Dodging Pollution: An Underdog Story
Earthjustice - Non-Profit - www.earthjustice.org
Some of the worst air polluters have dodged controls for decades, pumping dirty air that makes playing outside a dangerous game for kids across the U.S. Though 2011 brings unprecedented opportunities to clean up these polluters, only public pressure can counteract the polluter lobby's influence. A humorous video can help: in a dodgeball game between kids and pollution, large men dressed as mercury, soot, and other pollutants hurl dodgeballs labeled with diseases (e.g. asthma ) while kids counter with balls marked "health" and "clean air". The message: join the kids' team to ensure dirty industries don't dodge clean air rules again.
AdminSimon A. Nurse
(Admin, Free Range Studios' Youtopia)
shared this idea
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David swan
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the world must be rid of the polluters or we, and the next generation will suffer and die. and the ones responsible will say it "wasn't me Jimmy"
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David swan
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The video I have hours & hours of some horrendous film from a cement manufacture, that have and still are flouting the environmental law, and the environment quango S.E.P.A. have allowed it to go on in the area. The stack at the works is constantly coming to ground and the smell of So2, dust is virtually in your face all the time, the authority have conspired with others to cover it up the trough. but I have the trough here is a snip of it in this link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davet_herav/
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BeachHouseHawaii.com
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We need more stories about how big business ignores the environment.
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Laura Gritman
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We also need to go after individuals who think it's still acceptable to burn their trash, from plastic bags to paint pails and furniture, as they do here in Marion County, FL.
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Marguerite Winkel
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People need to be educated about the myriad devious ways that industries are getting around and influencing regulations that should be protecting us from greedy, toxic products and the processes and by products we are left to contend with! Too many people still seem to believe that there's no problem and that is stalling meaningful reform....not to mention that these corporations continue to amass incredible fortunes that make it really easy to continue to harm us and the world because people do not know enough to stop buying the damn offal. We all seriously need a strong, well-informed intervention!
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Kathleen
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Sweet. Would love to see Ben Stiller (or a lookalike) with a cameo in this!
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Liz Judge
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Sounds great! Good idea!
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William L. Rogers
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Excellent, timely article!
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William L. Rogers
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Excellent, timely article!
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William L. Rogers
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Excellent, timely article!
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cassandra
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Excellent idea! Education is the answer, and this humorous, light-hearted approach is bound to reach a wide audience.