Macy's Earth Day

These past couple of weeks I feel like people are really starting to take notice about how concerned we are for the environment. We've had various people asking us to perform our theatrical play at different places. Last weekend we did it at Macy's Earth Day. I was glad to know that main stream people are starting to worry about the environment as we do.

They had an organic chef there and other talks about being more sustainable. We had three time slots. During the break we walked around Macy's to see what they were up to. They had some Organic cotton shirts that had green sayings on them, and they also were donating 25% of all profits to a good cause.

Some of the kids that were shopping seemed interested in what were doing, and they employees at Macy's loved it and all throughout the day they made announcements about us performing. At the end of the show they gave us free, eco friendly, re-usable bags. I think it's great that stores are starting to become more aware and that there starting to make small steps.

Every Day is Earth Day!

Hey Everyone!

This week i am going to talk about what we did over the weekend. On Saturday April 19th we did our presentation for the Community Day at The University Of Hartford that went pretty well. First i had a little show with my dance school which lasted about 3o minutes! Next we did our presentation on Global warming, and all my friends that danced with me earlier came over and watched. I was a bit nervous at first but soon got into the groove. All of my friends loved it and thought they got a lot of information out of it.

After we did our presentation i had one more dance to do. After everything was done we got to soak up the warm sunny day! They had all kinds of stuff there. After walking around for quite a bit we went to this Jumping trampoline group. They were amazing. They did all kinds of flips on the trampoline they even did flips with a snowboard/skiis! After that we packed up and went home.

On Sunday April 20th we were invited to do the Living the Green Dream performance at the MDC's Earth day. We had our own little booth and we gave out fliers about our co-op that we're starting up, upcoming solar home tours and best of all... DUN DUN DUN our Youth Activism Summer Camp summer! People seemed interested in that the most! It's going to be a blast. There are going to be outstanding teachers there (such as my mom & others) teaching kids on Climate Change and what we can do to slow it down. Theres also going to be field trips such as: kayaking, trash museum, trips to local farms and much more!

Anyways back to the subject.... So we performed our skit/presentation for all the parents and kids (they loved it). They seemed like a very "conscious" crowd. So that helped alot.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS WEEK!

If you want more information you can join our online network of kids who care about what is going on in the world. Email me and I'll send you a personal invite!!! ps. Happy Earth Day!

Protest

My family and I are a group of envionmental activists, so were always staying up to date about what's going on in the world, and were constantly going to protests! Our most recent protest was on April 1st about fossil fuels with a nationwide campaign sponsored by the Energy Action Coalition called "April Fools".

We decided last minute to organize our own protest here in Connecticut at our state capitol. We didn't have as much of turn out as we hoped for but overall it was good. We talked to a state leislator, drummed, everyone read something aloud, and 2 guys played guitar while singing inspirational stuff. I am looking forward for our next protest my mom stumbles across. It feels good to be speaking out about the change needed in our world.

Press Release for "Living The Green Dream"

"Living The Green Dream"

A Theatrical Production written & performed by a Hartford Homeschooling Family February 2008

Imani & John Zito embarked on a cross country tour this past summer with their six children ages 4 - 16 in tow to see for themselves how people all over the United States are reacting to the concept of climate change. Their oldest children had participated in the 2007 Cool-It Challenge which encouraged kids to come up with solutions for our changing climate.

At home the family implemented sustainable practices such as using biodiesel in their Ford Excursion, eating only organic food, shopping at farmers markets, not using any plastic water bottles and using only reusable bags at home for over a year. During their trip they captured video footage for their presentation while challenging themselves to maintain their "green" priorities. They learned that with just a little effort, especially in the area of consumerism, families can have a profound impact on the environment.

The idea behind the "Living the Green Dream" production is for kids to share ideas about "living green" with other kids. They believe that since kids are a major influencer of parent purchases, it would be effective to introduce basic concepts of sustainability directly to them.

One of the things our planet needs now is a future generation that understands the importance of living lightly and being resourceful. The focus of their presentation is threefold: carbon footprint, carbon consumerism and conservation.

The performance is geared toward 6-8th graders and is being booked in schools across Connecticut this Spring. If you are interested in bringing the performance to your school or other program involving children in that age range, please contact imani@thegreenvibration.com.