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Hey US readers, do you Tweet? Are you a Twitterer? A Tweep, as it were? Well, if you’re following me, odds are this movie is right up your alley.

I love the tagline: “Can you save the planet without driving your family crazy?” It’d definitely on my must-see list.

Check out the trailer, then read below to see how you can get free tickets to see the film premiere!

No Impact Man is in theaters September 11, 2009. Click here for theater information.

In the following cities:
New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Washington DC, San Diego, Boston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City

Follow these two easy steps:

1. Follow them on Twitter
2. Tweet the following:

#NIMtix @oscopelabs is giving away tix to No Impact Man in theaters Sept 2009 www.noimpactdoc.com

Winners will be announced shortly.

Good Luck, readers!

This video, taken at this year’s GEL (Good Experience Live) Conference, features a pretty funny speaker named Graham Hill. Hill was asked to give a 20 minute talk about climate change this year and managed to do so in a very engaging way — I watched the entire 20 minute video with absolutely no problems understanding what he was on about, which is more than I can say about a lot of climate change/enviro science videos. This one’s in plain english!

He points out some interesting things — like, what’s the use of creating a product that can be recycled, but not creating the facilities needed to recycle that product? Hill also offers up a plan that could save you $1000, make you healthier, and lose 10 tons of carbon in just one day a week.

Check out Graham Hill’s climate change soloutions now. And if that tickles your fancy, check out the rest of the videos here.

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Okay, now that I’ve got your attention, I promise not to disappoint. Unless, of course, you were hoping for real monsters. Sorry about that.

This, of course, is an art project. The artist? Joshua Allen Harris. He’s done something incredibly inventive with the air generated by New York city subway vent exhaust — you guessed it — plastic bag monsters!

Want more footage? Click right here!

TreeHugger has just posted a funny article entitled “7 Funniest Moments in Green YouTube Video” and in the list is my all-time favourite commercial. I wanted to share it with you here because it really sets itself apart from other Green commercials. I won’t ruin the plot by explaining it to you — watch it to know what I mean, heh.

Runners up for best green YouTube videos go to:

• Get clean coal clean! (made better by the fact that it was directed by the Coen brothers)
• Human Virus (I love this one — the voice over really makes it.)

For those who may be fans of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers… whhhhy? All joking aside — she’s teamed up with Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and… *squeeeee* the Jonas Brothers (like, OMGZ!!1!) to record Send It On an eco-pop song that’s part of Disney’s new Friends for Change: Project Green.

All of the proceeds from the iTunes sales of this track go to the Worldwide Conservation Fund. Groovy.

While I’m certainly not a big fan of Disney pop stars, I can appreciate the effort to get involved. Assuming they really are getting involved. What do you think — is this green to save the planet or green to bulk the funding?

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Alright, this tv ad made me laugh.

Apparently these Brazilian television commercials – as shown above – are encouraging Brazillians to save water… by urinating in the shower.

Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humor to persuade people to reduce flushes. The group says if a household avoids one flush a day, it can save up to 4,380 liters (1,157 gallons) of water annually.

In case you are having a hard time translating, the ad ends with kids yelling “Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!” Would we ever have a tv commercial like this in Canada? Heh. I can’t even imagine. Sure, the idea’s a bit odd. But hey, why not, right? I think it’s a super creative way to be playful with a serious subject.

Here’s the campaign’s website: http://www.xixinobanho.org.br

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After writing about The Smoggies last week, I started looking for ways to watch a couple episodes online as I don’t think I’ve even seen an episode of The Smoggies in 20 years. Turns out YouTube has most of the episodes!

In seeing it again, there are a few things that I’ve noticed:

1. Whoa… The Smurfs? The Carebears? Sooo similar. I guess, when you find an efficient model for reaching children, why not!
2. Every episode seems to have the same style of eco moment “What will you do with the rest?” “Dump it in the sea!” “Those walruses are in mortal danger!” It’s great – very straightforward but the voices are so kid-friendly and the images used are so to-the-point that they’re sure to understand the message.
3. Those Suntots are some cheerful, helpful little dudes.

This was just too cute and funny not to post.

Travelocity (from whom I get regular emails that I usually have to dig out of my spam folder – grr!) are using these EcoBunnies to spread the word about the effects of carbon emissions on the environment and encourage people to offset those emissions whenever they can.

Check out the video — I love the voice acting. I’ve always been a fan of taking fuzzy and adorable cartoon characters and giving them non-cartoon voices. And hey, you might just learn something too.

Want more? There’s also this one — all about becoming an EcoBunny yourself: “Bring it!”

Yep. That’s right. Today’s first eco-celebrity will be Captain Planet!

I was ‘too old’ for Captain Planet when the cartoon came out, but my kid brother Byron used to *love* this show, so I may have caught one or two in passing while busy being the cool older sister. You know, too cool for eco cartoons.

Captain Planet was the brain child of Ted Turner who wanted to entertain kids while making them more aware of the issues their immediate environment faced. The character was summoned whenever the five “Planeteers” combined the forces of their elemental rings. The show worked at demonstrating that people of all ethnicities and backgrounds needed to work together to protect the planet and provide solutions to environmental problems. Likewise, Captain Planet’s appearance did not identify him with any one culture or ethnicity, as his hair was Forest Green and his skin was Sky Blue — which made it easy to identify with him, no matter what part of the world you were in. Each episode ends with one or more Public Service Announcements which showed the dilemmas that face the environment in relation to the episode (such as radiation or ozone depletion).

The theme song was super catchy — even I, who barely watched it, can sing it word for word. And in my part of the world, the show definitely succeeded at being popular with kids as I remember several Captain Planet trick-or-treaters every year.

In searching for information on Captain Planet today, I’ve discovered for the first time that Captain Planet has it’s own organization called the Captain Planet Foundation who’s mission is to support hands-on environmental projects for youth.

“Our objective is to encourage innovative activities that empower children around the world to work individually and collectively as environmental stewards. Through ongoing education, we believe that children can play a vital role in preserving our precious natural resources for future generations.”

While I’m definitely glad there are shows like this for kids, maybe there should be shows like this for adults too. What do you think?

Today is clearly planter day! When the weather’s right and I can sit on my balcony for my morning coffee, I swear — plants are all I think of. Weird, huh? I just have one of those really great balconies that I can grow things on brilliantly.

The above video, made by the genius folks at Urban Organic Gardener, shows us how to build an upside down herb planter. Cool, eh?

I’m gonna try this out myself! My balcony doesn’t have one of these yet…