply succeeded in changing the definition of “success”.

]]> By: Megan http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40048 Megan Tue, 03 May 2011 15:19:41 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40048 Great blog Felicia. As a non scientist EPA employee I appreciate you mentioning other options as careers.

We still get plenty of requests for the garbage gremlin comic book here in R5.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40047 Anonymous Tue, 03 May 2011 15:17:46 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40047 Great blog Felicia! We still distribute the garbage gremlin comic books in R5. Love the outreach materials OSW creates.

]]> By: Larry http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/05/pollution-to-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-40037 Larry Mon, 02 May 2011 19:25:45 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=7456#comment-40037 As someone who has worn the Garbage Gremlin “uniform” and scared plenty of kids, I think Captain Planet would be awesome. But I might have to spend a few months in the gym to bulk up before putting on the blue tights and red Speedo.

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