Earth Day 2009
Written by Suzanne on April 20, 2009We usually celebrate Earth Day with the kiddo’s Young Naturalist Club, gathering together with her friends to view dioramas and edutainment style displays. A few years ago she wanted to create a PSA style video to tell people not to litter. She set the scenes up with her toys, dictated the script to me and did most of the video footage herself. The bad voice over acting was my doing. She created a club idea for anyone that helps keep our planet clean called the Nature Savers.
This year we’ll be visiting the movie theater for Disneynatures’s latest film Earth. Click here for the trailer.
If you buy a ticket for opening week, Disney will plant a tree in your honor.
For those of you with kiddos of your own, explore the educator materials available on the Disneynature site.
Keeping in line with keeping the planet clean, I found a great video by ThreadBanger.com showing us how to “upcycle old items into a rad new pendant lamp”. Plus, learn some easy ways to contribute to our own neighborhood.
Remember, every day should be Earth Day! Be a Nature Saver, don’t litter!
Join the Clean World Movement by visiting www.cleanworldmovement.org
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April 20th, 2009 at 9:06 am
LOL, cool video & nice directing in that one. Are those ‘bratz’ dolls?
The movie Earth looks really good, hopefully it’s not too Disneyfied.
I really like ‘planet earth’ special, I got it on bluray and love the scenery.
A very sad and funny story about Disney and one of their first nature specials hosted by Donald Duck. Story goes that Disney was filming lemmings, and at the time people believed lemmings to have certain mindless suicidal tendencies, jumping off of cliffs, etc.
So Disney went out to film this phenomenon, thinking it to be true. They soon found that mass suicide never happened with lemmings, so as a solution, they rounded up some lemmings, and got the film crew out of camera range to secretly startle and scare them towards and off a cliff, creating the footage in the final production.
In any case, I think the movie ‘earth’ will be cool, even if they will be pushing penguins off icebergs and whatnot.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Love the video! :)
April 20th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Thanks so much for posting our Earth Day episode! I, and the rest of the Threadbanger team really appreciate it.
Much love!
xo, Meg
April 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Good idea to make the video.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
OMG-That video is priceless!!!
I meant to visit HIH today & totally forgot. I’m so glad I stopped by post-Lucky Charms.
Tell the kiddo the video is great–and to Mama…nice voice over!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 10:19 am
My son and I love the video !! The upcycle idea is great too.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
Dear Suz,
That was one of the cutest little videos I’ve seen it awhile… Please give the munchkin a hug from me and tell her I said “Amazing Work!!!” I enjoyed that more then most of the stuff Lucas has recently put out. Nice voice by the way. = ) We are sooo going to karaoke one day.
Always,
“D”
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Suzanne & A this was so cute! It looks like you had tons of fun doing it as well. great job you two!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I agree, everyday should be Earth day. If we all did just a little, it would make a huge difference.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
LOVE the video. Kiddo does a very good job with camera work.