Everyday is Earth Day,
If it's cold or wet or hot
Pitch in to save the planet
It's the only one we've got.

Today is Earth Day, a day intended to spread awareness and appreciate the earth's environment, and fortunately, I stumbled upon something apt and really interesting for the occasion. A humorous, web-based animated show of kids that talks about and tackles several different environmental issues facing the world today. Its a great way to increase awareness on the deteriorating climatic conditions.

The name of the show is, 'Gorilla in the Greenhouse,' it is set in a mystical greenhouse in San Francisco, featuring a visionary green gorilla and four kids who use their imagination, their network and their music to tackle the environmental challenges facing their generation.

I watched the first episode, which is 7 minutes long, where the gang of four kids discover an island of plastic bags in the Pacific Ocean. This is harming the ecology and also the marine life. Disturbed by this, the kids take action to teach the fellow, responsible for this disaster a lesson. They come up with a campaign 'Bag the bag' where they start selling reusable bags in the market, and put that fellow out of business, thereby teaching him a lesson.

It was a sweet episode accompanied with music, which makes it a good way to teach the kids and inspire them to take real-world action on the environment. You can watch the first episode below, which was launched today -



The future episodes are suppose to cover adventures exploring mountaintop removal, sustainable food consumption, global warming, deforestation, and alternative energy.

While going through their site, I also came found that they have created a unique Plastic Bag Lesson Plan that informs children/students about the scope of the worldwide plastic bag problem, and provides them with ways to reduce plastic bag generation and waste.

Thumbs up to them and I hope this contributes towards creating a better environment!

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